CLERGY
PARISH STAFF
Interim Priest-in-Charge: Father Kevin Hunt fr.kevin@stjames.bc.ca 778-984-3208 Days off: Friday & Saturday
Office Managers: Linda Adams: Mon – Wed, 9:00 AB-4:00 CB Deanna Ferguson: Thu – Sat, 9:00 AB-4:00 CB
Street Outreach: Father Matthew Johnson streetoutreachinitiative@gmail.com 604-685-7522 (non-emergency #) Days off: Monday & Saturday Deacon: The Revd Joyce Locht joyce.locht@gmail.com 604-614-9915 Deacon: The Revd Lucy Price lucy@stjames.bc.ca 604-362-9959 Honorary Assistant: Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon
Children & Families Coordinator: Louisa Farrell Louisafarrell237@gmail.com Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder Assistant Organist: PJ Janson Custodial Staff: Building Manager, Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Fri, 9:00 AB-2:00 CB 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 7:00 AB-1:00 CB, Sun, 7-10 AB
PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Annie Grant Secretary: Doug Ibbott
PARISH OFFICERS CLERGY AVAILABILITY Clergy may be contacted through the Office: 604-685-2532. Parish Office hours are: Mon. to Sat. 9 am to 4 pm. For immediate contact or within a few hours please contact Father Kevin Hunt on his cell phone at: 778984-3208. You may need to leave a message if we are engaged in a pastoral matter and we will promptly return urgent calls. We seek to be available to all in any circumstances and encourage you to contact us and request an opportunity for a pastoral appointment. For pastoral care and support you may also contact our Pastoral Care Ministry Coordinator: joyce.locht@gmail.com | Joyce Locht 604-614-9915
Bishop’s Warden: Brian Rocksborough-Smith 604-291-9852 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Warden: Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe 604-222-3053 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Warden: Pat McSherry 604-687-6844 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Trustee: Leslie Arnovick Trustee: Jerry Adams Trustee: PJ Janson Treasurer: vacant Envelope Secretary: Philip Green Parish Privacy Officer & Vestry Clerk: Linda Adams Archivist: Paul Stanwood St. James’ Anglican Church Diocese of New Westminster Anglican Church of Canada 303 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC, V6A 1L4 T: 604-685-2532 | Fax: 604-685-7605 E: office@stjames.bc.ca | Web: www.stjames.bc.ca
High Mass
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost | September 11, 2016 | 10:30 am
OFFICE & MASS TIMES
Welcome We acknowledge our presence on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. Welcome to St. James’, especially if you are a newcomer or visitor. Children of all ages are fully welcome at every liturgy. We hope that you will enjoy your visit here with us. Please help us to get to know you by introducing yourself to one of the clergy.
2016
MASS TIMES
MON. SEPTEMBER 12 The Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
TUES. SEPTEMBER 13 St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258
5:30 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
WED. SEPTEMBER 14 Holy Cross Day
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
THU. SEPTEMBER 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
FRI. SEPTEMBER 16 St. Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, c.430
12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel
VISION STATEMENT Discovering the beauty of holiness in our lives and neighbourhood, by living a Christ-centred sacramental life rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. MISSION OBJECTIVES • To be a beacon for all as a neighbourhood and destination church where we invite and welcome friends, family, and strangers into our midst; • To deepen our life of prayer and formation in Christ; • To develop relationships and fellowship in open, honest, and spiritual ways among parishioners, with our neighbours, and those in need; • To pursue and practice justice and mercy for the imparting of the Kingdom of God within and beyond the Parish; •To strive to maintain financial equilibrium, develop our reserves, and optimize the use of our assets to ensure the preservation of our sacred space and ministry from generation to generation, to the everlasting glory of God. ______________________________________________________________________ TODAY 8:00 am Morning Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel 8:30 am Low Mass, Lady Chapel 9:15 am Coffee Hour, Rectory 10:30 am High Mass, Church 12:00 pm Coffee Hour, Blessed Sacrament Chapel 5:00 pm Evening Prayer, Blessed Sacrament Chapel _____________________________________________________________________
SAT. SEPTEMBER 17 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882 SUN. SEPTEMBER 18 Pentecost 18
8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm
Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer
Public prayer is offered Monday - Saturday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel accessed on East Cordova Street through the Chapel Walkway: Morning Prayer 9.00 am. Evening Prayer 5.00 pm. Please be on time since the gate may be closed once prayers have begun. On Sundays: Morning Prayer 8.00 am. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Evening Prayer: 5.00 pm. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, please check the weekly bulletin for exceptions.
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DAILY LECTIONARY
Before Mass If you require assistance at any time, please speak to one of the welcomers at the Church entrance (narthex).
DATE
DAILY MASS
MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM
EVENING PRAYER 5:00PM
MON. SEPTEMBER 12 The Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1 Cor 11:17-28, 33 Ps 40:8-12 Lk 7:1-10
Ps 56, 57 Job 40:1-24 Acts 15:36 – 16:5
Ps 64, 65 1 Kgs 21:1-16 Jn 11:55 – 12:8
TUES. SEPTEMBER 13 St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258
Phil 3:7-11 Ps 116:10-17 Jn 10:11-16
Ps 61, 62 Job 40:1; 41:1-11 Acts 16:6-15
Ps 46, 87 1 Kgs 8:22-30 Eph 2:11-22
WED. SEPTEMBER 14 Holy Cross Day
Num 21:4b-9 Ps 98:1-5 1 Cor 1:18-24 Jn 3:13-17
Ps 66 Num 21:4-9 Jn 3:11-17
Ps 118 Gen 3:1-15 1 Pet 3:17-22
THU. SEPTEMBER 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
Heb 5:7-9 Ps 30 Jn 19:25-27
Ps 71 Job 28:1-28 Acts 16:25-40
Ps 74 1 Kgs 22:29-45 Jn 12:27-36a
FRI. SEPTEMBER 16 St. Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, c.430
Rom 10:14-17 Canticle 6 Mt 28:16-20
Ps 69:1-23, 31-38 Est 1:1-4, 10-19 Acts 17
Ps 73 2 Kgs 1:2-17 Jn 12:36b-43
SAT. SEPTEMBER 17 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, 1882
1 Cor 15:35-49 Ps 30:1-5 Lk 8:4-15
Ps 75, 76 Est 2:5-8, 15-23 Acts 17:16-34
Ps 23, 27 2 Kgs 2:1-18 Jn 12:44-50
Am 8:4-7 Ps 113 1 Tim 2:1-7 Lk 16:1-13
Ps 93, 96 Est 3:1 – 4:3 Jas 1:19-27
Ps 34 2 Kgs 4:8-37 Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
SUN. SEPTEMBER 18 Pentecost 18
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As a friendly reminder, please turn off all electronic devices that might disrupt worship. In the interest of security, please keep purses and other valuables with you at all times. Wireless hearing amplifiers are available. Washrooms can be accessed through the doors on the left hand side at the back of the Church on the opposite side to the entrance. Your family is welcome at St. James’. Children may remain in the Church during the service: there is a play area with toys and colouring books in the back of the Church. Godly Play will take place in this ar5ea during the first part of the service. The sacrament of reconciliation (confession) is available. Speak with a priest to make an appointment. The Mass booklet contains all the prayers and information required to participate in the Mass. The directions given in this booklet to stand, sit, and kneel are offered as guidelines to those who are able. The symbol + indicates when to make the sign of the Cross. It is also customary to make a discreet bow at the name of Jesus. You are encouraged to take the opportunity before Mass for silence, stillness, and prayer. Please refrain from talking before Mass begins. We adore you, most Holy Lord Jesus Christ here and in all your churches throughout all the world; and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. St. Francis of Assisi
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COMMEMORATION
SALAL + CEDAR Edward Bouverie Pusey We extend a warm welcome and thanks to our preacher this morning, the Reverend Laurel Dykstra. Laurel is Co-ordinator of Salal and Cedar, a ministry of the Diocese of New Westminster, which is part of a growing movement across Turtle Island (North America) of communities of Christians re-connecting to the creation-values and land covenants at the core of our tradition. SALAL + CEDAR IS ROOTED IN PLACE, TRADITION AND HISTORY: Seeking transformative encounters with the species and geography of the Fraser River to Salish Sea basin and the wider Cascadia bioregion Exploring wilderness, sustainability, and justice themes in Christian scriptures and Anglican social teaching through study and worship Learning about our roots and roles individuals and as a church, in the multi-racial, labour and Indigenous-Settler history of lower-mainland British Columbia Our Intercessions this morning will have a particular emphasis on Creation, and at High Mass we shall use a modern-language Eucharistic Prayer, authorized by the Bishop, which is informed by our cultural and natural context on the shore of the Salish Sea.
GODLY PLAY Now that the summer holidays are over we are pleased to welcome children once again to enter into Godly Play as part of their worship. This term Louisa Farrell will offer Godly Play in the carpeted area under the choir loft during the Liturgy of the Word. We hope this will benefit both children and parents/carers.
Priest, 1882 The revival of High Church teachings and practices in the Anglican Communion, known as the Oxford Movement, found its acknowledged leader in Edward Bouverie Pusey. Born near Oxford, August 22, 1800, Pusey spent all his scholarly life in that University as Regius Professor of Hebrew and as Canon of Christ Church. At the end of 1833 he joined Keble and Newman in producing the Tracts for the Times, which gave the Oxford Movement its popular name of Tractarianism. (This later became known as Anglo-Catholicism.) His most influential activity, however, was his preaching — Catholic in content, evangelical in his zeal for souls. But to many of his more influential contemporaries it seemed dangerously innovative. A sermon preached before the University in 1843 on “The Holy Eucharist, a Comfort to the Penitent” was condemned without his being given an opportunity to defend it, and he himself was suspended from preaching for two years — a judgment he bore most patiently. His principles were thus brought before the public, and attention was drawn to the doctrine of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. From another University sermon, on “The Entire Absolution of the Penitent,” may be dated the revival of private confession in the Anglican Communion. When Newman defected to the Church of Rome in 1845, Pusey’s adherence to the Church of England kept many from following, and he defended them in their teachings and practices. After the death of his wife in 1839, Pusey devoted much of his family fortune to the establishment of churches for the poor, and much of his time and care to the establishment of sisterhoods. In 1845, he established the first Anglican sisterhood since the Reformation. It was at this community’s convent, Ascot Priory in Berkshire, that Pusey died on September 16, 1882. His body was brought back to Christ Church and buried in the cathedral nave. Pusey House, a house of studies founded after his death, perpetuates his name at Oxford. His own erudition and integrity gave stability to the Oxford Movement and won many to its principles. For All the Saints: Prayers and Readings for Saint’s Days, ABC, 1994
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COMMEMORATION
NOTES
Holy Cross Day September 14 Early in the fourth century the emperor Constantine took the Christian Church under his protection, and to show his imperial benevolence he ordered a grand church to be built in Jerusalem. The site he chose was Golgotha, the hill where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified and buried. It had once stood outside the city walls, but before the time of Constantine the hill had been levelled and buried under tons of debris. The entire area had to be excavated for Constantine’s new church, and the emperor put his mother Helena in charge of the work. In the course of digging the labourers discovered a large beam; and the authorities soon decided that it was a remnant of the very same cross on which the Lord had been crucified. Portions of this beam were enshrined near the altar of the new church when it was dedicated in honour of the Resurrection on September fourteenth in the year 335; and ever since then, in the East and in the West, Christians have kept this date as Holy Cross Day. Jesus was crucified at the time of year when people in the northern hemisphere prepare the earth for planting. But September is harvest, our time for reaping and sharing what the earth, under our care, has brought forth. Just so with our remembrance of the Holy Cross. On Good Friday we recalled its planting at the seedtime of the new creation; and now, on the verge of autumn, we look for Christ, the true Vine which the Cross supported, to bear the fruit of justice and mercy not only in our own lives but also in the dealings of the world. For All the Saints: Prayers and Readings for Saint’s Days, ABC, 1994
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Entrance Rite
NOTES
PRELUDE At the entrance of the clergy and servers all stand.
Stand
HYMN 425 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love; hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away; giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day. All thy works with joy surround thee, earth and heaven reflect thy rays; stars and angels sing around thee, centre of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea, chanting bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in thee. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest, well-spring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest! Thou our Father and our Mother, all who live in love are thine; teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.
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RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIP DTES FAITH-BASED GROUP COMMUNITY MEAL & MEETING In the past several months, the Canonical Committee has been having conversations with Parishioners to inform our writing of the Parish Profile. At every opportunity, people have expressed their desire for more fellowship and relationship building with community meals at St. James'. The next community meal hosted by St. James’ will be on Fri. Sept. 30th at 6:30 pm in the Bishops’ Room. Everyone is welcome. Please let me know you are planning on coming. My e-mail is wardens@stjames.bc.ca . My phone number is 604 687 6844. We have been getting together with folks from St. Paul’s, Jacob’s Well, First United, Our Lady of Guadalupe Tonantzin, Servant Partners, Servants and other local faith-based groups 4 times a year for the past 3 years. We support each other in the ministries that we are involved in here in the Parish. It’s been a wonderful way for me to meet young people, welcome them to St. James' and learn what’s going on in their faith communities. Pat McSherry, Warden
MUSIC FOR TWO ORGANS ONE church, TWO organs, and FOUR organists : a unique event featuring the 3-manual Viscount Unico Organ and Queens Avenue United Church’s 3-manual Casavant-Frères 46-rank Pipe Organ in concert
KYRIE ELEISON All sing
Organists PJ Janson (assistant organist, St James’ Anglican), Michael Murray (St Philips’ Anglican), Nicholas Fairbank (Victoria Conservatory), and Suzanne Gibson Coulthard (St Paul’s Lutheran, Chilliwack) in concert playing a programme that includes the Lefébure-Wély celebrated Sortie, Dupré’s popular Cortège et Litanie, and Eugène Gigout majestic Grand chœur dialogue. Saturday, October 1st at 7.30 pm | Queens Avenue United Church | 529 Queens Ave, New Westminster | order tickets online at www.queensavenue.org/musicqueens
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (see overleaf)
COLLECT OF THE DAY Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
Celebrant
Let us pray. Almighty God, thou callest thy Church to witness that in Christ we are reconciled to thee. Help us so to proclaim the good news of thy love, that all who hear it may turn to thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
All
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CONTEMPLATIVE BIBLE STUDY Fr. Matthew will lead four Formation sessions beginning on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 12.30 pm in the Rectory. More details to follow. SALAL + CEDAR EVENTS This morning the Reverend Laurel Dykstra and members of Salal + Cedar, the environmental justice ministry of the Diocese of New Westminster, will be joining us at both Masses, informing our liturgy, preaching, and sharing something of their work over Coffee Hour. Then on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10.30 Salal + Cedar will lead us on an ecological and historical walking tour of the neighbourhood, which will include an open-air act of worship and conclude with lunch at a local Chinese restaurant: contribution invited (guideline $5 - $20). A sign-up list will be available next Sunday.
He told them ..think about if you had a hundred sheep, and you realized that one of them was missing. Wouldn't you go and look for the lost sheep? When you found him, wouldn't you carry him back and tell your friends the good news? Then you could ask them all over and celebrate! Jesus told them, that there was more rejoicing in heaven when one lost person was found. In Godly Play, we learn that Parables are hard to understand sometimes. We have to keep going back to them and one day we understand what Jesus is telling us. Give it some thought and see if you can figure out what Jesus was really teaching us !
To learn more about the work of Salal + Cedar, please see the current edition of Pax or visit www.salalandcedar. KIDS’ CORNER Vision: To help children and their parents find new ways to more fully participate in mass and aid in their spiritual formation. Jesus tells us another wonderful Parable this week. This is what happened. Some people who had made some bad choices and were called sinners, along with some tax collectors ,were all gathered around to listen to Jesus. There were some people who felt that they were better than those who gathered to listen. They said, angrily, “Jesus sits with sinners and eats with them!” They did not think this was the right thing to do. Jesus told them he was going to tell them a parable and he ended up telling two!
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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Lady Chapel COFFEE HOUR After Low Mass in the Rectory HIGH MASS 10:30 am in the Church COFFEE HOUR After High Mass in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel EVENING PRAYER 5:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel
OUR PARISH JAM JARS NEEDED The Women’s Guild is busy making preserves for your enjoyment. More jars are needed - 250 ml/ 8 oz or smaller. Contributions may be left on the table at the back of the Parish Hall. Thank you. BOOK YOUR SPACES NOW If your group or guild meets regularly throughout the year, please get in touch with the office as soon as possible to reserve your meeting space from now through to next June. Thank you.
MEMENTO MORI The Parish Office has available a Funeral Arrangements Form which may be completed and left on file. To do this, and to ensure one's affairs are in order, will be of considerable help to family and friends at the appropriate time. PARISH COUNCIL The next meeting will be on Saturday, September 24, 10.00 am coffee for 10.15 am start. There will be a Mass before the lunch-break, and the meeting will finish by 2.00 pm. Please forward any Agenda items to the PC Secretary, Doug Ibbott, via the Parish Office.
The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING Reader
A reading from the Book of Exodus. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” ’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will make a great nation.’ But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, ‘O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, “I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.” ’ And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.
PARISH PROFILE The Diocese has published the Parish Profile and invited applications for the post of Rector. It is hoped to interview before Advent, and to have a new Rector in place before Lent next year. Please continue to pray for the Canonical Committee and all engaged in this process of discernment. CALL FOR ARTISTS Come and be part of the Heart of the City Festival with the St. James’ “Living on Shared Territory” Art Show St. James’ Anglican Church will host an art show during the Heart of the City Festival on the theme of “Living on Shared Territory.” The show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29 with an opening reception at St. James’ on the evening of Oct. 28.
Be seated
Exodus 32:7-14
Reader Alll
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Artists are invited to submit secular or spiritual works, in line with the theme. These works may be a reflection of connection with the church, community, or personal art practice. Artists are encouraged to consider the context of St. James’ as a space for the display of art, in conjunction with the theme; however, this is not a mandatory requirement. Details at www.stjames.bc.ca
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PSALM
The Thurible
A cantor sings the antiphon first; the people repeat it thereafter.
NOTES FROM THE CLERGY
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving-kindness; in your great compassion blot out my offenses. Wash me through and through from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. Antiphon For behold, you look for truth deep within me, and will make me understand wisdom secretly. Make me hear of joy and gladness, that the body you have broken may rejoice. Antiphon Psalm 51:1-2, 7, 9
EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon
A reading from the First Letter of Paul to Timothy. I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost. But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:12-17
Sub-deacon Alll
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote: Indigenous Peoples remind us that if we look far enough back into our genome we are all likely to be related. They teach us that the first law of our being is that we are set in a delicate network of interdependence with our fellow human beings and with the rest of creation. In Africa recognition of our interdependence is called ubuntu. It is the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong to the whole, to the community, to the tribe, to the nation, to the earth. Ubuntu is about wholeness, about compassion for life. Ubuntu has to do with the very essence of what it means to be human, to know that you are bound up with others in the bundle of life. In our fragile and crowded world we can survive only together. We can be truly free, ultimately, only together. We can be human only together. To care about the rights of Indigenous Peoples is to care about the relatives of one’s own human family. The Indigenous Peoples of the world have a gift to give that the world needs desperately, this reminder that we are made for
harmony, for interdependence. If we are ever truly to prosper, it will be only together. And this also includes what used to be called “inanimate nature,” but what the elders have always known were relatives in the family of earth. When Africans said, “Oh, don’t treat that tree like that, it feels pain,” others used to say, “Ah, they’re pre-scientific, they’re primitive.” It is wonderful now how we are beginning to discover that it is true—that tree does hurt and if you hurt the tree, in an extraordinary way you hurt yourself. Every place you stand is holy ground; every shrub has the ability to be the burning bush, if we have eyes to see. We owe a very great debt of gratitude to those who remember the old ways to live and honour the earth. And yet, we have ignored them, oppressed them, and even stripped them of the land that is their life. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is an important step toward protecting these vulnerable members of our human family, of giving them the dignity and the respect that they so richly deserve.
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Daily Lectionary Mass this Week
Foreword to DIGNITY, by Dana Gluckstein, Amnesty International.
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During the postlude you are encouraged to remain quietly in the nave, or to move to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel to enjoy coffee hour conversation.
ALLELUIA
A cantor begins the alleluia; all repeat it thereafter.
Stand
For prayer requests please contact the Church Office or speak to one of the clergy. Please notify the Parish Office (604-685-2532) when a parishioner/friend/family member is hospitalized or housebound. The Office will arrange visitation, Holy Communion or Anointing. If entering hospital, please inform the hospital on arrival that you (or the patient you are with) are Anglican and ask for the hospital’s Anglican chaplain.
Alleluia. You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; your name endures to all generations. Alleluia. The nations shall fear your name, O Lord; and all the kings of the earth your glory. Alleluia. Timébunt gentes (Mode V)
HOLY GOSPEL Deacon People Deacon People
All stand and turn to face the book of the Gospels The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit. The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory be to thee, O Lord. Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbours, saying to them, “Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, saying, “Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.” Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.’
The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God and in honour of Suzanne Windsor-Liscombe’s parents Lilian & Gerald Dittrich from Suzanne & Rhodri
Luke 15:1-10
Deacon People
The Gospel of Christ. Praise be to thee, O Christ.
SERMON
Be Seated The Reverend Laurel Dykstra from the Salal and Cedar Ministry (At the conclusion of the sermon, silence is kept)
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NICENE CREED
Stand
HYMN 372 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — Praise to the Holiest in the Height Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways. O loving wisdom of our God! When all was sin and shame, a second Adam to the fight and to the rescue came. O generous love! that flesh and blood, which did in Adam fail, should strive afresh against the foe, should strive and should prevail; and that the highest gift of grace should flesh and blood refine, God's presence, and his very self, and essence all-divine; who in the garden secretly, and on the cross on high, should teach his followers, and inspire to suffer and to die. Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise, in all his words most wonderful, most sure in all his ways.
POSTLUDE Tuba Tune in D — Craig Sellar Lang
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Celebrant
Let us ask the God of creation to send a blessing upon us.
All
After each petition this response is said: We ask in faith: Hear us, good Lord.
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After the petition for the departed: + Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord. And may light perpetual shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
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CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Deacon
Let us humbly confess our sins to almighty God.
All
Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things and judge of all people: We acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we from time to time most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy divine majesty. We do earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Concluding Rite Kneel
Celebrant
All
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All
The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.
Celebrant
Let us pray. God of peace, in this eucharist we have been reconciled to thee and to our neighbours. May we who have been nourished by holy things always have the courage to forgive. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen.
All
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him: have mercy upon you; + pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING Celebrant
All
DISMISSAL PEACE
Stand
Kneel The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the +Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.
Stand
Stand
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HYMN
Sit or kneel
The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist
305 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) — Soul of my Saviour Soul of my Savior sanctify my breast, Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest, Blood of my Savior, bathe me in thy tide, wash me with waters flowing from thy side. Strength and protection may thy passion be, O blessèd Jesu, hear and answer me; deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me, so shall I never, never part from thee. Guard and defend me from the foe malign, in death's dread moments make me only thine; call me and bid me come to thee on high where I may praise thee with thy saints for ay.
OFFERTORY & PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Be seated
Moses besought the Lord his God and said: “Why, O Lord, doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people? Turn from thy fierce wrath; remember Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to whom thou swarest to give a land flowing with milk and honey.” And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. Precátus est Móyses (Mode I)
HYMN
Stand The People sing the hymn while the People’s gifts of bread, wine and money are brought forward. 355 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) — All Creatures of Our God and King All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voices, let us sing: alleluia, alleluia! Bright burning sun and golden beams, pale silver moon that gently gleams, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Great rushing winds and breezes soft, you clouds that ride the heavens aloft, O sing now, alleluia! Fair rising morn, with praise rejoice, stars nightly shining, find a voice: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
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Swift flowing water, pure and clear, make music for your Lord to hear, alleluia, alleluia! Fire, so intense and fiercely bright, you give to us both warmth and light, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
AGNUS DEI Alll sing
Earth ever fertile, day by day unfold your blessings on our way, O sing now, alleluia! All flowers and fruits that in you grow, God's glory let them also show: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! All you with mercy in your heart, forgiving others, take your part, alleluia, alleluia! All you that pain and sorrow bear, sing praise and cast on God your care: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! And even you, most gentle death, waiting to hush our final breath, O sing now, alleluia! You lead back home the child of God, for Christ our Lord that way has trod: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Let all things their creator bless, and worship God in humbleness, alleluia, Alleluia! Praise God the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three-in-One: alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 16 | HIGH MASS
INVITATION TO COMMUNION Celebrant All
+Behold the Lamb of God, behold him that taketh away the sins of the world. O Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only and my soul shall be healed. All who are baptized and believe Christ present in this sacrament are invited to come forward for communion. Those who are unable to receive communion, or do not yet receive, are invited to come forward for a blessing. To indicate you wish a blessing, fold your arms rather than holding out your hand for the Sacrament. When coming forward to receive, please approach from the centre aisle only and follow the directions of the attendant standing at the head of the aisle. Please return to your seat via the side aisles. When you receive the Holy Bread consume it immediately. It is no longer permissible to intinct the Holy Bread in the Holy Wine. You may choose not to receive the Holy Wine from the chalice at this time. If so, once you have received the Holy Bread please remain kneeling and fold your arms to indicate that you do not wish to receive from the chalice.
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THE LORD’S PRAYER
SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE
Stand
It is right at all times and in all places to thank and praise you, Creator of all. We praise you here where the Fraser River meets the Salish Sea, where city and farm, wilderness and industry are side by side. We praise you at a time when the body of earth is broken again and again. We give thanks for our place in the story of salvation. Our ancestors journeyed with you in creation and migration. They depended on the land, were displaced from the land and displaced others from their lands. They knew you in tents and cities, on mountains and by wells, in families and in dreams, and through wilderness prophets who spoke of cedars and listened to ravens. Together with angels and ancestors, orca and salmon, bear and raven, salal and cedar we join our voices with all creation in this ancient honour song: Kneel BREAKING OF THE BREAD
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SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION
Alll sing
Celebrant
Kneel
We give thanks to you for Jesus, whose first bed was a feed trough. He was baptized in the Jordan, tested in the wilderness, he traveled in fishing boats and told parables of farmers and seeds, labour and wages, yeast and bread. On the night before he died, Jesus took bread, food of the poor, the work of field and hearth, he gave thanks, broke it and gave it to his friends saying: “Take and eat, this is my body, given for you, do this to remember me.”+ Again after supper he took the cup of wine, fruit of the land, gave thanks and gave it to his friends saying: “This is my blood which is shed for you. When you do this, do it in memory of me.”+ Remembering Jesus’ life, death and resurrection and awaiting h is coming kingdom, we offer you this bread and this cup. Creator, send your Spirit on these gifts so that we know Jesus in them and are gathered together with everyone who shares this sacred meal of justice and community. Fill us with the courage and love of Jesus, that we may strive for justice and peace, respect the dignity of every human being, and safeguard the integrity of creation. Bring us with all your saints to your commonwealth of sparrow and lily, child and beggar which is both now and yet to come in Jesus Christ our Brother.
All
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By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be yours, Loving Creator, world without end. Amen.
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