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High Mass

The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ | February 2, 2014 | 10:30 AM

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.

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 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 9:30 AM 9:45 AM 10:30 AM 12:00 PM 5:00 PM

No Formation today Rosary Prayers, Lady Chapel High Mass Fellowship Sunday, Parish Hall Evening Prayers, Blessed Sacrament Church

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Please take this booklet away with you to aid in your own reflection, prayers, and for your information.

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Before Mass If you require assistance at any time, please speak to one of the welcomers at the Church entrance (narthex).

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.

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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A Reflection Lord, the Roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls and The winter sun creeps by the snow hills; The stubborn season has made stand.

My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.

Dust in sunlight and memory in corners Wait for the wind that chills towards the dead land.

Grant us thy peace.

I have walked many years in this city, Kept faith and fast, provided for the poor, Have given and taken honour and ease.

There went never any rejected from my door.

Who shall remember my house, where shall live my children’s children When the time of sorrow is come?

They will take to the goat’s path, and the fox’s home, Fleeing from foreign faces and the foreign swords.

Before the time of cords and scourges and lamentation Grant us thy peace.

Before the stations of the mountain of desolation, Before the certain hour of maternal sorrow, Now at this birth season of decease, Let the Infant, the still unspeaking and unspoken Word, Grant Israel’s consolation To one who has eighty years and no to-morrow.

According to thy word.

They shall praise Thee and suffer in every generation With glory and derision, Light upon light, mounting the saints’ stair.

Not for me the martyrdom, the ecstasy of thought and prayer, Not for me the ultimate vision.

Grant me thy peace.

(And a sword shall pierce thy heart, Thine also).

I am tired with my own life and the lives of those after me, I am dying in my own death and the deaths of those after me.

Let they servant depart, Having seen thy salvation.

- A Song for Simeon, T.S. Eliot

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Notes

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Entrance Rite PRELUDE At the entrance of the clergy and servers all stand.

Stand

INTRODUCTION TO THE CANDLEMAS CEREMONIES Dear friends, forty days ago we celebrated the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now we recall the day on which he was presented in the Temple, when he was offered unto the Father and shown unto his people. As a sign of his coming amongst us, his mother was purified, even as we now come unto him for cleansing. In their old age Simeon and Anna recognized him as their Lord, even as we sing of his glory this day. In these Candlemas ceremonies and this Solemn Mass, we celebrate both the joy of his coming and his searching judgement, looking back to the day of his birth and forward unto the coming days of his passion.

BLESSING OF THE CANDLES Celebrant All Celebrant

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

All

O Lord Jesus Christ, the true light, that lightenest every man that cometh into this world: pour forth thy blessing upon these candles, and sanctify them with the light of thy grace, and mercifully grant; that even as these lights, kindled with visible fire, do scatter the darkness of night; so our hearts, illumined by invisible fire, that is, by the brightness of the Holy Spirit, may be delivered from all blindness of iniquity: that, the eyes of our understanding being enlightened, we may discern such things as are pleasing unto thee and profitable for our salvation; so that finally after the darkness and dangers of this world, we may be found meet to attain unto the light everlasting. Through thee, Christ Jesus Saviour of the world, who in perfect Trinity livest and reignest, God, throughout all ages, world without end.

Amen.

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The Celebrant goes throughout the congregation with holy water to bless the hand candles which were given at the door. Please hold them up high as the Celebrant passes by aspersing them. After this the torchbearers will move throughout the Church to light the hand held candles; please pass the light along. During this time the choir sings: Nunc dimittis – Robert Hunter Bell

PROCESSION

During the procession the hymn on the next page will be sung. All are invited to follow the procession around the Church immediately following after the Celebrant.

A station will be made during the procession.

STATION COLLECT Celebrant All Celebrant

This is a light to reveal God to the nations.

And the glory of his people Israel.

Let us pray.

All

O Lord Jesus Christ, who as a child wast presented in the temple and received with joy by Simeon and Anna as the Redeemer of Israel: Mercifully grant that we, like them, may be guided by the Holy Spirit to acknowledge and love thee unto our lives’ end; who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, livest and reignest God, world without end.

Amen.

The processional hymn continues. After the procession please extinguish your hand candles.

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PROCESSIONAL HYMN

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INTROIT We have waited, O God, for your loving-kindness in the midst of your temple. Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to the world’s end; your right hand is full of justice. Psalm Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised: in the city of our God is his holy hill.

Suscépimus (Mode I)

KYRIE ELEISON Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie eleison.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ have mercy upon us.

Lord have mercy upon us.

Communion service in F — Herbert Sumsion

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS (see overleaf)

COLLECT OF THE DAY Celebrant All

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Celebrant

Let us pray.

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, for thou hast sent us thy salvation.

Inspire us by thy Holy Spirit to recognize him who is the glory of Israel and the light for all nations, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.

Amen.

All

Stand

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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS

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The Liturgy of the Word OLD TESTAMENT READING Reader

Be seated

A reading from the Book of Malachi.

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

Malachi 3:1-4

Reader All

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

PSALM

A cantor sings the antiphon first; the people repeat it thereafter.

Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

"Who is this King of glory?" "The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle."

Antiphon Lift up your heads, O gates lift them high, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Who is he, this King of glory?" "The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory." Antiphon Psalm 24:7-10

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EPISTLE READING Sub-deacon

A reading from the Letter to the Hebrews.

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death.

For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

Hebrews 2:14-18

Sub-deacon All

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

ALLELUIA Please stand as the torchbearers move throughout the church to light your hand candles again for the Gospel reading.

Alleluia. The old man bore the child in his arms, but the child was the old man’s King.

Alleluia.

Senex puerum portabat (Mode I)

HOLY GOSPEL

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All stand and turn to face the book of the Gospels

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons." Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, "Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel." And the child's father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed - and a sword will pierce your own soul too." There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eightyfour. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.

Luke 2:22-40

After the Deacon with the Book of the Gospels arrives back at the Altar please extinguish your hand candles .

THE SERMON

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NICENE CREED

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Stand

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Leader

Let us pray to the Father through Christ our light and life.

All

After each petition this response is said: Lord in thy mercy.

Hear our prayer.

All All

Stand

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.

The celebrant concludes the prayers with a collect.

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CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION Deacon

Let us humbly confess our sins to almighty God. Kneel

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.

Celebrant

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.

All

PEACE

Stand

The ministers and people may greet one another in the name of the Lord in the customary way.

You may choose not to shake hands at the Peace. A simple exchange of “Peace be with you” with eye contact and a nod, or a bow, is a good substitute.

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The Liturgy of the Holy Eucharist OFFERTORY & PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

Be seated

Grace is poured out upon your lips because God has blessed you for ever and for evermore.

Diffúsa est grátia (Mode VIII)

OFFERTORY HYMN

Stand

The People sing the hymn while the People’s gifts of bread, wine and money are brought forward.

338 Green Hymn Book (New English Hymnal) – At the Name of Jesus

SURSUM CORDA & PROPER PREFACE

Stand

During the proper preface the torchbearers will move throughout the Church to light your hand candles again, which may remain lit until the Communion.

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Celebrant

It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times and in all places, give thanks unto thee: O Lord, holy Father, almighty, everlasting God: creator and preserver of all things.

Because in the mystery of the Word made flesh, thou hast caused a new light to shine in our hearts, to give knowledge of thy glory, in the face of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name; evermore praising thee and saying:

SANCTUS & BENEDICTUS Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.

Pleni sunt cĂŚli et terra Gloria tua.

Hosanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini: Hosanna in excelsis.

Stand Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.

Glory be to thee, O Lord most high. + Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Communion service in F — Herbert Sumsion

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THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION Celebrant

Kneel

All glory be to thee, O Lord our God, who didst make us in thine own image; and, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption. He made there a full and perfect sacrifice for the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and sacrifice, until his coming again; who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread; and, when he had given thanks to thee, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” + Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.” + Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy people do celebrate and make, with these thy holy gifts which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension; and looking for his coming again with power and great glory.

Alll

Celebrant

Alll

And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us, and, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, to bless and sanctify these gifts of bread and wine, that they may be unto us the body and blood of thy dearly-beloved Son Jesus Christ.

We praise thee, we bless thee, we thank thee and we pray to thee, Lord our God. And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, whereby we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies. Grant, we beseech thee, that all who partake of this holy communion may worthily receive the most precious body and blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and be filled with thy grace + and heavenly benediction; and also that we and all thy whole Church may be made one body with him, that he may dwell in us, and we in him; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord; By whom, and with whom, and in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end.

Amen.

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LORD’S PRAYER

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

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Kneel

AGNUS DEI Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world : have mercy upon us.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: have mercy upon us.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: grant us thy peace.

Communion service in F — Herbert Sumsion

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 please 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.

MOTET When to the temple Mary went, and brought the Holy Child, him did the aged Simeon see, as it had been revealed. He took up Jesus in his arms and blessing God, he said, “In peace I now depart, my Saviour having seen, the hope of Israel, the light of men.”

Help now thy servants, gracious Lord, that we may ever be, as once the faithful Simeon was, rejoicing but in thee. And when we must from earth departure take, may gently fall asleep, and with thee wake.

When to the temple Mary went — John Eccard

HYMN

Sit or kneel 5 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) – Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies

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Concluding Rite PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Celebrant All

The Lord be with you.

And with thy spirit.

Celebrant

Let us pray.

God for whom we wait, thou didst fulfill the hope of Simeon, who did not die till he had welcomed the Messiah.

Complete in us thy perfect will, that we in Christ may share in thy eternal kingdom; who with thee and the Holy Spirit, is Lord for ever and ever.

Amen.

All

BLESSING Celebrant

All

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.

Notices and announcements may be given.

THE DISMISSAL

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Stand

Be Seated

Stand

ANGELUS

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HYMN 266 Blue Hymn Book (Common Praise) – Lord, Let Your Servant Go in Peace

POSTLUDE Sonata III in A (con moto maestoso) — Felix Mendelssohn During the postlude you are encouraged to remain quietly in the nave, or to move to the Bishops’ Room to enjoy coffee hour conversation.

For prayer requests please contact the 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 with the Parish Clergy Team and Pastoral Care Ministry Coordinator. 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.

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Please take this booklet away with you to aid in your own reflection, prayers, and for your information.

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The flowers on the High Altar are given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of En Kong Lai, father and grandfather, from Peter, Linda and Stephanie Lai.

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The Thurible RECTOR’S NOTES Parishes are the essential unit of mission in the Church. 48 hours – as happened last week – can sometimes look like this: Exiting the Rectory for our car, my wife and I narrowly avoided one of our neighbors in a compromising position. A few days previously she had advised Ruth to “upgrade” her husband – much to the feigned shock of our children.

I was heading to a celebration of life for a young child. His parents had contacted the Parish looking for support – so I journeyed together with them through details and emotions which no parent should ever have to contemplate.

Later, as I returned to the Rectory, three local residents stopped me for a chat. They enquired after my well-being with a sincerity and gentleness that was truly a consolation after the grief I had witnessed: their presence seemed a gift from God. That evening, with parishioners of St. James, we gathered at an ecumenical act of worship. What a treat to more fully embody the “true Church” through gathering in all our ecclesial diversity!

The following day the Parish offered a Requiem Mass for our oldest ever parishioner – 105 years of age – and longest serving parish member, for 92 years. Although separated by a hundred years of life, the child and the centenarian shared their heavenly birthday – they had died on the same day. At these services the promises of God in Christ were celebrated and proclaimed.

So having completed the funeral rites with a committal, I attended the golden wedding anniversary of a parishioner, later that same afternoon. Here it was the keeping of promises which were celebrated – the mystery of grace had been lived and continued to be so.

Toward the climax of these two days I was a guest at a Lutheran Church for their principal act of Sunday worship. My first experience of worship, Lutheran style, was a delight and privilege.

Inform. Inspire. Invite.

INSIDE: •

Today at St. James’

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Relationships & Fellowship

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Formation on Sunday

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Growing in the Knowledge of God

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Opportunities to Serve

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Out Neighbourhood

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Dido’s “Did You Know?”

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Our Diocese

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Justice & Mercy

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Annual Vestry

Welcome to this snapshot of parish ministry: the Parish had witnessed to Christ by weeping with those weep, rejoicing with those who rejoice and gathering with all God’s children.

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Financial Equilibrium

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Resourcing Our Faith

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Quote of this Week

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Saints This Week

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Mass this Week

Fr. Mark Greenaway-Robbins

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Daily Lectionary

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TODAY AT ST. JAMES’ MORNING PRAYER 8:00 am in the Church.

LOW MASS 8:30 am in the Church.

NO FORMATION TODAY

RELATIONSHIPS & FELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY: TODAY Today after High Mass, at approximately 12:00pm in the Parish Hall, we will be offering our first Fellowship Sunday. The point of the “Fellowship and Fun” Sundays is to create an opportunity for parishioners to socialize, and enjoy one another. We are taking this initiative during 2014 in response to feedback from the Parish Review.

ROSARY PRAYERS – THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES 9:45 am in the Lady Chapel.

HIGH MASS 10:30 am in the Church.

FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY 12:00 pm in the Parish Hall.

EVENING PRAYER 5:00 pm in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

The scheduled dates for the 2014 "Fellowship Sundays" are: February 2 / March 2 / May 4 / June 15 / July 27 / September 28 / October 26 and November 23. We look forward to having you join us as often as possible!

This will be a fun and exciting new opportunity in keeping with our third mission objective which is to develop Relationships and Fellowship. The Sunday Formation sessions will not be held on "Fellowship Sundays." Coffee hour will also be cancelled on those Sundays.

Fr. Mark and Wardens HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR We would like to extend our greetings of a Happy New Year (Spring Festival) to our neighbours and all who will be celebrating New Year at this time.

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FORMATION ON SUNDAY FORMATION ON SUNDAYS: MUSIC AND ART IN THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION Music of Anglican Worship in Vancouver and Jerusalem Today Sunday, Feb. 9th at 9 pm in the Bishop’s Room Dr. Alexander Rosenblatt, Israeli musicologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Music, UBC. The first part of the paper will address the plethora of musical styles and genres found in the contemporary Anglican churches of Greater Vancouver. The talk is based on the ethnography collected in nine Anglican Churches of Vancouver, Richmond, and New Westminster that cover four languages of service, four theological platforms, and three independent organizations affiliated with Anglicanism, to whom these churches presently belong. The research found that music is given an important function in service and in delineating the divide.

The seven churches of Jerusalem Diocese are subject of the second part of this talk. The music of the contemporary Arab-Anglican churches in Israel also comprises different styles, which might be decoded as indices of group identity, and transmits different signifiers of belonging to diverse branches of the contemporary world Anglican tradition. Surprisingly, there are more similarities than differences between the general pictures in the two places: Vancouver and Jerusalem.

Selected musical examples of audio-recorded during the doctoral and postdoctoral projects of the presenter will be played back.

GROWING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD SEEKING CONFIRMATION, REAFFIRMATION OR RECEPTION? If you desire the sacrament of confirmation, you are invited to participate in a course of preparation beginning the first week of February. Confirmation is an expression of deepening and conscious commitment to the way of Christ. The sacrament is a means of grace and strength for living out the vows made at baptism. Reaffirmation is an opportunity to renew your baptismal vows. Reception is for members who were confirmed in other churches and who now desire to be received into the Anglican Communion.

We hope this may be a rich time of learning, prayer, and relationship building. If you are interested in preparation, please contact in person or via email Fr. Mark, rector@stjames.bc.ca, one of the clergy, or let the Office know. The celebration of confirmation/ reaffirmation/reception has yet to be finalized, customarily it takes place during Eastertide at Christ Church Cathedral.

FEBRUARY EVENTS AT REGENT COLLEGE There are two major events at Regent College in February: 2013-14 Laing Lectures: Christian Theology as a Guide for the Emotions. February 19-20—free admission. .

For more information go to: rgnt.net/laing2013 The Justice Conference 2014, simulcast from Los Angeles, CA: February 21-22, Tenth Church, Vancouver, Cost $25-34 This is an annual gathering to inspire and connect men and women with a shared concern for biblical and social justice. Details are at http://tinyurl.com/n8y75lb

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OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

SOUP SALE There will be a Soup Sale on Sunday, Feb.9. Please see Mary Brown in the Bishops’ Room after High Mass to make your purchases.

250 POWELL STREET CONSTRUCTION UPDATE The ongoing work on the building at 250 Powell is HazMat removal. Work hours are from 4:00pm until 10:00pm (by special permit from CoV) until the concrete pods are all removed by February 28.

NEWS FROM THE COMING HOME SOCIETY’S YOUNG WOLVES LODGE One of our young ladies spent the greatest part of her pregnancy at Young Wolves Lodge and graduated on January 3rd. On January 21st she gave birth to a healthy 9 pound, 15 ounce baby girl! She has also moved into the first home she has had on her own, and will be regaining custody of her eight year old son. Very special thanks to those who helped us equip this young lady with baby items, and with housewares for her first home!

February 3 will be the start of pod removal on Gore St. with the road being closed as a crane must be set up in the middle of the road. This process will be for 3 successive weeks. Sidewalk traffic will be halted 4 – 6 times per day for public safety.

If anyone has the capacity to purchase a one-zone book of bus tickets to donate to Young Wolves Lodge, it would be most appreciated. There have been unusual transportation needs in January, and the budget is stretched very thin. Thank you!

Linda Adams, President, Coming Home Society

THE JULIAN GATHERING In order to allow Mother Alexis time for full recovery, as well as to keep time and space in our lives for Lent and Easter week, our next meeting will be May 18th.

At that time, we will again welcome new members and begin with a fresh start.

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DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE: LOCAL AREA PLAN The goal of the Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan is to create a vision and plan for the Downtown Eastside that will focus on ways to improve the lives of lowincome DTES residents and community members. To learn more about the draft plan you can register for dialogue sessions/presentations being held throughout the DTES. For more information: Phone 3-1-1, or go to www.vancouver.ca/dtesplan, or email dtes@vancouver.ca.

DIDO’S “DID YOU KNOW?”

OUR DIOCESE

The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, commemorates the presentation of Christ in the Temple. This took place 40 days after his birth (Luke 2:2239) as required by Jewish law (Leviticus 12:1-4).

Beginning in Jerusalem (c.350) this feast spread throughout the Church of the East, where it is known as “The Meeting” – of the infant Lord with Simeon and Anna. Indeed, Simeon has become known as the “God-receiver.”

In the West the feast spread gradually — by the tenth century the feast included a procession, with the blessing and distribution of candles. Hence the term “Candlemas”, the medieval English word, which captures the sense of lighting candles at the beginning of Mass to mark the light of Christ coming into the world.

“The Presentation of Christ in the Temple commonly called The Purification of the Saint Mary the Virgin” is the title of the feast in our Anglican Prayer Book tradition. The notion of the purification of Mary became dominant in the West until a recovery of the centrality of Christ in the feast during the 1960s.

The Consecration/Ordination and the Enthronement/ Installation of the Revd. Canon Melissa Skelton as the IXth Bishop of New Westminster will take place at 1:00 pm on St David's Day (March 1st).We will begin at the Vancouver Convention Centre with the Consecration. The Metropolitan will be the Chief Consecrator and the Primate will be the Presider at the Eucharist.

This will be followed by the assembly processing to the Cathedral for the Enthronement by the Dean and Chapter.

So in celebrating the feast three themes are evident: presentation, meeting and purification.

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JUSTICE AND MERCY GROUP READING OF BUFFALO SHOUT, SALMON CRY Please join the Vancouver Catholic Worker community for a group reading of the engaging & challenging book Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry: Conversations on Creation, Land Justice, and Life Together, edited by Steve Heinichs.

What: 6 sessions, two weeks apart When: 6 Fridays at 7pm - January 31, February 14, February 28, March 14, March 28, April 11 Where: 1143 E Pender St. Vancouver Who: hosted by the Vancouver Catholic Worker community, all are welcome

across Canada in our commitment to end the violence towards women and children in our communities. We are inviting men across the country to commit to a one-day Fast and to indicate your participation and support by writing your name on the Moose Hide Campaign website at: www.moosehidecampaign.ca

ANNUAL VESTRY ANNUAL VESTRY MEETING The Annual Vestry Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 23, after High Mass in the Parish Hall. A light lunch will be provided.

FINANCIAL EQUILIBRIUM It is with joy and much appreciation that I can tell you that our envelope giving for 2013 came in right on budget!

MOOSEHIDE CAMPAIGN – ANNUAL GATHERING OF MEN, AND NATIONAL FAST On Thursday, February 13th, 2014 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men will meet at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria to stand up for Aboriginal women and children and to speak out against all forms of violence towards them. You are invited to attend this gathering.

As part of this day of action we are also inviting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men across the country to take part in a national One-Day Fast. The purpose of not eating food or drinking water for one day is to honor the women and children in our lives, to strengthen our resolve, and to connect with men 32 | THE THURIBLE

I haven’t received all the figures for the year end yet — we have to wait for the audited statements that will be provided for the Annual Vestry Meeting — but this income I do know.

Sincere thanks to everyone who dug deep and put their money where their hearts are.

Angela Van Luven

RESOURCING OUR FAITH PAX — 2014 ANNUNCIATION ISSUE PAX has recently adjusted its publication schedule to conform more evenly to the quarter-days of the year.

Beginning this year, PAX will be released on the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25); the Feast of St. John the Baptist (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, June 24); Michaelmas (September 29); and Christmas (December 25).

The upcoming Annunciation issue will focus on the liturgical season of Lent. Some questions to consider related to this theme include: What is the meaning of penitence? What is the point of fasting? How do we make ourselves ready for Easter?

We welcome submissions on all topics, and particularly those related to the theme. All submissions (including articles, original poetry, photography and artwork) are due no later than February 24th and can be emailed to tracylee.russell@gmail.com or left in the PAX slot outside the Church office. Written submissions should be a maximum of 500 words unless otherwise specified.

QUOTE OF THIS WEEK To be partakers of the divine nature means we become more and more God-like, treating all with an even-handedness, even those we regard as evil. For you know, even the most evil, the Shipmans, the Saddam Husseins, Bin Ladens – we may not like it – but they remain God’s children. This God, who lets God’s sun shine on good and bad alike; who makes God’s rain fall on all, for all, and we, who want to be God-like, are asked to forgive, even as God has forgiven us in Christ, forgive even that which we consider to be unforgivable.

Sermon by Archbishop Desmond Tutu On The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple Southwark Cathedral Sunday 1 February 2004 http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/12039.htm

FAMILY TIES THAT BIND 6 Monday evenings, Feb. 24 – Mar 31, 2014-01-30 Grace Lutheran Church, 7283 Nelson Avenue, Burnaby A six-week program that explores defining a clearer self and creating healthier relationships using family systems theory. For details go to www.livingsystems.ca

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SAINTS THIS WEEK St. Anskar Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Sweden, 865 February 4 Today we remember Anskar, a ninth-century missionary who strove to bring the gospel of Christ to the people of Denmark and Sweden.

Anskar began his labours in the year 826, when the emperor of the Franks asked him to open a mission in southern Denmark. Even with the backing of the local king, his successes were modest. Nevertheless, after a couple of years in Denmark, he decided to cross the Baltic and launch a mission among the Swedes. When he returned he found that the Pope had appointed him archbishop of Hamburg, with jurisdiction over all the missions in Scandinavia.

From the moment of his appointment until his death over thirty years later, Anskar experienced very little except disappointment and frustration. Unable to find enough staff, his mission to Sweden soon withered. A rebellion in Denmark overthrew the king who had supported him, and the rebels quickly smothered the young Danish church. In the year 845 Hamburg itself was burned to the ground by Viking raiders, and he moved his missionary base to Bremen, which nearly suffered the same fate several times over.

He laboured to end the Baltic slave-trade, and though he redeemed countless thousands from bondage, Viking slavers continued to operate with impunity.

Despite all these setbacks Anskar persevered in his mission, and whenever one opportunity was cut off, he sought another avenue for spreading the gospel. His persistence had one small return in 854, when a new king in southern Denmark allowed him to re-open his mission and begin rebuilding the Danish church. He died on this date eleven years later.

The Church honours Anskar as the Apostle of Scandinavia because his tenacious efforts in the face of disaster and discouragement were like the seed mentioned in the gospel itself. They were a small beginning which eventually bore a rich harvest two centuries later, when Christianity at last found a home among the children of the Vikings.

For all the Saints, Prayers and Readings for Saints’ Days, ABC, 1994

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SAINTS THIS WEEK Martyrs of Japan, 1596 February 6 On this day in 1597, twenty-six Christians were crucified near the Japanese city of Nagasaki. We remember their faithfulness under great suffering and honour them as the proto-martyrs of Asia.

Jesuit missionaries had been active in Japan for over forty years, and they had converted large numbers from every class of Japanese society. The ruling Shogun eventually banned all missionary activity because he feared that the growth of the Christian Church among his people would prepare the way for an invasion by Europeans. The Jesuits took care not to offend the Shogun and were able to continue with their work by becoming as much like the Japanese in dress and habits as they could. But in 1593 a group of Franciscans arrived, who openly flaunted the decree against missionary activity. The Jesuits tried to warn the newcomers that they were endangering not only themselves but also the whole Christian enterprise in Japan. The warning went unheeded. Soon afterwards the Shogun ordered the arrest of six Franciscans and twenty Japanese Christians. The Jesuits quietly intervened in an effort to save the prisoners’ lives, but the authorities turned a deaf ear to their appeals. The prisoners were subjected to torture, then marched from Osaka to Nagasaki. There, on a hill over-looking the city, they found twenty-six crosses planted in a row. Each prisoner was tied to his cross; then the executioner went down the row, piercing each one twice with a spear.

After the crucifixions at Nagasaki, the Shogun and his successors relented, and the Church enjoyed twenty years of peace. But persecution was renewed in waves during the first half of the seventeenth century and continued even after Japan’s rulers closed their country to foreigners. Nevertheless, when Europeans once again entered Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, they found many pockets of Japanese who had preserved in secret some living vestiges of Christian faith and practice.

For all the Saints, Prayers and Readings for Saints’ Days, ABC, 1994

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MASS THIS WEEK 2014

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

MON. FEBRUARY 3

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, c.316

For members of the healing professions

TUES. FEBRUARY 4

9:30 am in the Lady Chapel

St. Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Sweden, 865

For the proclamation of the Gospel in Scandinavia

WED. FEBRUARY 5

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

St. Agatha, Martyr, 251

For all who are struggling in their faith

THU. FEBRUARY 6

9:30 am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel

Martyrs of Japan, 1596

For the proclamation of the Gospel in Japan

FRI. FEBRUARY 7

12:10 pm in the Lady Chapel

St. Cornelius the Centurion For the peace process in the Holy Land

SAT FEBRUARY 8 For the DTES Local Area Plan

SUN. FEBRUARY 9 Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

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8:00 am 8:30 am 10:30 am 5:00 pm

Morning Prayer Low Mass High Mass Evening Prayer

DAILY LECTIONARY DATE

DAILY MASS

MORNING PRAYER 9:00 AM

EVENING PRAYER 5:00PM

MON. FEBRUARY 3

2 Sam 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-14 Ps 3 Mk 5:1-20

Ps 56, 57 Gen 19:1-17, 24-29 Heb 11:1-12

Ps 64, 65 Is 51:17-23 Jn 6:27-40

TUES. FEBRUARY 4

1 Cor 4:9-13 Ps 80:8-18 Mk 4:26-32

Ps 61, 62 Gen 21:1-21 Heb 11:13-22

Ps 68:1-20, 24-36 Is 52:1-12 Jn 6:41-51

WED. FEBRUARY 5

2 Sam 24:2, 9-17 Ps 32:1-8 Mk 6:1-6

Ps 72 Gen 22:1-18 Heb 11:23-31

Ps 119:73-96 Is 54:1-10 Jn 6:52-59

THU. FEBRUARY 6

Col 1:24-29 Ps 69:5-18 Mk 8:34-38

Ps 71 Gen 23:1-20 Heb 11:32 – 12:2

Ps 74 Is 55:1-13 Jn 6:60-71

FRI. FEBRUARY 7

Sir 47:2-11 Ps 18:31-33, 46-50 Mk 6:14-29

Ps 69:1-23, 31-38 Gen 24:1-27 Heb 12:3-11

Ps 73 Is 56:1-8 Jn 7:1-13

1 Kg 3:3-14 Ps 119:9-16 Mk 6:30-34

Ps 75, 76 Gen 24:28-38, 4951 Heb 12:12-29

Ps 23, 27 Is 57:3-13 Jn 7:14-36

Is 58:1-9a Ps 112:1-9 1 Cor 2:1-12 Mt 5:13-20

Ps 93, 96 Gen 24:50-67 2 Tim 2:14-21

Ps 34 Is 57:14-21 Mk 10:13-22

SAT. FEBRUARY 8

SUN. FEBRUARY 9

Public prayer is offered Monday - Saturday in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel which is 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 Church. Evening Prayer: 5.00 pm. in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, please check the weekly bulletin for exceptions.

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CLERGY

PARISH STAFF

Rector: Father Mark Greenaway-Robbins rector@stjames.bc.ca / 778-316-7941 Days off: Friday & Saturday

Office Managers: Linda Adams: Mon – Wed, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM Deanna Ferguson: Thu – Sat, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

Deacon: Mother Joyce Locht joyce.locht@gmail.com Street Outreach: Father Matthew Johnson streetoutreachinitiative@gmail.com

Custodial Staff: Art Cuthbertson: Mon-Thu, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM 604-329-7567 Darren Campbell: Sat, 7:00 AM-1:00 PM, Sun, 7-10 AM

604-685-7522 (non-emergency #) Days off: Monday & Saturday Honorary Assistants: Mother Alexis Saunders, Priest Sister Mary Christian Cross, Deacon

Organist & Choirmaster: Gerald Harder Assistant Organist: Bruce McKenzie

CLERGY AVAILABILITY

PARISH OFFICERS

Clergy may be contacted through the Office: 604-685-2532 For immediate contact or within a few hours please contact the Rector on his cell phone at: Father Mark Greenaway-Robbins: 778-316-7941 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

Rector’s Warden: Brian Rocksborough-Smith 604-291-9852 wardens@stjames.bc.ca People’s Warden: Reece Wrightman 604-872-4129 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Associate Warden: Betty Carlson 604-522-4412 wardens@stjames.bc.ca Trustee: Leslie Arnovick Trustee: Graham Murchie Trustee: Paul Stanwood Treasurer: Angela Van Luven Envelope Secretary: Philip Green Parish Privacy Officer & Vestry Clerk: Linda Adams PARISH COUNCIL Chair: Jane Turner Secretary: Erin Kenny

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 Parish Office hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 am-4:00pm