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HOLY TRINITY KEW Anglican Church of Australia

22ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST November 9, 2014

Crèche Area: is in the transept near the pulpit. Parents and children are welcome to enter by the church aisle or by the side door.

SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY WEDNESDAY 11.00am – Holy Communion SATURDAY 6.00pm – Holy Communion SUNDAY 8.00am – Holy Communion 10.00am – Choral Eucharist Family ministry: Sunday 10.00am in hall (in church on 1st Sunday) Healing Service: 11.30am, 4th Sunday

At Trinity Grammar School Chapel: Sunday 週日中英文10.30am – English Service

1. Rejoice, the Lord is King; your Lord and King adore; let all give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice. Rejoice, again I say, rejoice! 2. Jesus the Saviour reigns, the God of truth and love; when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above: Lift up your heart, ... 3. His kingdom cannot fail, he rules o’er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given: Lift up your heart,...

Invocation:

4. He sits at God’s right hand, till all his foes submit, and bow to his command, and fall beneath his feet: Lift up your heart,... 5. Rejoice in glorious hope; Jesus the judge shall come, and take his servants up to their eternal home: We soon shall hear the archangel’s voice; the trump of God shall sound, Rejoice! Charles Wesley 1707–88 alt. Music: John W. Wilson Music © 1992 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God's kingdom, now and for ever.

Watch and be ready, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Matthew 24.42, 44

Eternal God, you have taught us that the night is far spent and the day is at hand: keep us awake and alert, watching for your kingdom, so that when Christ, the bridegroom, comes we may go out joyfully to meet him, and with him enter into the marriage feast that you have prepared for all who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Joshua 24.1-3a, 14-25 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor—lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods. 3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac; 14 ‘Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord .’16 Then the people answered, ‘Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; 18 and the Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’ 19 But Joshua said to the people, ‘You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.’ 21 And the people said to Joshua, ‘No, we will serve the Lord!’ 22 Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.’ And they said, ‘We are witnesses.’ 23 He said, ‘Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.’ 24 The people said to Joshua, ‘The Lord our God we will serve, and him we will obey.’ 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. 1

Psalm 78.1-7 The response is sung first by the choir and then by the congregation. Thereafter it is sung by the congregation after each set of verses. The verses are sung by the choir. Response: (all)

Verses 1. Hear my teaching, O my people; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will pour forth mysteries from of old, 3. Such as we have heard and know, Which our forebears have told us. RESPONSE 4. We will not hide from their children, But will recount to generations to come, The praises of the Lord and his power And the wonderful works he has done. 5. He laid a solemn charge on Jacob And made it a law in Israel, Which he commanded them to teach their children, RESPONSE 6. That the generations to come might know, And the children yet unborn, That they in turn might tell it to their children; 7. So that they might put their trust in God And not forget the deeds of God, But keep his commandments, RESPONSE

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4.9-18 9

Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; 10 and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, beloved, to do so more and more, 11 to aspire to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we directed you, 12 so that you may behave properly towards outsiders and be dependent on no one. 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. 15 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. 16 For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangelâ€™s call and with the sound of Godâ€™s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Gradual Hymn: TiS 246

1. Christ is the world’s light, he and none other; born in our darkness, he became our brother. If we have seen him, we have seen the Father: Glory to God on high. 2. Christ is the world’s peace, he and none other; no one can serve him and despise his brother. Who else unites us, one in God the Father? Glory to God on high. 3. Christ is the world’s life, he and none other; sold once for silver, murdered here, our brother — he, who redeems us, reigns with God the Father: Glory to God on high. 4. Give God the glory, God and none other; give God the glory, Spirit, Son and Father; give God the glory, God in man my brother: Glory to God on high. Frederick Pratt Green 1903–2000 Words by permission Stainer & Bell, London Arrangement from the English Hymnal by permission Oxford University Press

‘Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.5 As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a shout, “Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.” 7 Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” 9 But the wise replied, “No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.” 10 And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut. 11 Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, “Lord, lord, open to us.” 12 But he replied, “Truly I tell you, I do not know you.” 13 Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

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We remember before God with thanksgiving the lives of Patti Andrew (2010), Howard Dowker (2011) and Nicholas Ashley-Brown (1996), as we come to the anniversary of their entry into your nearer presence.

1. ‘Wake, awake, for night is flying,’ the watchmen on the heights are crying, ‘Awake, Jerusalem, arise!’ Midnight hears the welcome voices, and at the rousing cry rejoices: ‘Where are you, all you virgins wise? The bridegroom comes, awake! Your lighted lamps then take. Hallelujah! With joy prepare to meet him there; the royal wedding feast is near.’

3. Now let all the heavens adore you, and saints and angels sing before you with harp and cymbal’s joyful tone. Gates of pearl in heaven are shining; there, with the angel-choir combining, we gather round your radiant throne. No eye has seen that sight, no ear heard such delight. What rejoicing! Yet there will we eternally with songs acclaim your majesty. Philipp Nicolai 1556–1608 tr. Catherine Winkworth 1827–78 alt.

2. Zion hears the watchmen singing, and in her heart new joy is springing; she wakes, she rises from her gloom. For her Lord now comes all-glorious, and strong in grace, in truth victorious; her star has risen, her light has come. Now come, O precious crown, Lord Jesus, God’s own Son. Hail, hosanna! O lead us all into the hall where you provide your joyful meal.

The earlier version of this chorale may be found in The Lutheran Hymnal, 1973, at 487.

Priest: â€Ś. do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.

Priest: â€Ś in songs of never ending praise:

1. Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all thy faithful mercies crown: Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure unbounded love thou art; visit us with thy salvation, enter every trembling heart.

3. Finish then thy new creation, pure and spotless let us be, let us see thy great salvation, perfectly restored in thee: changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place, till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love and praise.

2. Come, almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive; suddenly return, and never, never more thy temples leave: thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above, pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love.

'Copyright © 1995, The Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation. From the text of A Prayer Book for Australia, published under the imprint of Broughton Books. Reproduced with permission. - Recorded music played under PPCA licence 339096 Hymns copied under one of the following licences: - 'Copyright © 1999, The Australian Hymn Book Company. From the text of Together in Song. Reproduced with permission. - Church Copyright Licence #325734 - Copyright Agency Limited licence 2907

Christmas Carols Service, Sunday, December 21, 7:30pm â€“ Rehearsals for the Annual Service of Lessons and Carols continue today at 11:30am in the Chapel. Anyone wishing to be in the choir this year, please contact Stephen or come to the first rehearsal. We particularly need basses! music@holytrinitykew.org.au, 0422 524 574. Holy Trinity Kew â€“ Christmas Cakes and Christmas puddings The traditional trading table for the sale of Holy Trinity Christmas cakes and a limited number of Christmas puddings will take place on Sunday 30 November 2014. The previous custom of supplying cakes or puddings by pre order has been discontinued. There will be an adequate stock of cakes and a limited number of puddings in a variety of sizes available for purchase on that day. Should you have any enquiries please contact either Liz Cook (for parishioners attending the Sunday 10:00 am service] or Leonie Bird [for parishioners attending the Sunday 8:00 am service]

Leonie Bird

Alan & Nell Eddy Nigel Creese Leonie Bird Carol Fraser Barbara Thomson Leonie Bird The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Rick Nicholson and Yvonne Stannard

Charles & Jan Harkin Barbara Thomson BCP Leonie Bird Dinesh Warnakulasuriya

Nip Thomson and Nola Scott Dileeni & Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Nip Thomson & Nola Scott Elizabeth Cook & Madeleine Jenkins Joan Brooking Nick Leicester Jane Sullivan, Don & Joy Watkinson

Joan Brooking Don Watkinson Joy Watkinson The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Dorothy Hadwen Viv & Peter Harkness Rosemary Nairn & Carol Fraser

The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Diana Cerini and Joan West

The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Elizabeth Cook Beth Bailey & Bev Cooper Charles & Jan Harkin

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