HOLY TRINITY KEW
Anglican Church of Australia
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY JANUARY 31, 2016
Holy Communion 10am
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.
Welcome to Holy Trinity, where services have been held, in this church, since 1863. We pray that you will feel the presence of God and know his blessings in your life
You are invited to Morning Tea after today’s service. SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY On 2nd Sunday of the month, incense will be used at the 10am service
WEDNESDAY 11.00am – Holy Communion SATURDAY 6.00pm – Holy Communion (first Saturday each month) SUNDAY 8.00am – Holy Communion 10.00am – Choral Eucharist Family ministry: Sunday 10.00am in chapel (in church on 1st Sunday) Healing Service: 4th Sunday of the month, 11.20 am in the Sanctuary- unless otherwise advised
At Trinity Grammar School Chapel: Sunday 週日中英文10.30am – English Service
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Dear Parishioners, When Jesus first proclaimed the good news of God's kingdom to his own people at Nazareth he did not hesitate to tackle them about their sin of indifference and unbelief. He startled the congregation in the synagogue at Nazareth with a seeming rebuke that no prophet or servant of God could receive honour among his own people. He then outraged them when he complimented Gentiles (non-Jews) who had shown more faith in God than the "chosen ones" of Israel. These words of rebuke spoken by Jesus were met with indignation and hostility. The Nazarenes forcibly threw him out of their town and would have killed him had he not stopped them. We all stand in need of God's grace and merciful help every day and every moment of our lives. Scripture tells us that "the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning" (Lamentations 3:22-23). God gives grace to the humble who seek him with expectant faith and with a repentant heart that wants to be made whole and clean again. If we want to walk in freedom and grow in love and holiness, then we must humbly renounce our sinful ways and submit to Christ's instruction and healing discipline in our lives. Scripture tells us that the Lord disciplines us for our good that we may share his holiness (Hebrews 12:10). Do you want the Lord Jesus to set you free and make you whole again? Ask him to show you the way to walk in his healing love and truth. Yours in Christ, Fr Robert
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Hymn: Glorious things of you are spoken TiS 446 (Tune TiS 772)
1. Glorious things of you are spoken, Zion, city of our God: he whose word cannot be broken formed you for his own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake your sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, you may smile at all your foes. 2. See, the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love, well supply your sons and daughters and all fear of want remove: who can faint while such a river ever flows their thirst to assuage — grace, which like the Lord the giver never fails from age to age.
3. Blest inhabitants of Zion, washed in their Redeemer’s blood: Jesus, whom their souls rely on, makes them kings and priests to God. For his love his people raises over self to reign as kings, and as priests, his solemn praises each for a thank-offering brings. 4. Saviour, since of Zion’s city I, through grace, a member am, let the world deride or pity, I will glory in your name: fading are the worldlings’ pleasures, all their boasted pomp and show; solid joys and lasting treasures none but Zion’s children know. John Newton 1725–1807 alt. Music by permission Oxford University Press
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Invocation: Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God's kingdom, now and for ever. Greeting: The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Sentence: Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13.14 Prayer of Preparation: As we gather as God's people let us pray together: Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Summary of the Commandments: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Jesus said: ‘This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as yourself.’
Kyrie eleison (Dudman Setting)
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The Confession Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, confident in God's forgiveness. Merciful God, our maker and our judge, we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, and in what we have failed to do: we have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves; we repent, and are sorry for all our sins. Father, forgive us. Strengthen us to love and obey you in newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Absolution (Celebrant) Almighty God, who has promised forgiveness to all who turn to him in faith: pardon you and set you free from all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Gloria
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Prayer of the Day Righteous God, you confound the world’s wisdom by giving your blessing to the lowly and pure in heart: give us such a hunger and thirst for justice and perseverance in striving for peace, that in our words and deeds the world may see the promise of your kingdom, which has been revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD Readings from 'New Revised Standard Version' (NRSV) First Reading: Jeremiah 1.4-10 Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’ 6 Then I said, ‘Ah, Lord God! Truly I do not know how to speak, for I am only a boy.’ 7 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not say, “I am only a boy”; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord .’ 9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, ‘Now I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’ 4 5
Response: Hear the word of the Lord, THANKS BE TO GOD
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Psalm: 71.1-6 To you, Lord, have I come for shelter: let me never be put to shame. 2 In your righteousness rescue and deliver me: incline your ear to me and save me. 3 Be for me a rock of refuge, a fortress to defend me: for you are my high rock, and my stronghold. 4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked: from the grasp of the pitiless and unjust. 5 For you, Lord, are my hope: you are my confidence, O God, from my youth upward. 6 On you have I leaned since my birth: you are he that brought me out of my mother’s womb, and my praise is of you continually. 1
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Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 13.1-13 If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. 9 For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; 10 but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. 13 And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1
Response: Hear the word of the Lord, THANKS BE TO GOD
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Gradual Hymn: Fairest Lord Jesus TiS 203
1. Fairest Lord Jesus, Lord of all creation, Son of God, and Mary’s son: you will I cherish, you will I honour, you are my soul’s delight and crown. 2. Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands robed in the greenness and bloom of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, he makes the saddest heart to sing.
4. Fair is the moonlight, fairer still the sunshine, fair is the shimmering starry sky: Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines clearer than all the heavenly host on high. 5. Jesus, all beauty, heavenly and earthly, in you is wondrously found to be; none can be nearer, fairer or dearer than you, my Saviour, are to me. Anon., Münster 1677 tr. Joseph Augustus Seiss 1823–1904 and others
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WE STAND FOR THE READING OF THE HOLY GOSPEL AS A SIGN OF RESPECT AS WE GREET OUR LORD WHO IS PRESENT IN HIS HOLY WORD. ALLELUIA – Sung by ALL
The Lord be with you AND ALSO WITH YOU The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke chapter 4 beginning at the 21st verse.
Then he began to say to them, ‘Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’ 22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, ‘Is not this Joseph’s son?’ 23 He said to them, ‘Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, “Doctor, cure yourself!” And you will say, “Do here also in your home town the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.” ’ 24 And he said, ‘Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s home town. 25 But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; 26 yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.’ 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way. 21
Gospel Response: This is the gospel of the Lord,
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SERMON - (copy of sermon available at back of church and on web)
The Nicene Creed Let us together affirm the faith of the Church. We believe in one God, the Father, the almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. 13
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Let us pray for all people and for the Church throughout the world. Each petition of intercession or thanksgiving concludes with, Lord in your mercy, HEAR OUR PRAYER. We pray for: We pray for all who work for peace and justice. We pray for Anglican Church of Burundi; Diocese of Melbourne; Stewardship Agencies; Parish of St Matthias, Mernda; St John Chrysostom Brunswick West – pastoral visit; St Luke’s Vermont – confirmation service. We pray for our ministry team: Robert, Robert, Helen, Leonie & Pam, for the playgroup, choir, and for all who serve within the parish. We pray for our Archbishop Philip and Bishop Genieve. We pray for those in need, and for those who care for them: Jocelyn & Ken Elliott, (abducted Doctors in Burkino Faso), Sandy T, Stephanie D, Margaret R, Scott and Kirra L, Chris F-S, Bill H, Philip H, Doreen A-B, Phyllis, Margaret Y, Nancy D, Caroline, Joan B, Maureen, Marina P, Pip T, Peter H, Merle O, Darryl D, Billy C, Nancy S, Jean I, Mia C, Jan T, Val B, and those we remember in our own hearts and prayers. We pray for the members of Holy Trinity not able to worship with us, Renee A, Wilma M, Margaret D and all who care for them. We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and whose year’s mind occurs around this time, including: Marjorie Prentice (2013), Peter Marshall (2001) and May Tickle (1997). Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord: and let light perpetual shine upon them.
Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers. Grant that what we have asked in faith We may by your grace receive, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE GREETING OF PEACE (all stand)
{Celebrant} We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us. The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
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Offertory Hymn: Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness TiS 454
1. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, bow down before him, his glory proclaim; gold of obedience and incense of lowliness bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name.
4. These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness, he will accept for the name that is dear, mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness, trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear.
2. Low at his feet lay your burden of carefulness, high on his heart he will bear it for you, comfort your sorrows, and answer your prayerfulness, guiding your steps in the way best for you.
5. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, bow down before him, his glory proclaim; gold of obedience and incense of lowliness bring, and adore him: the Lord is his name. John Samuel Bewley Monsell 1811–75 alt.
3. Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness of the poor wealth you would reckon to own: truth in its beauty and love in its tenderness, these are the offerings to bring to his throne.
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Offertory Prayer: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have these gifts to share. Accept and use our offerings for your glory and for the service of your kingdom. BLESSED BE GOD FOR EVER.
THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Priest: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Priest: Lift up your hearts: People: We lift them to the Lord. Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give him thanks and praise...
Priest: ... Forever praising you and singing:
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Priest: ‌. do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me
Priest: in songs of never ending praise:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen. 17
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD AND THE COMMUNION {Celebrant} We break this bread to share in the body of Christ. We who are many are one body, For we all share in the one bread. Agnus Dei We pray together: Jesus, Lamb of God, have mercy on us. Jesus, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us. Jesus, redeemer of the world, grant us your peace.
Come let us take this holy sacrament of the body and blood of Christ in remembrance that he died for us, and feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving.
Baptised Christians who receive Holy Communion in their own church are invited to share communion with us. The consecrated wine may be received: a) from the common cup which is the tradition of the Anglican Church since the Reformation (as outlined in the Book of Common Prayer 1662) by drinking or intinction of the bread. b) from an individual glass upon request. Or you may choose to receive the bread only as Holy Communion in one kind.
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Final Hymn: Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord TiS 161
1. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings, give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word; in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice. 2. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his name! Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done; his mercy sure, from age to age the same; his holy name - the Lord, the Mighty One. 3. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might! Powers and dominions lay their glory by. Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high. 4. Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word! Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord to children’s children and for evermore! Timothy Dudley-Smith 1926– based on Luke 1:46–55 in The New English Bible Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith Words © 1962, renewal 1990 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music by permission Oxford University Press.
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THE SENDING OUT OF GOD'S PEOPLE Post-Communion Prayer Prayer of self-offering Father, we offer ourselves to you as a living sacrifice through Jesus Christ our Lord. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. AMEN Blessing Dismissal Go in peace to love and serve the Lord: IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. AMEN
ORGAN POSTLUDE '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
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Readings for Sunday, February 7, 2016 1st Reading Isaiah 6.1-8 2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Psalm 138 Gospel Luke 5.1-11
GENERAL NOTICES Birthdays: Jan Todd (TODAY), Merrilyn Beeny (Monday) Confirmation 2016: Please let the Vicar know if you would like to prepare you and/or your children for Confirmation during Lent. Please contact the office with your email and telephone details as an expression of interest. Confirmation preparation will entail five lessons of one hour at Holy Trinity- time and place to be confirmed, ready for Confirmation subject to Bishop availability post Easter. Trinity Times The closing date for the Lent/Easter edition is Thursday February 4. Please email your contributions to ireneshorthouse@iprimus.com.au or leave at the office. Saturday 6pm Service: Please be advised that ongoing the 6pm Saturday service will only be on the 1st Saturday of the month beginning in February on a trial for 6 months, owing to patchy attendance, with four occasions where no-one turned up at all over the last nine months. The Vicar and Parish Wardens. The Holy Trinity community heartily congratulates Brian McFarlane and Graeme Winterton on their recent appointments to the Order of Australia. Mr Brian McFarlane OAM is a long time parishioner who has received the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts as a teacher, film critic, reviewer and author. The Reverend Canon Graeme Winterton AM is a former Assistant Curate and sometime Locum of Holy Trinity; he has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the community through disaster recovery and emergency support ministry, and to the Anglican Church of Australia. Graeme is a former Victorian Council of Churches emergency recovery State Coordinator. These national honours are well deserved and an acknowledgement of their significant service to the wider community.
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5-session COURSE - LENT 2016 – commencing Sunday February 14. Booklets at the back of the church $10. Please place your name on the list. THE PSALMS - prayers for today's church an ecumenical course in five sessions for discussion groups & individuals Course Synopsis The ancient poems we call Psalms are over 2000 years old. They were written in very different times from our own when humans could travel at the speed of a camel - not at the speed of sound. But these songs have stood the test of time for they address many of the problems we still face: violence, injustice, anger - and bewilderment. Why do the wicked prosper? Where is God when we suffer? In this 5-session course, Bishop Stephen Cottrell - a prolific and popular author - reflects on the psalms in general (and five psalms in particular). He invites us to join him as he does so. Five Sessions: Session One Session Two Session Three Session Four Session Five
Know that the Lord is God (Psalm 100) Out of the depths have I cried (Psalm 130) How long, O Lord? (Psalm 13) You spread a table before me (Psalm 23) Unless the Lord builds the house ... (Psalm 127)
PARTICIPANTS on the course CD: • John Bell • Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP • Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin • Revd Dr Jane Leach, Principal of Wesley House (Closing Reflections)
More information at www.yorkcourses.co.uk
Study Session Times Sundays 12 Noon – Location: The old Op Shop Rev’d Robert Newton, Commencing February 14, 2016. ~ Wednesday aftenoons at 2:30pm – Location: The Vicarage Rev’d Robert Holland, Commencing February 17, 2016. ~ Monday/Tuesday evenings 7:30pm – Location: The old Op Shop Leonie Bird, Tue 16/2, Tue 23/2, Mon 29/2, Tue 8/3 and Mon 14/3 22
ROSTERS Roster Duty 6pm Sat Celebrant ALM 8am Sun Welcomer Reader Intercessor Euch Assist Server ALM Celebrant Preacher Breakfast 10am Sun Welcomer Reader Intercessor Euch Assist Server ALM Celebrant Preacher Transport Morning Tea Counters
This Week 31/1/2016
Next Week 7/2/2016
No service
Yvonne Brown & Joan West Leonie Bird Leonie Bird Merrilyn Beeny Carol Fraser
Chris & Merrilyn Beeny
The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Diane Cerini and Charles Harkin
The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Rick Nicholson and Yvonne Stannard
David Renshaw & Anthony Ling Liz Cook & Amanda McLeod
Carol Fraser & Bruce Chisholm Children
Chris & Merrilyn Beeny BCP Irene Shorthouse Dinesh Warnakulasuriya
Children Mark Lucas & Bruce Chisholm Jane Sullivan & Andrea Sherko
David Harkin & Elaine Hutchinson Jane Sullivan & Andrea Sherko The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Geoffrey Broome Blake Shorthouse & Robert Frood
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The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Bruce Chisholm Elaine Hutchinson & Joan West Rosemary Nairn & Ian Lees
PARISH DIARY
Feb DAY TIME 7 Sun 9am 14 Sun 12pm
EVENT Choir rehearsals resume York Lent Studies commence in Old Op Shop
Tax Deductible Donations to Holy Trinity can be made for the 'Building Appeal' through the National Trust, OR for 'Family Ministry' through the Anglican Foundation. Forms are available at the back of church.
Lenten Services from Ash Weds to Palm Sunday: Ash Wednesday 11am and 6.30pm Eucharist and imposition of ashes. 10/02 Penitential Eucharist 11am on Weds during Lent 17/02-17/03 Stations of the Cross each Friday in Lent at 12.30pm 12/02-18/03
Holy Trinity Church Directory 251 High St (cnr Pakington St), Kew 3101 Mailing address: PO Box 37, Kew 3101 Ph: (03) 9853 7158 Email: office@holytrinitykew.org.au Office hours: Monday – Friday 9am-12pm.
Ministry Team and Church Officers: Vicar: The Rev. Robert Newton, 9855 0630, vicar@holytrinitykew.org.au Parish Chaplain: Pam Hughes, 9855 8279 Honorary Associate Clergy: The Rev. Robert Holland, The Rev. Dr Helen Granowski, The Rev. Rick Cheung. Authorised Lay Ministers: Leonie Bird, Jane Sullivan, Andrea Sherko, Michael Wong. Churchwardens: David Harkin, Barbara Thomson, Alan Wilson Parish Council: Simon Gandy, Madeleine Jenkins, Rick Nicholson, Beth Bailey, Marcus Pandy (Treasurer), Michael Wong, Chris Flavelle- Smith, David Renshaw. Wedding enquiries: refer to weddings page on website.
Music Team Director of Music: Stephen Kerr, 0422 524 574; music@holytrinitykew.org.au Deputy Organist: Anthony Carr
Head Chorister: Maddison McLeod.
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