HOLY TRINITY KEW Anglican Church of Australia
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TRINITY 3 JUNE 12, 2016
Holy Communion 8am 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
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 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
YOU ARE INVITED TO BREAKFAST AFTER TODAY’S SERVICE
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Dear Parishioners, Why did Jesus put the parable of the two debtors before his well educated host, a religious Jew who was well versed in the Hebrew Scriptures and who would have rigorously followed the letter of the Law of Moses? This parable is similar to the parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matt 18:23-35) in which the man who was forgiven much showed himself merciless and unforgiving. Jesus makes clear that great love springs from a heart forgiven and cleansed. Peter the Apostle tells us that "love covers a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). The woman's lavish expression of love was an offering of gratitude for the great forgiveness, kindness, and mercy Jesus had shown to her. The stark contrast of attitudes between Simon and the woman of dubious character demonstrates how we can either accept or reject God's mercy and forgiveness. Simon, who regarded himself as an upright Pharisee, did not feel any particular need for pardon and mercy. His self-sufficiency kept him from acknowledging his need for God's grace - his gracious gift of favour, help, and mercy. Are you grateful for God's mercy and pardon? Ephrem the Syrian (306-373 AD) living in modern day Turkey wrote in his homily: “The Physician brings miraculous healing to the woman's sins” wrote with great insight the following: "Healing the sick is a physician's glory. Our Lord did this to increase the disgrace of the Pharisee, who discredited the glory of our Physician. He worked signs in the streets, worked even greater signs once he entered the Pharisee’s house than those that he had worked outside. In the streets, he healed sick bodies, but inside, he healed sick souls. Outside, he had given life to the death of Lazarus. Inside, he gave life to the death of the sinful woman. He restored the living soul to a dead body that it had left, and he drove off the deadly sin from a sinful woman in whom it dwelt. That blind Pharisee, for whom wonders were not enough, discredited the common things he saw because of the wondrous things he failed to see.” (1) Yours In Christ, Fr Robert 1) Homily On Our Lord 42.2 Translated by E. G. Mathews and J. P. Amar in Selected Prose Works of St. Ephrem of Syria, Fathers of the Church 91, Washington: Catholic University, 1994.
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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.
(see Ruth 2:4)
Sentence: It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2.20 The Collect for Purity: 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.’ Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. Kyrie eleison: Lord have mercy: R/: Lord have mercy Christ have mercy: R/: Christ have mercy Lord have mercy: R/: Lord have mercy 4
The Gloria Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
The Collect Lord, we beseech you to keep your family, the Church, in continual godliness, that through your protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve you in good works, to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD Readings from 'New Revised Standard Version' (NRSV) First Reading: 1 Kings 21.1-10, 15-21a Later the following events took place: Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. 2 And Ahab said to Naboth, ‘Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.’ 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, ‘The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral inheritance.’ 4 Ahab went home resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, ‘I will not give you my ancestral inheritance.’ He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat. 5 His wife Jezebel came to him and said, ‘Why are you so depressed that you will not eat?’ 6 He said to her, ‘Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, “Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it”; but he answered, “I will not give you my vineyard.” ’ 7 His wife Jezebel said to him, ‘Do you now govern Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.’ 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal; she sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. 9 She wrote in the letters, ‘Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly; 10 seat two scoundrels opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, “You have cursed God and the king.” Then take him out, and stone him to death.’ 15 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, ‘Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.’ 16 As soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab set out to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying: 18 Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria; he is now in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession. 19 You shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord : Have you killed, and also taken possession?’ You shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord : In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, 1
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dogs will also lick up your blood.’ 20 Ahab said to Elijah, ‘Have you found me, O my enemy?’ He answered, ‘I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord , 21 I will bring disaster on you; I will consume you, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel; Response: Hear the word of the Lord, THANKS BE TO GOD
Psalm: 5.1-7 Hear my words, O Lord, give heed to my groaning: listen to my cry, you that are my king and my God. 2 In the morning when I pray to you, surely you will hear my voice: at daybreak I lay my prayers before you, and look up. 3 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness: nor can any evil dwell with you. 4 The boastful cannot stand in your sight: you hate all those that work mischief. 5 Those who speak lies you destroy: you abhor the treacherous, O Lord, and those that are stained with blood. 6 But because of your great goodness I will come into your house: I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe and fear of you. 7 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, for my enemies lie in wait: make straight your way before me. 1
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Second Reading: Galatians 2.15-21 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law. 17 But if, in our effort to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 But if I build up again the very things that I once tore down, then I demonstrate that I am a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ;20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. 15
Response: Hear the word of the Lord, THANKS BE TO GOD
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. The Lord be with you AND ALSO WITH YOU The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke chapter 7 beginning at the 36th verse. GLORY TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST. 7 36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. 37 And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38 She stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet 8
and anointing them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—that she is a sinner.’ 40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ ‘Teacher,’ he replied, ‘speak.’ 41 ‘A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he cancelled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?’43 Simon answered, ‘I suppose the one for whom he cancelled the greater debt.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You have judged rightly.’ 44 Then turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.’ 48 Then he said to her, ‘Your sins are forgiven.’ 49 But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, ‘Who is this who even forgives sins?’50 And he said to the woman, ‘Your faith has saved you; go in peace.’ 8 1 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, 2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources. Gospel Response: This is the gospel of the Lord, PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.
SERMON
followed by a short time for reflection (copy of sermon available at back of church and on web)
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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.
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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: Church of Nigeria; The Diocese of The Murray; Converge International & Chaplains; Parish of St John's Flinders w. St Marks Balnarring; St Barnabas Balwyn – St Barnabas Day celebration service; Altona- Laverton Parish – pastoral visit. 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: and those we remember in our own hearts and prayers. We pray for the members of Holy Trinity not able to worship with us: 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, 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.
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Jesus said: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. John 13.34 [Let us pray] We do not presume to come to your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table. But you are the same Lord whose nature is always to have mercy. Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. 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. 12
[Celebrant]
THE GREETING OF PEACE (all stand) We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us. The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
[A greeting of peace is exchanged with those around us] 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: People: Priest: People: Priest: People: Priest:
The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts: We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise... ... for ever praising you and saying: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: People:
.‌ do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Priest: People:
‌.. in songs of never ending praise. Blessing and honour and glory and power are yours for ever and ever. Amen. 13
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. 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. Draw near with faith. Receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which he gave for you, and his blood which he shed for you. Eat and drink in remembrance that he died for you, and feed on him in your 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. 14
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
'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
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Readings for Sunday, June 19, 2016 1st Reading 1 Kings 19.1-4, 8-15a 2nd Reading Galatians 3.10-14, 23-29
Psalm 42; 43 Gospel Luke 8.26-39
GENERAL NOTICES Birthdays: Dorothy Hadwen (Today) Our Confirmation/Admission to Holy Communion service will be on 17th July, please come along to this special service to support all those involved. There will be rehearsal at HTK on Saturday 16th of July at 10:30am of 30 minutes for all the Confirmation and Admission to Holy Communion candidates for the service on the Sunday. National Trust Appeal With 30 June approaching, our National Trust Appeal is an excellent way to minimise your tax bill! We have a number of projects either underway, or which we would like to commence, with support from the Appeal: New electrical switchboard and LED lighting for the Church The existing switchboard is obsolete and poses a safety/fire risk. It is a priority that we replace it and we have a quotation process happening now. We can tie an upgrade to LED lights to the switchboard replacement. This will provide significant ongoing savings both in terms of electricity costs and maintenance around bulb replacement. The LED upgrade in particular is going to be disruptive, as we will need to scaffold areas in the Church and probably move pews. Refinishing the parquetry Given the likelihood that pews will need to be moved for the lighting works, we’d like to sand and reseal the parquetry at the same time. Painting The Church interior is well overdue a paint. This will include treatment of various walls for rising/falling damp as well as refinishing. We have a reasonable balance in the Appeal at the moment, but not enough to undertake all of the above. All donations of any size will be much appreciated as we undertake these very necessary tasks. Appeal Donation forms can be found at the back of the Church. Prayer Requests: all names for prayer in the pew sheet require permission from the persons being prayed for in the first instance. 16
Trinity Times: The closing date for the Winter edition of Trinity Times is Thursday 30th June. Please email items to ireneshorthouse@iprimus.com.au or leave them at the office. Church Directory: We are putting together a Church Directory to enable easier contact between parishioners and it will only be made available to parishioners. It is up to each individual/family as to which of their contact details they wish to have included in the Directory, and there is no obligation whatsoever to be in the Directory. If you would like to be included, please take a form from the entrance of the Church, complete, sign and date it and either place it in the box provided or leave it in the Church office. The forms will be available until the 26th June and a Directory will be produced soon after that. This is being done in accordance with the Mission Action Plan as adopted by the Parish Council and endorsed at the Annual Meeting. Thanks, Brenda. Leading Women - A day for Anglican women leaders, lay and ordained, to listen, share, learn and grow in confident leadership Saturday 18 June 2016, 9.30am to 4.00pm - Old Warden’s Lodge, Trinity College, Parkville. For more info and to register, ph. 03 9348 7127 or email to theologyevents@trinity.edu.au. $40/$30 including morning/afternoon tea & lunch.
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ROSTERS Roster Duty
This Week 12/6/2016
Next Week 19/6/2016
Rick Nicholson & Yvonne Stannard Irene Shorthouse Leonie Bird Leonie Bird Carol Fraser
Charles Harkin & Robert Frood David Harkin BCP David Harkin Dinesh Warnakulasuriya
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 Irene Shorthouse and Joan West
6pm Sat
Celebrant ALM 8am Sun Welcomer Reader Intercessor Euch Assist Server ALM Celebrant Preacher Breakfast 10am Sun Welcomer
Tricia Renfree & Geoffrey Broome Reader Mark Lucas & Amanda McLeod Intercessor Andrea Sherko Euch Assist Yvonne Panagacos & Janine Flavelle-Smith Server Chris Flavelle-Smith ALM Andrea Sherko Celebrant The Rev’d Robert Newton Preacher The Rev’d Robert Newton Transport Dorothy Hadwen Morning Tea Nip Thomson & Sumitra Wickramasinghe
Janine Flavelle-Smith & Nola Scott Elaine Hutchinson & Ken Rigby The Rev’d Robert Newton Chris Flavelle-Smith
Counters
Charles Harkin & Robert Frood
Irene Shorthouse
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Jane Sullivan Chris Flavelle-Smith The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Elizabeth Cook Beth Bailey, Bev Cooper & Yan Delahunty
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PARISH DIARY June DAY TIME
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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.
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.
www.holytrinitykew.org.au
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