HOLY TRINITY KEW Anglican Church of Australia
LENT 4 MOTHERING SUNDAY MARCH 11, 2018 Holy Eucharist 8am SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY KEW On 2nd Sunday of the month, incense will be used at the 10am service Wednesday 11am – Holy Eucharist & 3 Stations of the Cross SUNDAY 8am – Holy Eucharist 10am – Choral Eucharist Family ministry: Sunday 10am in chapel (in church on 1st Sun)
Healing Service: 4th Wednesday of the month following the 11am service in the Memorial Chapel- unless advised. At Trinity Grammar School Chapel: Sunday 週日中英文10.30am – English Service
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 Breakfast after today’s service in the Vicarage. CHURCH TOILETS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN VICARAGE 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.
Dear Parishioners, On this Fourth Sunday in Lent and Mothering Sunday an excerpt from the Daily Telegraph London 8th March 2013 on Mothering Sunday by correspondent Christopher Howse: Every year, readers write to the Telegraph pointing out that the mid Sunday in Lent is not “Mother’s Day” but “Mothering Sunday”. Many blame America for introducing the former and making it commercial. In America, of course, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May, as proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1914. It is marked on that day because it was the result of a campaign by Anna Jarvis (1864-1948), whose own mother had died on May 9. This is where the British tradition grows a little complicated. For the revival of Mothering Sunday must be attributed to Constance Smith (1878-1938), and she was inspired in 1913 by reading a newspaper report of Anna Jarvis’s campaign in America. A big difference was that Constance Smith was a High Anglican who believed that “a day in praise of mothers” was fully expressed in the liturgy of the Church of England for the fourth Sunday of Lent. This is not entirely the case, for the Collect on that Sunday asks God that “we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved”. That doesn’t sound specifically maternal. It is only the Lesson for the day that declares: “Jerusalem which is above is free; which is the mother of us all.” It is true that this Sunday harked back centuries to the pre-Reformation connotations of Laetare Sunday, on which the Introit, the first prayer of the Mass, says: “Rejoice, O Jerusalem: and come together all you that love her ... and be filled from the breasts of your consolation.” Laetare Sunday’s connections with mothers came through it being the day to visit the mother church or cathedral. Some customs of the day outlived the Reformation. These included making a simnel cake and taking it to Mother. “I’ll to thee a Simnel bring, / Gainst thou go’st a Mothering,” wrote the celebratory poet Robert Herrick in the mid 17th2
century. Constance Smith reconnected simnel cakes and what local customs of the day that survived with the honouring of mothers. Under the pen-name C. Penswick Smith she published a booklet The Revival of Mothering Sunday in 1920. Things snowballed, impelled by feelings consequent on the loss by many mothers of their sons in the First World War. Constance Smith’s idea was not that Mothering Sunday should be limited to one Christian denomination, and its popularity spread through such open organisations as the Boy Scouts and Girls Guides. “By 1938,” wrote Cordelia Moyse, the modern historian of the Mothers’ Union, “it was claimed that Mothering Sunday was celebrated in every parish in Britain and in every country of the Empire.” Neither Constance Smith nor Anna Jarvis ever became mothers themselves. Anna Jarvis regretted the growing commercialisation of the day, even to disapproving of preprinted Mother’s Day cards. “A printed card means nothing,” she said, “except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world.” Sadly in recent times Mothering Sunday in Australia has declined in importance with the observance of Mother’s Day in May and the Anglican Church’s lack of formal recognition of it on the Fourth Sunday in Lent. However, even if Mothering Sunday has no national church or national and/or state recognition or support- it stills continues proudly in many parishes throughout the land, including Holy Trinity Kew and hundreds of other churches. Yours In Christ, Fr Robert
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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: The Son of Man must be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 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 Collect Everlasting God in whom we live and move and have our being, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you: give us purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing your will, no weakness prevent us from doing it; that in your light we may see light, and in your service find perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD Readings from 'New Revised Standard Version' (NRSV) First Reading: 2 Chronicles 36:15-21 15 The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwellingplace; 16 but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against his people became so great that there was no remedy. 17 Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their youths with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, the aged or the feeble; he gave them all into his hand. 18 All the vessels of the house of God, large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officials, all these he brought to Babylon. 19 They burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels. 20 He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had made up for its sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years. Response: Hear the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God. 5
Psalm: 137 1 By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered Zion. 2 As for our harps we hung them up: upon the trees that are in that land. 3 For there those who led us away captive required of us a song: and those who had despoiled us demanded mirth, saying ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’ 4 How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem: let my right hand forget its mastery. 6 Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth: if I do not remember you, if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Second Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 4 But
God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ[a]—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— 9 not the result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Response: Hear the word of the Lord, Thanks be to God.
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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. The Lord be with you, and also with you. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Saint John chapter 3 beginning at the 14th verse. Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ 14 And
just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” Gospel Response: This is the gospel of the Lord, Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
SERMON - followed by a short time for reflection (a copy of sermon is available at back of church and a selection available on the parish web page)
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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: all who work for peace and justice. We pray for: The Church of England (Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby); Diocese of Bathurst (Bp Ian Palmer Clergy & People); Chinese Ministry (Richard Liu, Missioner); Parish of St John's, Sorrento w. St Andrew's, Rye (Nicholas Wallace); Holy Trinity Hastings – pastoral visit (Bp Paul Barker). We pray for our ministry team: Robert, Robert, Pam and Leonie, for Rick and Michael (with responsibility for the TGS congregation), for the choir and Sunday School, and 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:
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. 10
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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 GREAT 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. 11
As our Saviour Christ has taught us we are confident to pray, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and 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. 12
Once you have received communion you may wish to pray the following prayer in thanksgiving: Thanks be to you, our Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which you have given us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen. (Richard of Chichester 1197-1253 AD)
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. Blessing Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord: In the name of Christ. Amen
'Copyright Š 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, March 18, 2018 1st Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34 2nd Reading Hebrews 5:7-9
Psalm 51:1-10 Gospel John 12:20-33
GENERAL NOTICES Birthdays: Beryl Cohen (Tomorrow), Vivienne Harkness (Tuesday) Lenten Studies Sunday Midday-1pm sharp in the Vicarage. Evensong: Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Directed by Stephen Kerr will present a choral evensong at Holy Trinity, led by Rev’d Robert Holland. All are welcome to attend. Music by Byrd and Tallis. Monday March 12, 2018, 5pm. Stewardship Envelopes: Please collect your 2018-2019 Stewardship envelopes from the back of the Church. Thank you. Confirmation: If you are interested in being confirmed in 2018 please contact the Parish Office. The deadline for expressions of interest is Sunday 18th March. Confirmation preparation will begin from the 29th April. Mother Prioress and the Carmelite Nuns extend a cordial invitation to the congregation at Holy Trinity to attend the 41st Ecumenical Gathering of the Kew Community Festival at the Carmelite Monastery Church, 94 Stevenson St, Kew on Sunday, March 18th, 2018, 2:30pm. Please add your name to the sign-up sheet at the back of the church by March 4th if you are interested in attending. Access to the Church: Please note that, until further notice, all access to the Church will be through the Pakington Street entrance. There is no access through the main gates or main doors. Access to the Memorial Garden, Church office and Vicarage is at the North end of the Church off Pakington Street. There are three alternatives for access - the stairs and a pathway, both outside the Church office and, during service time’s, through the Church. ANGLICARE: Our first Anglicare group meeting for the year will be on Thursday March 15 at 10.30 am in the vicarage. Please come and see what Anglicare Victoria is all about. Marg Kelly, 0447 282 062.
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CHURCH LAW – AVOIDING PROBLEMS IN YOUR PARISH Trinity College and the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne has organised a one day course for all parish officers. The aim of the course is to ensure that parish officers and anyone in a position of authority and responsibility within a parish has a good working knowledge of the legal framework which affects aspects of the work and ministry in a parish. Attendance at this course will assist Holy Trinity and its officers to meet their legal obligations. Course Details: Saturday 12 May 2018. 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, Trinity College. Old Wardens Lodge. 100 Royal Parade Parkville. Registration is free and may be completed at trybooking.com/351163 or search Trinity College. Copies of course details are available at the back of the church. Any enquiries maybe directed to Chris Roper. Trinity College 0407 419 330 or Leonie Bird (0409 860 026) leoniebird@vicbar.com.au
Services for Holy Week and Easter - 2018 March 25, PALM SUNDAY
8am: Eucharist 10am: Sung Eucharist
March 27, Holy Tuesday:
6:30pm: Eucharist
March 28, Holy Wednesday:
11am: Eucharist
March 29, Maundy Thursday:
8pm: Eucharist and Foot washing.
March 30, GOOD FRIDAY:
9:30am: Service of the Day at HTK 11am: Ecumenical Service in Petrie Square. 3.00pm: Stations of the Cross at HTK
March 31, EASTER EVE:
6:30pm: Lighting of Paschal Candle and Renewal of Baptismal vows.
April 1, EASTER DAY:
8am: Eucharist. 10am: Choral Eucharist. 10:30am: Cross-cultural service at TGS (in Asian English) 15
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ROSTERS Roster Duty 8am Sun Welcomer Reader Intercessor Euch Assist Server Celebrant Preacher Breakfast 10am Sun Welcomer
This Week 11/3/2018
Next Week 18/3/2018
Marilyn & Robert Frood
Charles Harkin & Robert Frood David Harkin BCP David Harkin Dinesh Warnakulasuriya The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Newton Yvonne & Bob Stannard
The Rev’d Robert Holland The Rev’d Robert Newton The Rev’d Robert Holland Yvonne & Bob Stannard
Lorraine Bent & Yvonne Panagacos Dileeni & Reader Nilmini Wickramasinghe Jane Sullivan Intercessor Euch Assist Nick Leicester & Nip Thomson Chris Flavelle-Smith Server Chris Flavelle-Smith Thurifer Jane Sullivan ALM Rev’d Robert Newton Celebrant Rev’d Robert Holland Preacher Dorothy Hadwen Transport Morning Tea Rosemary Nairn & Ian Lees
Sacristan Chapel Flowers Brass
Carol Fraser
Counters
Barbara Thomson
Nip Thomson & Nola Scott Nip Thomson & Janine Flavelle-Smith Janine Flavelle-Smith Chris Flavelle-Smith & Julie Burke Robert Buckmaster Chris Flavelle-Smith Rev’d Robert Newton Rev’d Robert Newton Elizabeth Cook Liz Dixon & Bev Cooper Jane Newton
Liz Cook Charles Harkin & Robert Frood
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PARISH DIARY DATE DAY TIME 11/3 Sun 12-1pm 12/3 Mon 5pm 25/3 Sun
4.00pm
EVENT Lenten Studies in Vicarage. Choral Evensong at HTK with Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Grainger Wind Symphony
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’d Robert Newton, 9855 0630, vicar@holytrinitykew.org.au Parish Chaplain: Pam Hughes, 9855 8279 Honorary Associate Clergy: The Rev’d Robert Holland (0423 568 048), The Rev’d Rick Cheung. Authorised Lay Ministers: Leonie Bird, Jane Sullivan, Michael Wong. Churchwardens: Robert Buckmaster, Marcus Pandy, Nip Thomson. Parish Council: Leonie Bird, CK Choong, Chris Flavelle-Smith, David Renshaw, Jill Rossouw, Dinesh Warnakulasuriya, Michael Wong. 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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