TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
26TH OCTOBER, 2014
A Prayer Book for Australia - The Second Order of The Holy Communion
PLEASE BE QUIET AND REVERENT BEFORE THE LITURGY
HYMN TIS 275
GATHERING OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Page 119
Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
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
KYRIE ELEISON
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
Glory to God in the highest
and peace to his 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:
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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.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
O God,
whose Son has taught us that love is the fulfilment
of your law:
stir up within us the fire of your Holy Spirit,
and pour into our hearts your greatest gift of love,
so that we may love you with our whole being,
and our neighbours as ourselves;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you, and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Please sit
LITURGY OF THE WORD
Endings and Beginnings-This week we arrive at the border of the new land
to which the people of Israel have been travelling since fleeing their enslaved
lives in Egypt. We will also see how Moses’ life comes to an end. However,
in the endings there are also new beginnings; the story continues into the
next era of God’s creativity.
A Reading from the Book of Deuteronomy
Moses Dies and Is Buried in the Land of Moab
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top
of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole
land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain—
that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. The
Lord said to him, ‘This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
and to Jacob, saying, “I will give it to your descendants”; I have let you
see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.’ Then Moses, the
servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s command.
He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no
one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred and twenty
years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigour had not
abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days;
then the period of mourning for Moses was ended. Joshua son of Nun
was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him;
and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded Moses. Never
since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew
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face to face. He was unequalled for all the signs and wonders that the
Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his
servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying
displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
(Deuteronomy 34.1-12)
For the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Satisfy us by your loving-kindness.
Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to another. Before the
mountains were brought forth, or the land and the earth were born, from
age to age you are God. You turn us back to the dust and say, ’Go back, O
child of earth.’ R
For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past and like a
watch in the night. You sweep us away like a dream; we fade away suddenly
like the grass. In the morning it is green and flourishes; in the evening it is
dried up and withered. R
Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? Be gracious to your servants. Satisfy us
by your loving-kindness in the morning; so shall we rejoice and be glad all the
days of our life. Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us
and the years in which we suffered adversity. R
May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; prosper the work of our
hands; prosper our handiwork. R
(Psalm 90.1-6, 13-17)
A Reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
Paul’s Ministry in Thessalonica
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was
not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully maltreated
at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the
gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring
from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved
by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak,
not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know
and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a
pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you
or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.
But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own
children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share
with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you
have become very dear to us. You remember our labour and toil, brothers
and sisters; we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of
you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. You are witnesses, and
God also, how pure, upright, and blameless our conduct was towards you
believers. As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with
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his children, urging and encouraging you and pleading that you should
lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
We also constantly give thanks to God for this, that when you received
the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human
word but as what it really is, God’s word, which is also at work in you believers.
(1Thessalonians 1.1-10)
For the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn Tis 47
Please stand
Alleluia, alleluia!
All who love me will keep my words,
and my Father will love them, and we will come to them.
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
A Reading from The Holy Gospel According to Matthew
Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered
together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
‘Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?’ He said to him, ‘
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your mind.” This is the greatest and first commandment. And a
second is like it: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Now while the Pharisees
were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: ‘What do you think
of the Messiah? Whose son is he?’ They said to him, ‘The son of David.’ He
said to them, ‘How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
“The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under
your feet’ ”? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?’ No one
was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask
him any more questions.
(Matthew 22.34-46)
For the Gospel of our Lord.
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
HOMILY
THE NICENE CREED
Please sit
Please stand
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,
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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
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
Please Kneel
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 so 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 priest declares the absolution.
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LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
GREETING OF PEACE
Please stand
We are the body of Christ.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
His Spirit is with us.
And also with you.
Hymn Tis 526
OFFERTORY
Please sit
The gifts of the people are brought to the Altar.
GREAT THANKSGIVING
Page 128
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.
The priest continues with the preface:
................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.
.....................in remembrance of me.’
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
………………never-ending praise:
Blessing and honour and glory and power
are yours for ever and ever.
Amen.
Please stand
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Please kneel
THE LORD’S PRAYER
As our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are confident to pray,
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.
BREAKING OF THE BREAD
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.
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AGNUS DEI
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.
Jesus is the Lamb of God
Who takes away the sins of the world.
Happy are those who are called to his supper.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
But only say the word, and I shall be healed.
COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE
COMMUNION OF THE AGED AND SICK IN THEIR HOMES
THE SENDING OUT OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Page 143
Please stand
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.
NOTICES
BLESSING OF MEMBERS OF SERVICE CLUBS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
BLESSING OF THE PEOPLE
The Lord be with you
And also with you.
The priest prays God’s blessing on the people.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen
HYMN TIS 631
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 and reproduced with permission. Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible New Revised Standard Version
1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, published by
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Taree High School Special Religious Education
FUND RAISING DINNER
Taree Presbyterian Church Hall
Saturday the 8th November
6.30 pm
$25
Telephone 6552 1082 or email [email protected]
Please put your name on the list
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Readings for Next Sunday
Revelation 7.9-17
Psalm: 34.1-10,22
1 John 3.1-3
Gospel: Matthew 5.1-12
Wednesday 5th November, 2014
Philippians 2.12-18
Psalm: 27.9-17
Gospel:Luke 14.25-33
ROSTERS FOR ST JOHN’S
Sunday 2nd November, 2014
USHERS:
G & D Sinclair
GREETER:
B Walker
READERS:
J Burden, J Burden
MORNING TEA:
K Hillyared & S Lythgoe
BRASS ROSTER FOR NOVEMBER:
V Birkett
CURSILLO ‘ULTREYA’
Next Saturday, St John’s Church 9.30 am
ANGLICAN WOMEN OF AUSTRALIA
All women are warmly invited to a
QUIET DAY
at the
Taree Parish Church of Saint John the Divine
Friday the 14th November
10.00 am to 2.30 pm
The Quiet Day will be conducted by
The Reverend Michelle Hazell-Jawhary
Rector of Gloucester
Area Dean of
The Manning
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My dear people,
From the time of the establishment of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle
in 1847, the dominant tradition has been catholic. This is sometimes called
‘high church’, and it is expressed in a strong emphasis on liturgical worship, the
sacraments, public and private prayer, social justice, and pastoral ministry. For
most of my life I have lived in this tradition, and I think that it is Christ-like and
good. But there are other traditions of Anglicanism, and there are some parishes
that are sometimes described as ‘evangelical’. I think that we can learn a great
deal from one another, catholic and evangelical, and Anglicans are at their best
when they are open to truth, engaged in loving and candid conversation, and
willing to grow in the knowledge of Christ.
I ask myself; “What can we learn from other traditions in our Church?”
Evangelical Anglicans remind us of the importance of the Bible. With them,
we believe that the Word of God is a person, our Lord Jesus Christ. He became
man (John 1.14), and he reveals God’s truth to the world. Jesus said “Whoever
has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14.9), and in him we recognise that
God, the source, the ground and the goal of life, is compassionate and forgiving.
The Bible is the Word of God in that it bears faithful witness to this living Word,
Jesus. Every time we come to Church the Bible is read, and as we listen and
meditate on the scriptures we pray that we may see Jesus. The preaching of the
Gospel is important, and the preacher is challenged to reveal Jesus the living
Word by drawing our attention to the teachings of the Bible, the written Word.
Evangelical Anglicans remind us of the importance of conversion. In baptism, we are made members of the Church. But we need to say ‘yes’ to what God
has done, and our life is a journey of responding to the grace of his love that we
poured out in the sacrament of new birth. For some, conversion is a dramatic
moment, not unlike the experience of St Paul on the road to Damascus. For others, conversion is gradual. Every day we are called to respond to our baptismal promises; ‘I turn to Christ, I repent of my sins, I renounce Satan, and I reject
all that is evil’. This is an ongoing challenge so that Christ may be more fully
formed in our humanity.
Evangelical Anglicans remind us of the importance of ministry. All Christians are called to be instruments of God’s love in the world, and the mission of
lay men and women is as important as the mission of the clergy. At home, work
and school we are called to witness to Jesus. This does not mean that we are to
be ‘Bible bashers’. But it does mean that our words must be matched with
Christ-like actions, and that our lives are to be characterised by a quiet prayerfulness.
May God bless you in your ministry.
Father Keith.
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DAILY PRAYERS
Every day, spend time in prayer. Make the sign of the cross
and remember that you have been baptised in God’s Spirit.
Spend time in silence, and ask God to fill you with gifts of love,
joy and peace. Say the Lord’s Prayer, and read one of the scripture
passages printed in the Anglican Parish News. Pray for your family,
friends and neighbours, the Church, the leaders of the nations, peace
and justice in the world, people in the local community, the poor, the
sick, the outcast, the bereaved, and those who have died.
PRAYER FOR THE WORLD
Peace and justice in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. The people of west Africa
and victims of the Ebola virus. Ethnic and religious minorities in our land.
PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH
Bishop Gregory Thompson and the clergy and people of the Parishes
of Windale, Woy Woy, Wyoming, Wyong, Adamstown and Bateau
Bay. The Church of the Diocese of Adelaide
PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK
Lyn Wilkes, Ken Webber, Teagan Blogg, Doreen Cawthorne, Rachael
Lind, Rowan Dimmock, Selina Villiers, Sue Blunt, Ken Laughton,
Rhonda Spencer, Tracey Cooper, Dorrie Moore, Yvonne Ashdown,
Norm Packwood, Rebecca McMullen, Beatrix Edwards, Michael
Griffiths, Melissa Wilson, Jean Andrews, David Simpson priest,
Leo Belcher, Fiona McCrindle, Ken Park and Iain Sutherland.
PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED
May McCrindle, Helen Turner and Phyllis Bishop.
Vivienne Dean-Jones and Rex Forsayth.
Members of our families, friends and members of the Church.
Father of all, we pray to you for those whom we love, but see no longer.
Grant them your peace; let light perpetual shine upon them, and in your
loving wisdom and almighty power work in them the good purpose of
your perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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This Week in the Parish
TODAY:
5.00pm
Holy Eucharist for Families -St John’s Church, Taree
MONDAY:
5.30pm
Choir Practice
TUESDAY:
7.30am
Holy Eucharist
Feast of Saints Simon &
Jude, Apostles & Martyrs
2.30pm
St John’s Church Study Group (6550 5774)
3.00pm
Clare Place Study Group (6552 2494)
7.30pm
St Mark’s Church Study Group (6551 2036)
10.00am
Holy Eucharist -St John’s Church, Taree
11.00am
Emergency Relief Centre
10.00am
Holy Eucharist -St Mark’s Church, Chatham
7.30pm
Rectory Study Group (6552 1310)
7.30am
Holy Eucharist
10.00am
Bishop Tyrrell Place Service
SATURDAY:
9.30 am
Cursillo ’Ultreya’ -St John’s Church, Taree
Feast of All Saints
5.00pm
Reconciliations -St John’s Church, Taree
WEDNESDAY:
THURSDAY:
FRIDAY:
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
SUNDAY:
7.30am
Holy Eucharist -St Mark’s Church, Chatham
9.00am
Holy Eucharist - St John’s Church, Taree
9.30am
Holy Eucharist -Our Lady of Fatima Church, Old Bar
5.00pm
Holy Eucharist for Families -St John’s Church, Taree
6.30pm
‘Pot Luck’ Dinner-St John’s Memorial Hall
Rector
The Reverend Canon Keith Dean-Jones OGS, 6552 1310
Assistant Priest
The Reverend Helen Holliday
Lay Minister
Summer Hicks
Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer
7.00am and 5.30pm Every Day in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary
WEBSITE: www.tareeanglican.org.au
EMAIL:[email protected]
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