Church of St. John the Evangelist
Elora, Ontario
519.846.5911
www.stjohnselora.ca
email:[email protected]
Lent V Passion Sunday
April 2, 2017
8:00 am Holy Eucharist (BCP)
9:00 am Contemporary Eucharist (BAS)
11:00 am Meditation in Word and Music for Passiontide
Opening Responsory
Thanks be to thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, for all the benefits which thou has given us, for all
the pains and insults which thou has borne for us. O most merciful Redeemer, Friend,
and Brother, may we know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee
more nearly, now and for evermore.
Processional Hymn 128
The royal banners forward go
Walton
Bidding Prayer Beloved in Christ, we are met together to remember the Passion of our Lord
Jesus Christ. We shall hear in Holy Scripture how costly was the sacrifice Christ made on Calvary
hill – for the sake of truth he bore universal reproach, far worse to bear than violence; for this
was all his care, like Abraham before him, to stand approved in His Father’s sight though the
world judge him perverse.
But first let us pray for the Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church which he came to establish.
Let us pray for the mission of the Church throughout the world that it may give faithful witness
to the truth of the Gospel.
And especially let us pray for ourselves and for this our parish that we may respond in heart and
mind to the same Holy Gospel.
Let us pray for peace in the world that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among
peoples everywhere.
Let us pray for the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and afflicted; for refugees, prisoners, and all
who risk their lives for the Gospel, that they may be relieved and protected.
Let us pray for grace to amend our lives, and for the Holy Spirit to illumine our darkness, that we
may continue our holy Lent and await Easter with high expectation.
And finally, let us offer up these prayers and praises in the words which Christ himself has
taught us:
Our Father…….
Lesson I: God pleads with Israel to acknowledge
and confess her wickedness.
read by Anthea Fisher
Jeremiah 2.4-12
Canticle
Lamentation
Bairstow (1874-1946)
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people: how is she become as a widow!
She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces:
how is she become tributary!
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:
among all her lovers, she hath none to comfort her.
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly:
all her gates are desolate, and she herself is in bitterness.
The Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
All they that go by clap their hands at her:
they hiss, and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem saying,
“Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty; the joy of the whole earth?”
Refrain: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.
For these things I weep: mine eye, mine eye, runneth down with water.
From on high hath the Lord sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them:
he hath made me desolate and faint, all the day.
I am become a derision to all my people: and their song all the day.
Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him: let him be filled full with reproach.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by: behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Remember mine affliction and my misery: the wormwood and the gall. Jerusalem...
Remember O Lord, what is come upon us: behold and see our reproach.
Turn Thou unto thee I Lord, and we shall be turned: renew our days as of old."
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are consum’d: because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul: therefore will I hope in him.
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul: thou hast redeemed my life. Jerusalem...
Lesson II: A Saviour will come forth to bear the sins of the world.
read by Donald Fisher
Motet
Isaiah 53.1-6
Ave Verum Corpus
Mawby
All hail, O true Body, of the blessed Virgin born,
Which in anguish to redeem us did’st suffer upon the cross;
From whose side, when pierced by spear, there came forth both water and blood:
Be to us at our last hour the source of consolation.
O loving, O holy, O Jesu, thou Son of Mary,
O have mercy on me. Amen.
Hymn Life high the cross
Refrain
Lift high the cross,
the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore
his sacred Name.
Crucifer
Peace was your plea
and peace your loving theme:
let peace be our passport,
peace a living dream.
Refrain
Come, Christian people,
sing your praises, shout!
If we are silent, even stones cry out. Refrain
Great is the cost of walking on this road,
to follow and suffer with the Son of God.
Refrain
Jesus, you wept to see our human strife,
teach us compassion for each human life.
Refrain
Worlds to be born and children yet to be,
come, take up this song into eternity.
Refrain
Lesson III: Jesus foretells his death and resurrection.
read by Pam Gradwell
Motet
Hear my prayer
(Psalm 102.1)
Hear my prayer O God,
and let my crying come unto Thee.
Purcell
Lesson IV: Pilate investigates Jesus’ royal claims.
read by Jim Bottoms
Motet
Libera Me and In Paradisum
Libera me, Domine,
de morte aeterna,
in die illa tremenda
quando coeli movendi sunt et terra,
dum veneris judicare
saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo
dum discussio venerit,
atque ventura ira.
Dies illa, dies irae,
calamitatis et miseriae,
dies magna et amara valde.
Requiem aeternam, dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Matthew 16.21-26
John 18.33-38
Fauré
Deliver me, O Lord,
from eternal death,
on that fearful day
when the heavens are moved and the earth.
when thou shalt come to judge
the world through fire.
I am made to tremble, and I fear,
when the desolation shall come,
and also the coming wrath.
That day, the day of wrath,
calamity, and misery,
that terrible and exceedingly bitter day.
Rest eternal grant them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
In paradisum deducant te angeli,
in tuo adventu
suscipiant te martyres,
et perducant te
in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere
aeternam habeas requiem.
Hymn
May the angels lead you into paradise,
may the martyrs receive you
in your coming,
and may they guide you
into the holy city, Jerusalem.
May the chorus of angels receive you
and with Lazarus once poor
may you have eternal rest.
Eternal Lord of love, behold your church
Eternal Lord of love, behold your church walking
once more the pilgrim way of Lent, led by your
cloud by day, by night your fire, moved by your
love and toward your presence bent:
far off yet here the goal of all desire.
Fenn House
So daily dying to the way of self,
so daily living to your way of love,
we walk the road, Lord Jesus, that you trod,
knowing ourselves baptized into your death: so
we are dead and live with you in God.
If dead in you, so in you we arise,
you the first born of all the faithful dead; and as
through stony ground the green shoots break,
glorious in spring time dress of leaf and flower,
so in the Father’s glory shall we wake.
Lesson V: God sent his Son to redeem the world not to condemn it
read by Duncan Hossack
John 3.14-21
Kontakion
Give rest unto your servants where there is neither pain nor sorrow, neither sighing but life everlasting.
For so did you ordain when you created me, saying, you are dust and to dust you shall return. Alleluia,
Alleluia! Give rest to thy saints O Lord.
For you God only are immortal, the creator and maker of all, and we are mortal, formed of the earth,
and to the earth we shall return.
Lesson VI: God promises to raise us up to be with Christ
read by Janet Hossack
Offertory Hymn 510
Jesu, lover of my soul
Lesson VII: The disciples of Jesus are called to share in his servant-hood
read by Shirley Schonbacher
Ephesians 2.4-10
Aberystwyth
Matthew 20.17-28
Motet
A Litany
Leighton
Drop, drop, slow tears,
And bathe those beauteous feet
Which brought from Heaven
The news and Prince of Peace:
Cease not, wet eyes,
His mercy to entreat;
To cry for vengeance
Sin doth never cease.
In your deep floods
Drown all my faults and fears;
Nor let His eye
See sin, but through my tears.
Last Prayers and Blessing
Recessional
The Litany
Organ Voluntary
Marshall
Elevation from Messe pour les Couvents
Couperin
Notes from the organ bench:
Our Lenten series from the French baroque concludes today with this music written to
accompany one of the most solemn moments of a high mass.
The flowers at the Altar today are to the glory of God and in loving memory of our Richard Knight, the
gift of Elizabeth Knight.
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Sidespeople
Altar Guild
Coffee Hour Hosts
Marion Sanderson, Ann Vaugeois
Susan Hirst, Heather Morris
Suzanne Kienapple
SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING SERVICES AT ST. JOHN’S
Time
Day
6:30 pm
Maundy
Holy Eucharist (Men’s Voices)
Thursday
April 14 11:00 am
Good Friday
Ante-Communion and Reproaches
April 16 8:00 am
Easter Sunday
Holy Eucharist
9:00 am
Contemporary Eucharist
10:15 am
Choral Mattins
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist
April 30 11:00 am
Easter II
Lessons and Carols for Eastertide
Date
April 13
Announcements for Sunday, April 2, 2017
THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday-Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
NEXT SUNDAY
Palm Sunday
8:45-9:15 am
10:00 am
5:30-6:30 pm
10:30 am
6/6:30 pm
4:45-5:15 pm
Mattins (in Church)
Holy Communion (Heritage River)
Volunteer Choir Practice (in Church)
Holy Eucharist
St. John’s Men’s Club (Thompson Hall)
Youth Choir Practice (in Church)
8:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am
Holy Eucharist
Contemporary Eucharist with Procession of Palms
Choral Eucharist with Procession of Palms
CHILDREN
→ At the 11 am service, children are invited to go downstairs to Sunday School on
arrival.
LOOKING AHEAD
→ The church office will be closed April 14 (Good Friday) and April 17 (Easter Monday).
→ Patronal Festival Lunch – see insert
NEWS FOR THE PEWS
→ Rector Search Update On March 24, your Search Committee met again with the two
Peters (Archdeacon Peter Scott, Wellington County, and Dean Peter Wall,
Transitional Consultant from the Diocese). They are very pleased with our Parish
Profile, and with a few little additions we expect to be ready to go online for all to
see on our St. John’s website, www.stjohnselora.ca, by the end of March, with hard
copies available at church and the office for those without internet access. Finally!
Then the Search officially begins in earnest as St. John’s Rector position is advertised
widely, through the Diocese, nationally, and elsewhere, and applications are
received by Bishop Michael Bird. He sends us his list of potential candidates to
consider and we expect our interviews to begin as soon as we receive some names.
Stay tuned!
→ On Wednesday April 5th, the St. John's Men's Club is pleased to welcome
Catherine Clail as guest speaker. Her long association with a sanctuary for bears in
Northern Ontario and B.C. has provided her with fascinating information about these
intelligent and often misunderstood animals. She is associated with "Bear With Us",
an organization that provides sanctuary for injured or orphaned bears, rehabilitates
them and releases them back to the wilderness. Members are asked to RSVP
Norman Morris: [email protected] (519-846-0796)
→ If you wish to give a gift for memorial flowers for Easter, please telephone the
church office at 519.846.5911 or email the church at [email protected]
FURTHER INFORMATION
→ Quilters, Knitters, and anyone who enjoys a social gathering are invited to meet in
the Parish Centre every Wednesday morning from 9:30 am to noon.
Prayer Shawls are available for anyone who would appreciate their wrap around
comfort. Please let us know by contacting the church office (519.846.5911).
→ There is a weekly prayer meeting at 10:30 am every Sunday in the church office.
OUTREACH
→ PWRDF is responding to the wide-spread drought and severe hunger in the Horn of
Africa. A total of $70,000 has been donated to ecumenical agencies in South Sudan,
Kenya and Somalia for relief work. If you would like to help, please mark your
donation “PWRDF – East Africa Relief”.
OUT and ABOUT
→ The Elora Singers will give the final performance in their 2016/17 Choral Concert
Series on Sunday, April 2nd, 3:00 pm at St. Joseph’s Church, Fergus. This concert
features all six Bach Motets - the most impeccable and mesmerizing of his vocal
works. The Motets formed the central repertoire Bach expected all his students to
sing and to master. Tickets for our season’s Grande Finale are available today at the
door.
→ Sacred Music for a Sacred Space - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir -www.tmchoir.org
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 7:30.
Experience a concert of contemplative music in the beautiful setting of St. Paul’s
Basilica, Toronto. This has become a cherished moment of calm and reflection for
many. A Cherrey Bus Line Coach (24 seats only) will depart from the Elora
Community Centre (ECC) at 4:30 pm. Immediately following the concert the coach
will return to the ECC, arriving at approx. 11:00 pm. Concert ticket is $45 and return
coach will be $25-$50/person depending on number of participants. To reserve your
coach seat and concert ticket, please contact Suzanne Kienapple, email preferable.
[email protected] or call 519-846-5029. Deadline for reservations is
this Wednesday, April 5th- payment in cash will be collected on the coach.