The Commissioning of
Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds
BA Dip Ed MA MEd PhD MACE
as Principal of St Hilda’s School
by
The Right Reverend Alison M Taylor,
Bishop for the Southern Region
9.30 am
Friday, 3 February 2017
St Hilda’s Sports Complex
Whitby Street
Southport
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Processional: Combined Middle School and Senior Concert Bands
and Senior Strings – Conductor: Mr Chen Yang
Finale from Symphony No. 1 by Johannes Brahms
Arr. Jay Bocock
Hymn: In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.
Written by Andrew Shawn Craig, Donald A. Koch
Copyright © Universal Music Publishing Group,
Capitol Christian Music Group
The congregation sits
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Acknowledgement
of Traditional
Owners:
The Right Reverend Alison M Taylor
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land and their
care of it for thousands of years. Open to the Spirit who has
ever been present here, we resolve to appreciate its beauty,
to be wise stewards of its resources, and to honour the connection
the traditional custodians, the Kombumerri from the Yugambeh
nation, have with this land.
Welcome:
The Right Reverend Alison M Taylor
We have come together to meet with God, to offer Him our
worship, praise and thanksgiving and at this time to gather
as the St Hilda’s School community to welcome and commission
Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds as Principal of our School.
I invite you now to pray for the blessing of Almighty God
on the life and work of Julie and on the whole School.
Let us pray:
Heavenly Father,
We thank you for the founding of this School,
for the benefits we have received from those
who have gone before us,
and we pray that we may faithfully carry forward the
work so well begun.
Give us wisdom and understanding.
As we listen to your Word,
may we know you better,
love you more,
and learn to please you in all we do,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
Alexandra Frizelle: School Captain
Reading: Ephesians 3:14-19
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family
in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his
glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit
in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp
how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may
be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor:
Address
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The Commissioning
Professor
Susan Brandis:
Chairman of Council
Bishop Alison, the School Council has invited Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds
to be Principal of St Hilda’s School. This decision has been endorsed
widely and warmly by members of the School community. I present
her to you to be commissioned as the Principal of St Hilda’s School.
The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor: Julie, do you, in the presence of the School community,
commit yourself to this trust and responsibility?
Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds: I do, with God’s help.
The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor:My brothers and sisters, will you support, encourage and uphold
Dr Wilson Reynolds in this ministry of leadership in this School?
All: We will, with God’s help.
Dr Wilson Reynolds will now be presented with symbols
representing the St Hilda’s School community.
Leukie Smith: School Sports Captain:
A Bible and Candle
Dr Wilson Reynolds, please accept this Bible and Candle.
May they both serve to remind you of the light of Christ
and be a lantern for your feet.
Elloise Campbell: Head Day Girl:
A Prayer Book
Dr Wilson Reynolds, please accept this Prayer Book. May the prayers
from this book and the people of God surround you and sustain you
in all that you do.
Mr David Lyon: Georgia Bos:
Head of Curriculum and Innovation:
Year 1:
School Badges and a Pen
Dr Wilson Reynolds, on behalf of all the staff and students, we
ask you to accept the School badges and a pen as symbols of the
students and staff of St Hilda’s. May you come to know our staff
and the girls, may you nurture and care for them as they grow in
knowledge and wisdom.
Tess Doherty:
Charlotte Baker:
Head Boarder
Year 6:
An Akubra Hat and a Globe
Dr Wilson Reynolds, on behalf of the Boarding community,
we present this akubra and globe, representing both our Australian
and overseas boarders. May you guide and protect us all.
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Miss Georgia Frizelle: Representative of St Hilda’s Old Girls’ Association:
An Ammonite
Dr Wilson Reynolds, on behalf of the Old Girls of St Hilda’s,
the St Hilda’s support groups and all our parents, I present you with
this ammonite, representing St Hilda and the traditions of the School.
May your vision for our School cherish our past, guide the present
and look to the future.
Alexandra Frizelle:
School Captain
We offer these symbols as expressions of all that for which our
School stands. We ask you to accept them in love and know that in
our shared journey, we will work together for the good of all at
St Hilda’s.
Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds:I give thanks for God’s goodness. I pledge to devote my time and my
energy to those placed in my care and to all members of the School
community. I willingly accept the gifts you have offered and will seek
to do all that I can to nurture and foster the spiritual, academic and
cultural life of our School. I ask God’s help in fulfilling the trust you
have placed in me.
The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor: Julie, you have been duly chosen and accepted by this community
as Principal of St Hilda’s. You have pledged to be diligent and faithful
in the execution of your duties and to seek God’s help in fulfilling
them. May the Lord who has given you the will to do these things,
grant you grace and power faithfully to fulfil them.
I commission you as Principal of St Hilda’s School, in the name of the
Father, and of the Son and the Holy Spirit.
May the God of Peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord
Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the
everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his
will, working in you what is pleasing in his sight and the blessing of
God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be upon you
and remain with you always.
All: Amen.
Musical Item: Years 5-12 Choir – Conductor: Miss Janette Kelly
There is Peace by Jim Papoulis
Response:
Dr Julie Wilson Reynolds
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The Sending Out of God ’s People
Father
Patrick Duckworth: Chaplain
Let us join together in the prayer which Jesus gave us:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is 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 forever.
Amen.
Father
Patrick Duckworth:
Almighty God,
Who commanded us to love with all our mind:
look with your gracious favour, we pray,
on our School dedicated in the name of St Hilda.
Bless those who teach and those who learn,
and those who work to support
and to maintain the School.
Grant that all may seek and love the truth,
grow in wisdom and knowledge,
and in humility of heart ever look to you,
the source of all wisdom and understanding.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All:
Amen.
Elizabeth Slater:Year 9 Student Council Representative
Lord God, we thank you for inviting each one of us to be
part of our School community. As we go from here, help
us to be aware constantly of the needs of each other.
Lord, in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
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Edwina Thomson:
Year 9 Student Council Representative
May we be always warm and welcoming,
loving and caring, thoughtful and compassionate.
Lord in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Cyra Bender: Junior School Captain
We pray that our School will be a centre of
prayer and reflection. May we be Spirit-filled people
ready to take the Gospel wherever we go.
Lord in your mercy,
All: Hear our prayer.
Edi Licciardi: Junior School Vice Captain
May we work for peace and harmony.
May we keep the needs of the School ever before us
and may we rely always on your help and presence.
Lord in your mercy,
All: The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor: All: The Right Reverend
Alison M Taylor:
All:
Hear our prayer.
Faithful God, you have promised to hear the prayers
of all who ask in Jesus’ name.
In your mercy, accept our prayers.
Grant what we have asked in faith, according to your will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace.
Amen.
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Please stand
Recessional Hymn:
Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
Praise, my soul, the king of heaven;
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who like me his praise should sing?
Praise him, praise him, hallelujah,
praise the everlasting King!
Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him still the same forever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless:
praise him, praise him, hallelujah,
glorious in his faithfulness!
Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
praise him, praise him, hallelujah,
widely as his mercy flows!
Frail as summer’s flower we flourish,
blows the wind and it is gone;
but while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on.
Praise him, praise him, hallelujah,
praise the high eternal one!
Angels, help us to adore him,
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space:
praise him, praise him, hallelujah,
praise with us the God of grace!
During the Recessional, the Bishop, accompanied by
the Chairman of Council, the Principal and the Chaplain,
will lead the Staff and Official Guests from the Sports Complex.
Following the Service, morning tea will be served to guests
in the Bev Philben Room.
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