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BCP Holy Eucharist The Epiphany of our Lord 13 January 2019 • 8am

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Welcome to St Paul’s Cathedral Wominjeka means ‘Welcome’ in Woiwurrung, the language of the Kulin nation, the land in which the Cathedral stands. We acknowledge and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging and to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders with us today. St Paul’s is home to worshippers from more than two dozen nations, seat of the Anglican Primate of Australia, and home church for Anglicans in Melbourne and Victoria. We are delighted that you are with us today: come and worship with us again. Whether you are Anglican, from another Christian Church or another faith tradition, you are warmly welcome to take part in the service. If you want to find out more about the Christian faith, please make yourself known to our clergy.

Children A children’s area is located on the right-hand side of the Cathedral. Children’s activity packs are available. Parents are asked to remain with their children. Safeguarding We strongly condemn any forms of abuse and are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable people. All our staff and volunteers complete training and relevant checks. If you would like to raise any concerns, please contact Kooyoora. Tel. 1800 135 246. Communion Baptised Christians of all denominations are welcome to receive Holy Communion. If you’d prefer to receive a blessing please come forward holding this booklet. Gluten free wafers are available, please ask the priest. Readings in International Languages Today’s readings can be found in major world languages on our website: www.cathedral.org.au/readings Membership If you have been a regular member of the Cathedral for six months or more, please ensure that your name is added to the Cathedral Electoral Roll – ask a Welcomer for details or contact our office. Tap and Go facilities are available on the offertory plates.

Leading the Service President and Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Stephen Ames Reader: Dorothy Willshire

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The service begins on the service cards with the Lord’s Prayer. THE COLLECT OF THE DAY

O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FIRST READING: Isaiah 43.1-7 But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. 3 For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. 5 Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; 6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up’, and to the south, ‘Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth— 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’

Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

PSALM: 29 Please join in saying the verses in bold

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you powers of heaven: ascribe to the Lord glory and might.

2 Ascribe to the Lord the honour due to his name: O worship the Lord in the beauty of his holiness.

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders, the Lord upon the great waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar-trees: the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes them skip like a calf: Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

7 The voice of the Lord divides the lightning-flash: the voice of the Lord whirls the sands of the desert, the Lord whirls the desert of Kadesh.

8 The voice of the Lord rends the terebinth trees, and strips bare the forests: in his temple all cry ‘Glory.’

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9 The Lord sits enthroned above the water-flood: the Lord sits enthroned as a king for ever.

10 The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will give to his people the blessing of peace.

SECOND READING: Acts 8.14-17 14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

THE GOSPEL Remain standing

The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Holy Gospel our Lord Jesus Christ according to St Matthew: 2.1-12 Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

1As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16 John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’ 18 So, with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people. 19 But Herod the ruler, who had been rebuked by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil things that Herod had done, 20 added to them all by shutting up John in prison. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’

For the Gospel of the Lord: praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

The Service continues on the service card with the Nicene Creed.

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HYMN DURING COMMUNION

Please join in singing

King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood, Lord of lords in human vesture – in the body and the blood – he will give to all the faithful his own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven spreads its vanguard on the way, as the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day, that the powers of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.

At his feet the six-winged seraph; cherubim with sleepless eye veil their faces to the Presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Lord most high.

Liturgy of St James, tr. Gerald Moultrie (1829-85). Hymns Ancient and Modern New Standard 256. PERMISSIONS The Holy Communion Second Order: A Prayer Book for Australia © 1995 Broughton Publishing. Texts of Scripture: the New Revised Standard Version Bible, © 1989 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Hymns are reproduced by permission. This compilation is copyright © 2018 The Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral.

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PLEASE PRAY WITH US FOR

THE WORLD Those living in the midst of war or civil unrest; Those suffering the devastations of natural disaster – drought, earthquake, bushfires, volcanic eruption; The homeless, those struggling with life’s challenges through mental illness, relationship breakdown or bereavement. THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION Anglican Church of Australia (The Primate Abp Philip Freier, Anne Hywood, The General Secretary, The General Synod & the Standing Committee). THE AUSTRALIAN ANGLICAN CHURCH Diocese of The Northern Territory (Bp Greg Anderson, Clergy & People). THE DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE Melbourne Grammar School (Roy Kelley, Principal; Hans Christiansen, William Peacock, Malcolm Woolrich, Chaplains); Holy Trinity Hampton Park (Ian Savage). OUR CATHEDRAL Our Precentor, the Revd Canon Heather Patacca; our Director of Music, Mr Philip Nicholls; Cathedral Organists, Mr Siegfried Franke, Mr Lachlan Redd, Mrs Roslyn Carolane, Mr Mark Slavec; the Cathedral Choir; our Choir Schools, Trinity Grammar School and Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School; the St Paul’s Cathedral Music Foundation.

THOSE IN SICKNESS OR NEED The Beagley Family, the Carolane family, the Taylor family, Jenny McDonald, Beryl Coombe, Nancy Painter, Mary Goh, Robyn & David Forbes, Colin & Ann Jackman, Janet, Patsy Miller, Jane Tombs, Joyce Smith, Jean Nicoll, Estelle Ritchie, Neil Gryst, Owen Cooper, Charles, Judy and Frank Clift, Lucilia and Carlota Soares, Jean Carolane, Seila, Anson, John Capper, Joan Woodhouse. RECENTLY DIED Ven. Bill Beagley (Archdeacon of Williamstown) REFUGEES IN DETENTION Hussain Mujahid, Asif Hassani, Mohammad Arif Kohi, Sher Agha Akberi, Thanabalasingam Pushparaj, Niati Maisam. YEAR’S MINDS 13 Alfred Ernest Floyd (Cathedral Organist) 1974 15 Randall Hugh Deasey (Archdeacon) 1996 15 Alan Bruce Macintosh (Congregation, Verger, Guide) 2011 16 John Heyliger Dewhurst (Canon) 1972 17 William Forrester Volum (Lay canon) 1951 18 Edward De Burgh Griffith (Congregation) 2002 19 David Arthur Sankey (Precentor) 1995

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NOTICES

NEXT SUNDAY’S PREACHERS (20 JAN) 8am, 9am and 10.30am: The Ven. Ray McInnes 6pm: The Dean. CHOIR HOLIDAYS Welcome again to members of the Cathedral Consort, under the direction of Miss Kristy Biber, who are providing musical leadership of our 10.30am and 6pm service during the Cathedral Choir’s Janurary recess. STAFF LEAVE The Precentor and Director of Music until January 16, and the Canon Pastor until February 1. Trevor Whittaker and Hannah Hornsby until January 21. BIBLE STUDY AFTER THE 9AM SERVICE Please note that Bible Study after the 9am service will be in recess from today until the first Sunday in February. WEEKDAYS AT 5.10PM Evening Prayer replaces Choral Evensong during school holidays. The choir will return from their recess on Sunday 27 January, with weekday Evensong to resume on Tuesday 29 January. FAREWELL TO CANON DR JILL FIRTH After five years as an Assistant Priest at St Paul's, Canon Dr Jill Firth will be moving from the pulpit to the pew to worship at her local parish church with her husband, Archdeacon Len Firth. She remains a full-time lecturer in Old Testament studies at Ridley Melbourne. Thank you for your leadership here at St Paul's, Jill! We have an opportunity to thank her for her ministry here at a special morning tea on Sunday 3 February after the 9am service. DEAN'S VERGER PETER DWYER RETIRES After 21 years of service, Dean's Verger Peter Dwyer is hanging up his cassock. Peter will retire at the end of this month but intends to remain a volunteer at the Cathedral. We give thanks for his ministry and service, and wish him well for his retirement! Cathedral colleagues will join in celebrating his long service on 30 January.

READ THE BIBLE WITH US You may like to use these readings, which we use at the Cathedral for daily prayer, as part of your personal devotions throughout the week: Monday Ps 97.6-12; Mark 1.14-20 Friday Ps 78.1-8; Mark 2.1-12 Tuesday Ps 8.1-6; Mark 1.21 Saturday Ps 19.7-14; Mark 2.13-17 Wednesday Ps 105.1-7; Mark 1.29-39 Sunday Is 62.1-5, Ps 36.5-10,

1 Cor 12.1-11, John 2.1-11 Thursday

Ps 95.6-11; Mark 1.40-45

St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne 209 Flinders Lane Melbourne Victoria 3000 www.cathedral.org.au • (03) 9653 4333 welcome@cathedral.org.au twitter.com/stpaulscathmelb • facebook.com/stpaulscathedralmelbourne

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