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Holy Communion The Anglican Church of Canada welcomes communicant members of all Chave been baptized with water in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Hreceive Holy Communion in faith, hope and charity.
Communion Hymn 71 Rejoice, all ye believers
Communion Motet
The Record of John O1 This is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly, I am not the Christ.
2 And they asked him, What art thou then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
3 Then said they unto hithat we may give an answsent us. What sayest thouhe said, I am the voice ofthe wilderness, Make strthe Lord.
The Lord’s Prayer
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Blessing
Closing Hymn (See insert) Wake, O Wake
Voluntary – Wachet auf, ruft uns di stimme, BWV 645
Please stay after the 10:30 service for Fellowship Hour in the Parish Halnear the pulpit and up the cement walk. Wheelchair ramp available off M
Sunday School, Nursery, and Toddlers’ Church Sunday School: Children leave the 10:30 service just after the return for a blessing near the end of Holy Communion. All chilthrough grade 6 are welcome to join us.
For the younger children, Nursery & Toddlers’ Church are hethe church during the 10:30 service. There is a small nursery fodown the stairs there is a toddlers’ room where Toddlers’ Chur
Services today 8 am Holy Communion begins on page 67 of the Book of ComThe Collects, Epistle & Gospel for today are found on pages 95The Introit and Gradual Psalms are printed in this bulletin. 10 am Morning Prayer begins on page 6 of the Prayer Book. Lessons: Isaiah 35; Matthew 25:31-end. Psalm 33. 5 pm Evensong begins on page 18 of the Prayer Book. Lessons: Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:1-14. Psalm 25.
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pages 85, 86
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The Fourth Sunday in ADecember 21st, 2014
The Witness of Joh
Welcome!
Who are we? In response to the GospGeorge offers a unique combination ocommitment to Inner-City Ministry. OpSaint George’s dares to be shaped by theneighbourhood by preaching, in Word Come join us in worship, fellowship and
Anglican Church
, Halifax, NS B3K 2Z3 .ca 902-423-1059
Advent
John the Baptist, by the Master of San Torpè, 1310-20
spel of Jesus Christ, the Parish of Saint of traditional Anglican worship and a pen to the community that surrounds it,
the Inner City, yet seeks to transform our d and action, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. d outreach ministry.
10:30 am Choral Holy Communion Mass setting: Missa XIV Adventus (plainsong) Creed & Gloria: John Merbecke (1510-85)
The O Antiphons O Emmanuel (O God with us) O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Desire of all nationsSalvation: Come and save us, O Lord, our God. O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of virgins) O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee wnor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel yewhich ye behold is a divine mystery.
The ancient "O Antiphons" have been used by Christians for the last focus our prayer on Old Testament prophecies of Christ.
Opening Hymn 63 Hark! a herald voice is sounding
The Lighting of the Advent Wreath S
Introit Psalm 19:1-6
THE HEAVENS DE-clare the glo-ry of God; / and the firmament show-eth his han-dy-work.
One day tell-eth a-no-ther; / and one night certi-fi-eth a-n
There is neither speech nor lan-guage; / their voice can-not be
Yet their sound is gone out in-to all lands; / and their words into the ends of the world.
In them hath he set a tab-er^na^cle^for the sun; / which comebridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a gi^ant to ru
It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runto the end of^it a-gain; / and there is nothing hid from t
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, / and to the Ho-ly Gho
As it was in the beginning, is now, and e-ver shall be, / world with-out end. A-men.
The Kyrie Kyrie eleison, Lord have mercy upon us, Christe eleison, Christ have mercy upon us, Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy upon us.
The Collects
Please sit
The Epistle (Philippians 4:4)
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1300 years. They
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meth forth as a run his course.
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host;
page 70 s,
pages 102, 95
page 102
Please stand
Gradual Psalm 145:18-22
THE LORD IS righteous in all his waysand gracious in all his^works~~.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that yea, all such as call up-on him faith^
He will fulfill the desire of them that feand he will hear their cry, and will help
The Lord preserveth all them that lobut scattereth abroad all the un-god
My mouth shall speak the praise of theand let all flesh give thanks unto his
Here follows immediately the Advent Prose (Rorate Coeli (Drop down, ye heav
The Holy Gospel (St John 1:19)
The Nicene Creed
The Exhortation
The Sermon
Offertory Hymn 293 There’s a voice
After the biddings, please kneel
The Prayer of Intercession & Invitatio
The Confession
The Absolution, Comfortable Words,
The Sanctus and Benedictus Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, H Dominus Deus Sabaoth, Lo Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. H Hosanna in excelsis. H Benedictus qui venit Bl in nomine Domini: in Hosanna in excelsis. H
The Prayer of Consecration & Pax
The Prayer of Humble Access The Agnus Dei Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata O mundi, miserere nobis. (repeat) of Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata O mundi, dona nobis pacem. of
tone I.5
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at call up-on him, / h^ful^ly~~.
fear him: / elp^them~~.
love him; / od^ly~~. he Lord: / is holy Name for e-ver and e^ver~~.
(See Insert) avens from above)
page 103
page 71
page 90
Fr Christopher
ce in the wilderness crying Ascension
tion to Confession pages 75, 76
page 77
s, & Thanksgiving pages 77, 78
page 81 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh n the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
pages 82, 83
pages 83, 84
page 84 O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. (repeat) O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world, grant us thy peace.
Soup Kitchen Update December 13th: Team 3, led by Evelyn Mann (filling in for Mike and Wendy Himmelman) and Michelle Gabriel; 156 were fed. Food from St Paul’s, and a Christmas party!
Yesterday, December 20th: Team 4, led by Mike & Wendy Himmelman (filling in for Evelyn Mann) and Michelle Gabriel. Food from St Thomas’s, Fall River.
This week, December 27th: Team 5, led by Leona Sweeney and Jacquie deMestral. Food from Feed Nova Scotia.
The Soup Kitchen schedule for 2015 is being sorted out! If you would like to volunteer, or to come by for a week and see what it’s all about, contact the Parish Office.
Messiah from Scratch with the Chebucto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eszter Horvath Saturday, Dec 27, at Faith Tabernacle (Windsor St at Summit, opposite Sobey’s)
2pm Rehearsal; 3:15pm Performance
$10 refundable deposit for vocal score, $10 participation
The young and the old, the tall and the small are all invited to participate in the 36th Annual Messiah from Scratch! Participation is open to any musician or singer who wishes to attend. Proceeds will be shared amongst FEED NOVA SCOTIA and other charities. Food donations also accepted!
To Bethlehem With Kings TODAY at 3:00 p.m. at St Mary’s Basilica, Halifax
Tickets and information: www.capellaregalis.com or tel. 902.422.1270 ext. 261.
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir. A traditional and heart-warming evening of carols for Christmas sung by a choir of 10 boys and 10 men. Also featuring Paul Halley, organ, and the Maritime Brass Quintet.
Church office closed for the week after Christmas The church office will be closed from December 25th through January 1st. Elisabeth will come in to the office when necessary to make sure the bulletins and Soup Kitchen keep on schedule, but will not be available during regular hours.
St. George’s Anglican Church
2222 Brunswick St, Halifax, NS B3K 2Z3 www.roundchurch.ca (902)423-1059 parish office hours: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm
Note : All phone numbers below are preceded by the area code 902 Rector: Fr Christopher Snook 818-3233 [email protected] Parish Admin: Elisabeth Kleven 423-1059 [email protected] Warden: Jane Mills [email protected] Warden: Gwynedd Pickett [email protected] Warden: Darren Dyck [email protected] Music Director: Garth MacPhee 421-1705 [email protected] Treasurer: Jan Connors [email protected] Finance Chair: Mike Himmelman [email protected] Sextons: Darren Dyck Cathy Larsson 718-7119 [email protected] YouthNet: Alex Zachernuk 422-4614 [email protected] Envelope Secretary: Jennifer Dyck [email protected] Altar Guild: Tracy Lenfesty [email protected] Sunday School: Andrea Lee [email protected]
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Sun – Kontagora (Lokoja, Nigeria): The Rt Rev’d Jonah Ibrahim Mon – Kootenay (BC & Yukon): The Most Rev’d John Elswood Privett Tues – The Most Rev’d Govada Dyvasirvadam, Moderator of CSI & Bishop of Krishna-Godavari Wed – Kubwa (Abuja, Nigeria): The Rt Rev’d Duke Akamisoko Thurs – The Most Rev’d Bolly Lapok, Archbishop of South East Asia & Bishop of Kuching; The Rt Rev’d Aeries Sumping Jingan, Assistant Bishop Fri – The Most Rev’d Dr Daniel Sarfo, Primate & Metropolitan, CPWA; Archbishop of the Internal province of Ghana and Bishop of Kumasi Sat – Kumi (Uganda): The Rt Rev’d Thomas Irigei
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: South Shore Region Maitland, NS: The Rev’d Lori Ramsey, Priest-in-Charge at Holy Trinity, St Peter’s, St Paul’s, and St John the Baptist Stewiacke and Shubenacadie, NS: The Rev’d Lloyd Ripley at Holy Trinity and St James
In special need: Elsie, Myrtle, Fr George, Abby, Tanya, William, Rick, Shirley, Corrine, Ann, Ann and Ian, the Rev’d Debbie, Diane, Loretta, Judy, Rup, Karen, Tracy, Janel, Karen Anne, Patricia, Alistair, Jessica, Matthew, George, and Arthur.
For continuing prayers: Brian, Catherine, Lowell, Ernie, Steve, Dick, Alan, Abby, Rita, Ken, David, Catriona, Ann, Charles, and Frank.
Faithful Departed: Eric Smith (’01), Evangeline Giles (’03), Dewitt Rockwell (’04), Lloyd Tilley (’09), Barbara Conrod (’10), Daina Kulnys (’12), Fr Wilfred Wagner (’14), Clara Defreitas (’14).
St. George’s Anglican Church Notices & Announcements
December 21, 2014
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
Worship schedule
Daily Offices (Round Church) �Morning Prayer: Mon – Fri, 9:00 am �Evening Prayer: Mon – Fri, 5:30 pm Said Holy Communion: Wed, 10 am Evensong: Sun, 5 pm
Barbara Armstrong offers a meditation on the teachings of Elder Zosima from the great Russian novel, The Brothers Karamazov.
Upcoming Services & Events Tuesday, December 23rd Feast of St Thomas (Transferred) 5:30 pm Shortened Evening Prayer & Holy Communion
Wednesday, December 24th Christmas Eve 4:00 pm Christmas Pageant 10:30pm Special Music with String Quartet 11:00pm Midnight Mass
Thursday, December 25th Christmas Day 10:00 am Morning Prayer 10:30 am Choral Holy Communion
Friday, December 26th Feast of St Stephen the Martyr 10:00 am Morning Prayer & Holy Communion
Saturday, December 27th Feast of St John the Apostle & Evangelist 10:00 am Morning Prayer & Holy Communion
The Christmas Garland – TODAY Today a group of both the young and the young at heart will gather at 5:00pm in the hall to clothe the “round” in a grand display of greenery! Feel free to join in after Evensong! There will be pizza and treats available to help keep everyone merry.
The Lessons
appointed for the
Daily Offices for this
week are found on
pages xvi and xvii of
the Book of
Common Prayer.
Church Calendars – get them soon! Church calendars that follow the church year according to the Book of Common Prayer are available. If you haven’t picked up yours yet, see Susan Harris or Elisabeth Kleven after the 10:30 am Choral Communion today, or call the parish office to reserve your calendar. The cost for each is $7. St George's is featured on the front cover this year!
Watercolour of St George's Church The original watercolour of St. George's, of which the picture in the 2015 Anglican Church Calendar is a reproduction, is available for a cost of $350 from St. Peter Publications, P.O. Box 713, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 7L3 or 902 368 8442 / [email protected]
Deck the Hall, Phase 4, Window Appeal succeeds Rejoice! This appeal has been an outstanding success and we now have funds to replace the eight windows in the hall and the music space under it*. These fine wooden windows will replicate the appearance of the 1897 windows, but have modern energy efficiency. All of the windows have been donated by parishioners or old friends of the parish and most will be dedicated to the memory of loved ones. One of the large windows will be a memorial to Joyce McCulloch, parishioner and lifelong warrior for the built heritage of Nova Scotia. Saving the hall from demolition was one of Joyce's last battles. Thank you everyone who helped, especially Oriel MacLennan. The appeal is over. Thanks be to God.
-Anne West
*These windows are not part of the Music Room Appeal
The building committee would like to offer our very sincere thanks to Anne West for her tireless and persistent work in securing donors for the windows. Phase 4 of Deck the Hall: Windows, is a very large undertaking. Thanks to Anne, we are in a strong position to move on to other phases of Deck the Hall.
Did you lose your car keys? A set of car keys was found in the church recently. If you are missing yours, please contact our Parish Administrator Elisabeth Kleven after the service or in the office this week.
according to the Book of Common Prayer are available. If you haven’t picked
10:30 am Choral Communion today, or call the parish office ge's
inal watercolour of St. George's, of which the picture
P.O.
Rejoice! This appeal has been an outstanding success and we now have funds to replace the eight windows in the hall and
donated by parishioners or old friends of the parish and most
tage of Nova Scotia. Saving the hall from demolition was one of Joyce's last
our very sincere
Thanks to Anne,
found in the church recently. If you are
Old-fashioned Christmas Concert On Sunday, Dec 28 following the 10.30 service, there will be a time for carol singing and fellowship in the Parish Hall. A special invitation goes out to parishioners young and ocontribute to this event—poems, short stories, songs, instrumental pieces all very welcome! Please contact Garth by email, [email protected] to sign up. This event is inspired by the one-room schoolhouse concerts of bygone days, a time to share in the warmth of one another's company and enjoy beautiful seasonal music. If you can bring some, a few extra treats to supplement the fellowship team's afterchurch snacks would certainly help make hearts glad!
Homeless Memorial Service Monday, December 22nd at 11:00 am, St George’s is honoured to host this year’s memorial service for those who have lived and died homeless. The event is organized by thAffordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia. All are welcome to attend the service and mingle during the reception that follows.
Buy a ‘share’ in the Music Room
What do you give the person that has everything? A ‘share’ in our soon-to-be renovated Music Room! When you buy a share for $20 you are given an elegant, Christmas-cardcertificate that you can send to friends and relatives to let them know you are supporting generations of music at St
George’s in their name.
Shares are available after the 10:30am service on Sunday from Elisabeth Kleven, or by contacting the Parish Office through the week ([email protected]
2014 Tax Receipts and Change of Address To ensure your 2013 tax receipts are accurate, please inform the Parish Office AND Envelope Secretary (information on the back of this bulletin) of any address changes that have occurred since 2013.
On Sunday, Dec 28 following the 10.30 service, there will be a time for carol singing and fellowship in the Parish Hall. A
and old to poems, short stories, songs,
instrumental pieces all very welcome! Please contact Garth by to sign up. This event is
room schoolhouse concerts of bygone days, a time to share in the warmth of one another's company
If you can bring some, a s after-
ertainly help make hearts glad!
at 11:00 am, St George’s is honoured to host this year’s memorial service for those who have lived and died homeless. The event is organized by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia. All are welcome to attend the service and mingle during the
What do you give the person that has everything? A ‘share’ in be renovated Music Room! When you buy a
card-sized certificate that you can send to friends and relatives to let
supporting generations of music at St George’s in their name.
after the 10:30am service on Sunday from Elisabeth Kleven, or by contacting the Parish Office through the week (423-1059 / [email protected]).
re accurate, please inform
(information on of any address changes that have
The Exhortation The Exhortation is appointed by the Prayer Book to be read a minimum of three times per year. Along with the Litany, an earlier version of the Exhortation was the first English language liturgy permitted for public use at the time of the Reformation in England. In this sense, it belongs to the Anglican way from its inception. The Exhortation rewards patient study the faithful of the extraordinary grace of the Holy Communion, clearly sets out what is required so that we may come to the Communion in "love and charity" discerning (as St Paul says) the Lord's Body, and encourages us to seek the quieting of our consciences if we are troubled by confession to afinal days of Advent, consider making the Exhortation your spiritual reading (page 90, BCP). To arrange for private confession, please speak with the Rector.
“Wherefore I bid you in God's Name ... to prepare yourselves, and to come to feed upon the banquet of this most heavenly Food.
Further thoughts on the readings: Advent 4A Christian in a state of grace has a right, as no other person has a right, to be in high spirits. Nowhere does the New Testament imply that there is a special sort of spirituality in moroseness and gloom; and gloom is least appropriate in those solemn duties which, more than any other, express our relations to and feelings towards the Source of our joy. The brighter public worship can be, the more Christian it is….
The Psalms are full of this language. What does it mean, but that the worship no less than the life of those who use it should be uniformly joyous? Pray then, brethren, for this great gracbefore the Christmas Festival is upon us. Pray that, through God’s pardoning mercy in Christ, you may have a right to it.the gift of the Holy Spirit; ask Him for it. The first works of the Spirit, says the Apostle, are love and joy. (Gal. v. 2“Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost;” (Rom. xiv. 17.) this is the Kingdom of God within the soul of man.great grace will not be refused us if we ask for it; we shall experience…a tranquil, yet strong emotion, which like a river, bearing the soul upon its surface, sparkles brightly as the beams of the Sun of Righteousness fall upon it, while slowly, but surely, it pursues its way towards the ocean of Eternity. For there is the end. There, at the last, in His Presence is the fulness at His Right Hand are pleasures for evermore. (Ps. xvi. 12.) - H.P. Liddon, from a sermon called “Joy in the Lord
is appointed by the Prayer Book to be read a per year. Along with the Litany, an
earlier version of the Exhortation was the first English language liturgy permitted for public use at the time of the Reformation in
land. In this sense, it belongs to the Anglican way from its inception. The Exhortation rewards patient study -- it reminds
grace of the Holy Communion, clearly sets out what is required so that we may come to the
in "love and charity" discerning (as St Paul says) the Lord's Body, and encourages us to seek the quieting of our
if we are troubled by confession to a priest. In these final days of Advent, consider making the Exhortation your
ing (page 90, BCP). To arrange for private
Wherefore I bid you in God's Name ... to prepare yourselves, and to come to feed upon the banquet of this most heavenly Food.”
the readings: Advent 4 A Christian in a state of grace has a right, as no other person has
Nowhere does the New Testament imply that there is a special sort of spirituality in moroseness and gloom; and gloom is least appropriate in those solemn duties which, more than any other, express our relations to and feelings
y. The brighter public worship can
What does it mean, but that the worship no less than the life of those who use it should be uniformly joyous? Pray then, brethren, for this great grace,
Pray that, through God’s pardoning mercy in Christ, you may have a right to it. It is
The first works of the Spirit, says the Apostle, are love and joy. (Gal. v. 22.) “Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost;” (Rom. xiv. 17.) this is the Kingdom of God within the soul of man. This great grace will not be refused us if we ask for it; we shall experience…a tranquil, yet strong emotion, which like a river, aring the soul upon its surface, sparkles brightly as the beams
of the Sun of Righteousness fall upon it, while slowly, but surely, it pursues its way towards the ocean of Eternity. For there is the end. There, at the last, in His Presence is the fulness of joy; and at His Right Hand are pleasures for evermore. (Ps. xvi. 12.)
Joy in the Lord”
