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WELCOME TO THE
DIOCESE OF NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD ISL AND ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016
DIRECTORY BISHOP The Rt Revd Ron Cutler RECTOR & DEAN The Very Revd Paul Smith ASSOCIATE PRIEST The Revd Dr Helen Ryding HONORARY ASSISTANTS
The Revd Dr Davena Davis The Revd Ronald Harris The Revd Canon Fred Krieger The Revd Canon John Smith The Revd John Swain The Revd Keirsten Wells DEACONS The Revd Heather MacEachern The Revd Ray Carter, TSSF The Revd Maggie Whittingham-Lamont SACRISTAN Maureen Yeats ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR Paul Halley ORGANIST EMERITUS Dr James Burchill ASSISTANT TO THE ORGANIST
CATHEDRAL WARDEN Jane Mitsiopoulos DEAN’S WARDEN Dr Frank Lovely LICENSED LAY READERS William Black Blair MacEachern Heather Carter Margaret Withrow Susan Drain Maureen Yeats Patricia Fordham EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Andrew Black Jamie Cochran Mayann Francis Gordon Young Deborah Vandewater Murray Vandewater VERGER Howard D’Arcy
TREASURER Allan Ferguson
9 AM MUSIC MINISTRY Russ Hall ASSOCIATE PARISH Parish of Falkland, St. James PRIEST IN CHARGE The Revd Dr Helen Ryding
PRAYER REQUESTS
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt Revd Ferran Glenfield
Our Diocese: Northumberland The Revd Nicole Uzan, and Penny Nelson The Revd Bill Cook, Associate Priest The Revd Kathryn Cook, Deacon
St. John’s, Truro The Revd Lori Ramsay and Robert Cullen The Revd Gary Yetman, Associate Priest, and Diane The Revd Dorothy Tay, Associate Priest, and Warren
Our Associate Parish: The Parish of Falkland, St. James- The Revd Dr Helen Ryding, Priest in Charge
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The Cathedral has gluten free hosts. If you wish to
receive a gluten free host, please identify yourself to a
greeter. Thank you.
Communicants of all Christian churches are invited to receive
communion at all of our liturgies of the Eucharist. If you
are visiting, please sign our guest book at either door and make yourself known to the greeters and our clergy. The
Cathedral doors are opened at 7:30am on Sunday.
8AM HOLY COMMUNION THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT Book of Common Prayer Preacher & Celebrant: The Very Reverend Paul Smith
Collect 95
Propers 102
Introit Psalm 19: 1-6 351
Gradual 145: 18-22 517
9AM HOLY COMMUNION FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Book of Alternative Services Preacher & Celebrant:
Piano Prelude
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Verses 1, 2, 3, 7)
Welcome
Opening Hymn CP 97 Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring Tune: Tantum Ergo (St. Thomas)
First Reading: ISAIAH 7:10-16
Psalm 80: 1-7, 16-18 Bulletin p.
Second Reading: ROMANS 1:1-7
Gradual Hymn The Angel Gabriel Bulletin p. 9
The Holy Gospel: MATTHEW 1:18-25
The Homily
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The Nicene Creed 188
Prayers of the People
Absolution
The Peace 192
Offertory Hymn CP 117 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Tune: Es ist ein’ Ros
Prayer over the Gifts
Eucharistic Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer 211
The Breaking of the Bread
Hymn during Communion CP 94
Wait for the Lord, whose day is near. Wait for the Lord: be strong, take heart! Source: The Taizé Community
Prayer after Communion
Doxology
The Blessing
Closing Hymn CP 101 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed Tune: Crüger
Dismissal
Piano Postlude Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
(1835)
Please join us for Refreshments &
Fellowship at the rear of the nave.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT CHILDREN’S PAGEANT Preacher & Celebrant:
Book of Alternative Services
Welcome
Opening Hymn CP 102 Prepare the Way, O Zion
Hymn: CP 89 vv. 1,2,3,7 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel Please see insert
The Christmas Pageant Scene One Hymn CP 95 O Come, Divine Messiah
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Scene 2 Hymn CP 109 When the King Shall Come Again
Scene 3 Hymn CP 123 Once in Royal David’s City
Scene 4 Hymn CP 126 Away in a Manger
The Peace
Offertory Hymn CP 78 Deck Yourself, My Soul, with Gladness
Prayer over the Gifts Bulletin p. 5
Eucharistic Prayer #2 196
The Lord’s Prayer 211
The Breaking of the Bread 212
Bulletin p. 5
Doxology 214
The Blessing
Hymn CP 101 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
Dismissal 215
Organ Postlude
Please join us for Refreshments &
Fellowship at the rear of the nave.
READINGS THIS WEEK COLLECT Heavenly Father, who chose the Virgin Mary, full of grace, to be the mother of our Lord and Sav-iour, now fill us with your grace, that we in all things may embrace your will and with her rejoice in your salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS Gracious God, by the power of the Spirit who sanctified the mother of your Son, make holy all we offer you this day. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Faithful God, in this sacrament we receive the promise of salva-
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tion. May we, like the Virgin Mary, be obedient to your will. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, saying, Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test. Then Isaiah said: "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary mortals, that you weary my God also? There-fore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel. He shall eat curds and honey by the time he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good. For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted." ISAIAH 7:10-16
A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scrip-tures, the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resur-rection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ROMANS 1:1-7 THE HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Now the birth of Jesus the Mes-siah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had
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been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public dis-grace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had re-solved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfil what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: "Look, the vir-gin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Em-manuel," which means, "God is with us." When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus. MATTHEW 1:18-25 PSALM 80:1-7,16-18 Lutheran Chant No. 2
Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph / like a flock;* Shine forth, you that are enthroned u-/pon the cherubim. In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, / and Manasseh,* Stir up your strength and / come to help us.
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Restore us, O / God of hosts;* show the light of your countenance, and we / shall be saved.
O Lord/ God of hosts,* how long will you be angered despite the prayers / of your people?
You have fed them with the / bread of tears;* you have given them bowls of / tears to drink.
You have made us the derision / of our neighbours,* and our enemies laugh / us to scorn.
Restore us, O / God of hosts;* show the light of your countenance, and we / shall be saved.
Let your hand be upon the man of / your right hand,* the son of man you have made so strong / for yourself.
And so will we never turn a-/way from you;* give us life, that we may call up-/on your name.
Restore us, O Lord / God of hosts;* show the light of your countenance, and we / shall be saved.
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Bulletin Notices .’
Wine & Hosts Wine and Hosts today have been given in Loving Memory of Mr. & Mrs. HP Chaddock from the family.
Greening of the Cathedral Please join us today, Sunday December 18 following the 10:30am service as we green the Cathedral for Christmas.
Sunday School News Thanks to the congregation the Sunday School raised $227 for the Madagascar School Project. Thanks to parents and spe-cial thank-yous to Maureen Yeats, Karen Cooper and Heather Harris for their skillful baked goods. Over the Christmas season there is no Sunday School or Nursery Programming on Dec. 25 or Jan. 1. The nursery will be open under parental supervision. Merry Christmas to all!
Out of the Cold Once again this year the Outreach Committee will deliver food to the Out of the Cold Shelter for the month of Decem-ber - please sign up on the sheet at the back of the church.
THANK YOU! The St. Catherine's Group would like to thank everyone who brought in children's toys, knitted items and toiletries
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for teens for St . Mark's Ward 5. Your kind donation to this yearly outreach project is much appreciated.
Thank you! Many thanks to all those who filled a stocking for St. Mark’s or packed a shoebox for the Mission to Seafarers.
St. George’s Soup Kitchen Cookers Outreach kitchen Party, December 30, 6:00pm in the Great Hall for the soup kitchen Saturday the 31 st.
Bishop’s Levee January 1, 2017 On Sunday, January 1, 2017, the Bishop’s Levee will be held in the Cathedral Church. If you are planning on bringing food items, please sign up on the sheets at the either en-trance to the Cathedral; this makes it easier knowing what is needed. For further information, please call Alice Jessop at 445 –2569, or Sarah at the Cathedral Office 423-6002. Thank you!
Saints Alive with Ray Carter on Jan. 19 Saints Alive will not meet in December, but will return on January 19, 2017; 2 – 4; Great Hall, ADC, when Ray Carter will be our guest to speak about his recent pilgrimage with wife Heather on the El Camino. Save the date and plan to come – all are welcome!
2017 Offering Envelopes 2017 Offering envelopes are available for pick up in the Ca-thedral.
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Christmas Worship Services Saturday, December 24 CHRISTMAS EVE
4pm Christmas Celebration (with Eucharist) 7pm Holy Eucharist 10:30pm Holy Eucharist
Sunday, December 25 CHRISTMAS DAY
10am Holy Eucharist
Sunday, January 1 NEW YEAR’S DAY
10am Holy Eucharist followed by the Bishop’s Levee until 1PM 4pm A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
2017 Calendars Now on Sale! If you would like to purchase your 2017 Church calendar, please see Marjorie Austin at Church on Sunday.
Outreach to Infants One of our outreach projects is the Mother and Child sup-port Programme at Phoenix House. Infant related items, ba-by food, formula, wipes, diapers etc. are always in need. Please consider bringing an item to the Nursery on Sundays in support of this program. Thank you!
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From the National Church Gifts for Mission: Provide a safe house for a family BY MATT GARDNER The heartbreaking loss of life resulting from house fires has left a particular impact on many Indigenous communities—a tragedy that Archdeacon Sidney Black knows only too well.
Growing up on a small farm in Siksika Nation in southern Alberta, Black—currently co-chair of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples—was in his mid-teens on the autumn night when, preparing to retire to bed, he looked out the window of the room he shared with his brother and saw an orange glow over the horizon, past a small hill adjacent to the family farm.
Struck by the unusual sight, the brothers left the house to investigate and realized upon reaching the top of the hill that their neighbour’s house was on fire. The blaze, which had been caused by a coal-burning wood stove, took place while the parents were away with their children left at home by themselves.
Sadly, all five children died in the flames.
“That’s still a profound memory for me … I still remember those young children that perished in a fire,” Black said. “I can still remember the cries of the parents and the relatives who were trying to get into a house that’s already a full-blown fire to rescue their kids.”
By purchasing a gift through the 2016 Gifts for Mission gift guide, Canadian Anglicans can help prevent future tragedies and provide a safe house for a family. Each $40 gift will
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equip a home with a battery-operated smoke detector that can offer a family safety and peace of mind through protec-tion against the threat of fire.
Housing fire statistics from the Canada Mortgage and Hous-ing Corporation indicate that the First Nations per capita fire incidence rate is 2.4 times higher than the rate for the rest of Canada. Meanwhile, the fire injury rate is 2.5 times greater, the fire damage per unit rate 1.7 times, and the fire death rate a staggering 10.4 times higher than the Canada-wide figure.
Factors contributing to the disparity include the remote lo-cation of many rural communities; crowded conditions in households that lead to higher fire death rates; and preva-lent use of wood stoves, which—as in non-Indigenous com-munities—are often poorly maintained or incorrectly in-stalled. But perhaps the most preventable cause is a relative-ly low number of smoke detectors in many Indigenous com-munities.
Black has seen first-hand the lack of smoke detectors in some Indigenous households. Isolated and northern commu-nities, where a lack of local building materials and high transportation costs has long made construction of adequate housing prohibitively expensive, are particularly at risk. “Some of the places I’ve been at visiting, especially the older houses—to my knowledge, I don’t see smoke detectors in the homes,” Black said, though he believed many newer houses under construction were more likely to comply with preva-lent safety codes.
By helping purchase smoke detectors, Black believes that Anglicans can make a big difference in helping protect fami-lies from fire.
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“I think that’s a generous kind of a thing for the church to be doing—because in the end, it saves lives.”
Ticketed Events A King’s Christmas: Sunday, December 18 at 4:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. here at All Saints Cathedral. Paul Halley and the University of King's College Chapel Choir present their ninth annual feast of sea-sonal song and story. This is a musical celebration that brings audience and performers fully into the profound beauty and poignancy of Christmas. The choir will be joined this year by guest narrator Roberta Barker, Associate Profes-sor and Associate Director (Theatre) at the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University. Dr Barker brings to these concerts a wealth of expertise in drama and litera-ture. Tickets may sell out, so get yours in advance. Tickets and information: www.ukings.ca/concerts or tel. 902.422.6278 (TicketHalifax). Tickets $15-$100.
To Bethlehem with Kings: Wednesday, December 21 at 7:00 p.m. here at All Saints Cathedral. Nick Halley and Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir with the Maritime Brass Quintet and Paul Halley on organ. A traditional and heart-warming evening of beautiful carols for Christmas, ancient and modern, performed by this choir of men and boys in the European tradition. Tickets and information: www.capellaregalis.com or tel. 902.422.6278 (TicketHalifax). Tickets $10 - $75.
Contact Us: Cathedral Church of All Saints— Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Anglican Church of Canada We are located at: 1330 Cat hedral Lane Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2Z1 902-423-6002 (tel) [email protected] (Office email) [email protected] cathedralchurchofallsaints.com (web) Music reproduced with permission under license #C19899 LicenSing Online—Copyright Cleared music for churches
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