Choral Evensong Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

25 August 2019 • 6pm

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Welcome to St Paul’s Cathedral Wominjeka means ‘Welcome’ in Woiwurrung, the language of the Kulin nation, on whose land this 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.

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Readings in International Languages Today’s readings can be found in major world languages on our website: www.cathedral.org.au/readings

Tap and Go facilities are available on the offertory plates.

Leading the Service Officiant:

The Very Revd Dr Andreas Loewe, Dean

Preacher:

The Revd Emily Fraser, Associate Priest

Sung by the Cathedral Choir directed by Mr Philip Nicholls

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Please join in singing the hymns and in saying the words printed in bold type.

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME Please stand for the hymn

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Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on thee; leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me; all my trust on thee is stayed, all my help from thee I bring; cover my defenceless head with the shadow of thy wing.

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Thou, O Christ, art all I want; more than all in thee I find, raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is thy name; I am all unrighteousness; false and full of sin I am, thou art full of truth and grace.

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Plenteous grace with thee is found, grace to cover all my sin; let the healing streams abound, make and keep me pure within: thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of thee, spring thou up within my heart, rise to all eternity.

Charles Wesley (1707-88) Australian Hymn Book 139i

THE WELCOME

The Officiant welcomes the people and then sings

THE RESPONSES June Nixon

O Lord, open thou our lips; and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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O God, make speed to save us; O Lord, make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, and is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Praise ye the Lord. The Lord’s name be praised.

PSALM 103:1-12 Sung by the choir Please sit

1 Praise the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all his benefits; 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infirmities; 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction: and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lusty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses: his works unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: long-suffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins: nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth: so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west: so far hath he set our sins from us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Chant: June Nixon

FIRST READING: Jeremiah 1.11-19 Read by Janet Bell

11 The word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Jeremiah, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’ 12Then the LORD said to me, ‘You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it.’ 13The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, ‘What do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see a boiling pot, tilted away from the north.’

14 Then the LORD said to me: Out of the north disaster shall break out on all the inhabitants of the land. 15For now I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come and all of them shall set their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its surrounding walls and against all the cities of Judah. 16And I will utter my judgements against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have made offerings to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 17But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them. 18And I for my part have made you today a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall, against the whole land—

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against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land. 19They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you.

Here ends the first reading.

THE MAGNIFICAT Sung by the Choir Please stand The Song of Mary, St Luke 1.46-55

My soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him: throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed forever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Music: Evening Service in F – John Ireland (1879-1962)

SECOND READING: Luke 13.18-30 Read by Canon Neil Sigamoney

18 Jesus said, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? 19It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.’ 20 And again he said, ‘To what should I compare the kingdom of God?21It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.’

22 Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone asked him, ‘Lord, will only a few be saved?’ He said to them, 24‘Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. 25When once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, “Lord, open to us”, then in reply he will say to you, “I do not know where you come from.” 26Then you will begin to say, “We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.” 27But he will say, “I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!” 28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the

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prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out. 29Then people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God. 30Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.’

Here ends the second reading.

NUNC DIMITTIS Sung by the Choir Please stand The Song of Simeon, St Luke 2.29-32

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation; Which thou hast prepared: before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: and to be the glory of thy people Israel.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

Music: Evening Service in F – Ireland

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body, and the Life everlasting. Amen.

The Officiant and Choir sing

THE LESSER LITANY

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray. Please sit or kneel

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.

RESPONSES

O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. And grant us thy salvation.

O Lord, save the Queen. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Endue thy ministers with righteousness. And make thy chosen people joyful.

O Lord, save thy people. And bless thine inheritance.

Give peace in our time, O Lord. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God.

O God, make clean our hearts within us. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

THE COLLECTS

Let thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE ANTHEM Sung by the Choir Please be seated

Lift up your heads, from Messiah – G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

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THE PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Please sit or kneel

Concluding with

THE GRACE

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all, evermore. Amen.

THE NOTICES Please be seated

THE HYMN BEFORE THE SERMON Please stand

During the hymn, an offering is received to support the Cathedral’s ministry. On average our congregants contribute $20 each. Please be as generous as you can. Thank you for your gift. Tap and go facilities is available on the plate.

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Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; ’tis music in the sinner’s ears, ’tis life, and health, and peace.

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He speaks, and listening to his voice, new life the dead receive, the mournful broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe.

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He breaks the power of cancelled sin, he sets the prisoner free; his blood can make the foulest clean, his blood availed for me.

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Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, your loosened tongues employ; ye blind, behold your Saviour come; and leap, ye lame, for joy!

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My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad the honours of your Name.

Charles Wesley (1707–88) Australian Hymn Book 141ii

THE SERMON Please be seated

The Revd Emily Fraser, Associate Priest

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THE DISMISSAL HYMN Please stand

Grant us your peace upon our homeward way; with thee began, with thee shall end, the day: guard thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame, that in this house have called upon thy name.

Grant us thy peace, Lord, through the coming night; turn thou for us its darkness into light; from harm and danger keep thy children free, for dark and light are both alike to thee.

Grant us thy peace throughout our earthly life, our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife; then, when thy voice shall bid our conflict cease, call us, O Lord, to thine eternal peace.

John Ellerton (1826-1893) Ancient and Modern (2013) 22

THE BLESSING

…and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.

Please remain standing for the Procession

THE ORGAN VOLUNTARY

Choral No.4 from Op.37 – Joseph Jongen (1873-1953): Mark Slavec, June Nixon Organ Scholar

PERMISSIONS Evensong: The Book of Common Prayer 1662 © 2019 Crown Copyright. Texts of Scripture: 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 © 2019 The Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral.

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PLEASE PRAY WITH US FOR

THE WORLD Authorities in Hong Kong, that they will deal with the civil unrest with integrity and a non-violent way; resolution to the tensions in the Gulf between Iran and the USA and UK; swift provision of food aid for those facing starvation in Zimbabwe; smooth and peaceful transition to democracy for Sudan; peace in Syria and Afghanistan; the political will and right action to address climate change, and the just and fair use of earth’s resources to safe guard them for future generations.

THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION Anglican Church of South America (Bp Gregory James Venables).

THE AUSTRALIAN ANGLICAN CHURCH Diocese of The Northern Territory (Bp Greg Anderson, Clergy & People).

THE DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE Diocesan Risk Management & Insurance (Matthew Wilson, Manager); Christ Church Geelong (Russell Trickey).

OUR CATHEDRAL Our Administrator, Trevor Whittaker; Cathedral Secretary, Hannah Hornsby; Events Coordinator, Andrew Victorsen; Shop Manager, Susan Baker and assistants, Michelle Clark and Lydia Thangadurai; Property and Maintenance Officer, Sean Whittaker; Operations Officer, Talitha Fraser; our Associate Clergy, Canon Dr Stephen Ames, Revd Dr Robert Derrenbacker, Revd Prof. Mark Lindsay, Archdeacon Ray McInnes, Revd Cameron West.

THOSE IN SICKNESS OR NEED Joan Woodhouse, Beryl Coombe, Robyn & David Forbes, Colin Jackman, Jane Tombs, Jean Nicoll, Judy and Frank Clift, Andrew, Lucilia & Carlota Soares, David Blake, Janet Marsden, Pam Sullivan, Martin Devine, John.

REFUGEES IN DETENTION Thayabaran Murukupillai, Haidar Hamevandi, Wilmatcroos Deenascroos, Nagaveeran Shanmuganathan, Vy Van Pham.

YEAR’S MINDS 24 Doris Francis Reeves (Congregation) 2018 25 Josephine Mary Woodford (Benefactor) 2003 George Oakley Vance (Dean) 1910 26 Charles John Godby 1919 27 Douglas Blake (Canon) 1997 28 Michael King OSB (Former Chorister) 2014 29 Dudley Maurice Nelson (husband of Revd Jenny Nelson) 1999 30 Colin Henry Duncan (Canon) 1981 31 Barbara June Henderson (Congregation) 2006

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NOTICES NEXT SUNDAY’S PREACHERS (1 AUGUST) 8am and 10.30am: The Precentor; 9am: The Canon Missioner; 6pm – Baptism and Confirmation: The Dean.

MEMORIAL FLOWERS Today’s flowers are donated by Sam Reeves in memory of her mother, Doris Reeves.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES This Wednesday 28th August at 1pm our concert features Organist Arwen Hur performing a selection of work by organist composers of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Entry by donation.

THE 8AM CONGREGATION IN ON THE MOVE Following on from our discussions at the recent Congregation Consultation around making the 8am service more accessible for new-comers, a six month trial begins next Sunday 1 September of the 8am service taking place at the nave altar. The move will be reviewed in February 2020.

BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION AND RECEPTION Come along and support those from our congregations being baptised, confirmed and received into the Anglican Church on Sunday September 1 at 6pm. We will be joined by the Archbishop for this service, and the Dean will preach.

OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING Join Canon Dr Stephen Ames for a conversation about the challenges facing us in Melbourne, and what the Cathedral community can actively contribute through individual and corporate action. Share in a cup of coffee or tea and contribute your ideas on Sunday 1 September at 9am in the Canons’ Vestry.

FOR YOUR DIARIES - DISTINCTIVE CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP MKII From Sunday 15 September for three Sundays, the Precentor will run the second part of our Distinctive Christian Leadership Training from 12.15-2pm. This is open to those who attended the first part of the course, or by negotiation with her. Register your interest with Andrew Victorsen avictorsen@stpaulscathedral.org.au or 9653 4210.

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READ THE BIBLE WITH US Monday Ps 149.1-5, Matt 23.13-22 Friday Ps 97.6-12, Mt 25.1-13 Tuesday Ps 139.1-5, Matt 23.23-26 Saturday Ps 98, Matt 25.14-30 Wednesday Ps 139.6-11, Mt 23.27-32 Sunday Zeph 3.14-20, Ps 130,

Rm 8.33-39, John 12.20-32 Thursday Ps 90.11-17, Matt 24.42-51

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