HOLY TRINITY KEW Anglican Church of Australia

3RD SUNDAY IN LENT

March 11, 2012

Holy Communion

10am

Welcome to HOLY TRINITY,, where services have been held, in this

church, since 1863. We pray that you will feel the presence of God and

know his blessings in your life

YOU ARE INVITED TO MORNING TEA IN THE JUBILEE HALL AFTER TODAY’S SERVICE.

SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY

WEDNESDAY 11.00am – Holy Communion

SATURDAY 6.00pm – Holy Communion

SUNDAY 8.00am & 10.00am – Holy Communion

Family ministry: Sunday 10.00am in hall (in church on 1st Sunday)

Morning Prayer: 9.00am Wednesday-Saturday

The Noon Hour: 12 noon - 1.00pm Tuesday to Thursday

Healing Service: 11.30am, 4th Sunday

At Trinity Grammar School Chapel:

Sunday 週日中英文週日中英文週日中英文週日中英文10.30am – English Service

Crèche Area: is in the transept

near the pulpit. Parents and

children are welcome to enter

by the church aisle or by the

side door.

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Hymn:

1. Praise to the living God,

all praise be to his name,

who was, and is, and is to be,

and still the same:

the one eternal God

before what now appears,

the First, the Last, beyond all

thought

his timeless years!

2. Formless, all lovely forms

declare his loveliness;

holy, no holiness of earth

can his express.

Behold the Lord of all:

creation speaks his praise,

and everywhere, above, below,

his will obeys.

3. God’s Spirit freely flows,

high surging where it will:

in prophet’s word he spoke of old,

is speaking still.

Established is God’s law

and changeless it shall stand,

deep written on the human heart,

on sea, on land.

4. God has eternal life

implanted in the soul;

his love shall be our strength and stay

while ages roll.

Praise to the living God,

all praise be to his name,

who was, and is, and is to be,

and still the same!

From the Jewish Yigdal c.13th cent., tr. Max Landsberg 1845–1928, Newton Mann

1836–1926 and William Channing Gannett 1840–1923 alt.

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Greeting: The Lord be with you.

AND ALSO WITH YOU. (see Ruth 2:4)

Sentence: God spoke these words and said, ‘I am the Lord your God, who

brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall

have no other gods before me.’ Exodus 20.1

Prayer of Preparation:

As we gather as God's people let us pray together:

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open,

all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden:

cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration

of your Holy Spirit,

that we may perfectly love you,

and worthily magnify your holy name,

through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The minister reads aloud the commandments.

Hear the commandments which God gave his people Israel.

1 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of slavery; you shall

have no other gods but me.

2 You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything

that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water

under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them.

3 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

4 Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shall you labour and do

all you have to do, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God.

5 Honour your father and your mother.

6 You shall do no murder.

7 You shall not commit adultery.

8 You shall not steal.

9 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

10 You shall not covet anything that is your neighbour’s.

Response:

Lord, have mercy on us:

and write your law in our hearts by your Holy Spirit.

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Kyrie eleison (Dudman)

The Confession

Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, confident in God's

forgiveness.

Merciful God, our maker and our judge,

we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,

and in what we have failed to do:

we have not loved you with our whole heart;

we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves;

we repent, and are sorry for all our sins.

Father, forgive us. Strengthen us to love and obey you

in newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Absolution (Celebrant)

Almighty God, who has promised forgiveness to all who turn to

him in faith: pardon you and set you free from all your sins,

strengthen you in all goodness and keep you in eternal life,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Prayer of the Day

Lord our God,

by your Holy Spirit

write your commandments upon our hearts

and grant us the wisdom and power of the cross,

so that, cleansed from greed and selfishness,

we may become a living temple of your love;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD

Readings from 'New Revised Standard Version' (NRSV)

First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17

Then God spoke all these words:

2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me.

4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of

anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that

is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or

worship them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing

children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth

generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the

thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my

commandments.

7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your

God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy.

9 Six days you shall

labour and do all your work. 10

But the seventh day is a sabbath to the

LORD your God; you shall not do any work--you, your son or your

daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident

in your towns. 11

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the

sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the

LORD blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.

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Honour your father and your mother, so that your days may be

long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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You shall not murder.

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You shall not commit adultery.

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You shall not steal.

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You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

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You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet

your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or

anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Response: Hear the word of the Lord,

THANKS BE TO GOD

Psalm 19:7-14

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul:

the command of the Lord is true, and makes wise the simple.

8 The precepts of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart:

the commandment of the Lord is pure, and gives light to the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endures for ever:

the judgements of the Lord are unchanging, and righteous every one.

10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold:

sweeter also than honey, than the honey that drips from the comb.

11 Moreover, by them is your servant taught:

and in keeping them there is great reward.

12 Who can know their own unwitting sins?:

O cleanse me from my secret faults.

13 Keep your servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the

mastery over me:

so I shall be clean, and innocent of great offence.

14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be

acceptable in your sight:

O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

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Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are

perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19

For it

is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." 20

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the

debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the

world? 21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God

through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our

proclamation, to save those who believe. 22

For Jews demand signs and

Greeks desire wisdom, 23

but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling

block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24

but to those who are the

called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom

of God. 25

For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's

weakness is stronger than human strength.

Response: Hear the word of the Lord,

THANKS BE TO GOD

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Gradual Hymn:

1. God, you are clothed with light,

as with a garment fair,

and in your holy sight

the saints your beauty wear;

the heavens and all therein

express

the glory of your holiness.

2. Give me a robe of light

that I may walk with you:

bright as the stars are bright,

pure as their light is pure;

whose texture sin shall never

stain,

but ever undefiled remain.

3. But can a sinner dare,

in rags, and sore ashamed,

lift up to God the prayer

which now my lips have framed,

while glowing seraphs fold their

wings,

and pour their sinless offerings?

4. O Christ, I lift my eyes;

your love for me I own;

in your great sacrifice

remains my hope alone;

the robe is mine, my soul to dress,

of everlasting righteousness.

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We stand for the reading of the Holy Gospel as a sign of respect as we

greet our Lord who is present in His Holy Word.

The Lord be with you

AND ALSO WITH YOU

The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Saint John chapter 2

beginning at the 13

th verse.

GLORY TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14

In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and

the money changers seated at their tables. 15

Making a whip of cords, he

drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He

also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their

tables. 16

He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things

out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" 17

His

disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will

consume me." 18

The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us

for doing this?" 19

Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in

three days I will raise it up." 20

The Jews then said, "This temple has

been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in

three days?" 21

But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22

After

he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said

this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had

spoken.

Gospel Response: This is the gospel of the Lord,

PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.

• SERMON - (copy of sermon available at back of church)

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The Nicene Creed

Let us together affirm the faith of the Church.

We believe in one God,

the Father, the almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God, begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father;

through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary

and became truly human.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge

the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son,

who with the Father and the Son

is worshipped and glorified,

who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Let us pray for all people and for the Church throughout the world.

Each petition of intercession or thanksgiving concludes with,

Lord in your mercy, HEAR OUR PRAYER.

We pray for: We pray for all who work for peace and justice.

We pray for: Diocese of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui; The Diocese of

Gippsland; Anglican Historical Society; St John’s Diamond Creek & St

Katherine’s, St Helena & St Michael’s Yarrambat; St John Chrysostom

Brunswick West – Confirmation; and our Bishops Philip and Barbara.

We pray for those in need, and for those who care for them: Margaret

Bradley, Nip T, Joan W, Joan T, Murray C, Mark C, Margaret Y, Judy S, Enid

B, Miriam A, Robert D, Mia C, Jan T, Ray C, Peter Hs and those we

remember in our own hearts and prayers.

We pray for the members of Holy Trinity not able to worship with us,

Jean S, Lowan A, Ren C, Jack L, John H, Nancy K, Margaret D, Hilary & Bill

H, Joyce L, Elisabeth D, Lorna M, Jean D and Gwlad W and all who care

for them.

Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers.

Grant that what we have asked in faith

We may by your grace receive,

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE GREETING OF PEACE (all stand)

{Celebrant} We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us.

The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

[A greeting of peace is exchanged with those around us]

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Offertory Hymn:

1. Christ is the world’s light, he and none other;

born in our darkness, he became our brother.

If we have seen him, we have seen the Father:

Glory to God on high.

2. Christ is the world’s peace, he and none other;

no one can serve him and despise his brother.

Who else unites us, one in God the Father?

Glory to God on high.

3. Christ is the world’s life, he and none other;

sold once for silver, murdered here, our brother —

he, who redeems us, reigns with God the Father:

Glory to God on high.

4. Give God the glory, God and none other;

give God the glory, Spirit, Son and Father;

give God the glory, God in man my brother:

Glory to God on high.

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Offertory Prayer: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.

Through your goodness we have these gifts to share. Accept and use our

offerings for your glory and for the service of your kingdom.

BLESSED BE GOD FOR EVER.

The Prayer of Thanksgiving (Dudman)

Priest: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Priest: Lift up your hearts:

People: We lift them to the Lord.

Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People: It is right to give him thanks and praise...

Priest: ... Forever praising you and singing:

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Priest: …. do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me

Priest: in songs of never ending praise:

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as 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 for ever. Amen.

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THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD AND THE COMMUNION

{Celebrant} We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

We who are many are one body,

For we all share in the one bread.

The choir sings the Agnus Dei

Come let us take this holy sacrament of the body and blood of Christ in

remembrance that he died for us, and feed on him in our hearts by faith

with thanksgiving.

Baptised Christians who receive communion in their own church

are invited to share communion with us.

Communion wine may be received:

(a) from the common cup from the first of the two Eucharistic Assistants.

(b) by intinction from the second of the Eucharistic Assistants where a

small part of the wafer is carefully dipped in the wine, or

(c) from an individual glass on request from the first Eucharistic Assistant.

Or you may choose to receive the wafer only (Communion in one kind).

The Choir sings "Ave Verum Corpus”, Byrd.

THE SENDING OUT OF GOD'S PEOPLE

Post-Communion Prayer

Prayer of self-offering

Father, we offer ourselves to you

as a living sacrifice

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Send us out in the power of your Spirit

to live and work to your praise and glory. AMEN

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Final Hymn:

1. Love will be our Lenten calling,

love to shake and shatter sin,

waking every closed, cold spirit,

stirring new life deep within,

till the quickened heart remembers

what our Easter birth can mean.

2. Peace will be our Lenten living

as we turn for home again,

longing for the words of pardon,

stripping off old grief and pain,

till we stand, restored and joyful,

with the Church on Easter day.

3. Truth will be our Lenten learning:

hear the Crucified One call!

Shadowed by the Saviour’s passion,

images and idols fall,

and, in Easter’s holy splendour,

God alone is all in all.

Words © E. J. Smith, Arrangement from the English Hymnal by permission Oxford University Press, Elizabeth J. Smith 1956–

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Blessing

Dismissal Go in peace to love and serve the Lord:

IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. AMEN

ORGAN POSTLUDE

Readings for 10am Sunday, March 18, 2012

1st

Reading Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 20-22

2nd

Reading Ephesians 2:1-10 Gospel John 3:14-21

GENERAL NOTICES

Birthday: John Holberton (yesterday), Viv Harkness (Tuesday),

Lent Study Groups: will began on 29th

February and will be held on

Wednesday at 1.30pm and again at 7.30pm. They will be in the vicarage.

All are welcome.

MISSIONS: ABM envelopes for a Lenten donation are available at the

back of church.

Trading Table today: Please support! In future, Trading Table will be on

the FIRST Sunday of the month.

Parish Confirmation Service; will be on Sunday 3rd

June at 10am.

Currently there are 5 parishioners intending to be prepared for

Confirmation. Classes will begin immediately after Easter. Please advise

Roy of any you know who may wish to consider confirmation this year.

The next scheduled conformation service will be in 2014.

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The Noon Hour: For several years we have been opening the church on

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12-00--1.00. Most days someone

calls in to pray or admire the Windows ,enquire about a wedding or

just enjoy our beautiful church. A small number of parishioners open the

church to enable this to happen, if you think this might be something

you might like to be involved in then please speak to the vicar or Carol

Fraser 9857-3412.

Stewardship: New sets of envelopes are now available for those who

provide regular financial support for the parish in this way. We thank

them for their support. To others who also regularly contribute by direct

deposit, through the Anglican Development Fund (ADF) or in any other

way, we also offer our thanks. If you would like more information about

ways to financially support Holy Trinity, please talk to Roy or one of the

wardens.

World day of Prayer: The annual service was held at the Melbourne

Chinese Baptist Church (Cotham Rd) recently, It was a moving service

prepared by women of the Malaysian Christian churches. Joan Brooking

has stepped down as the parish representative on the local organizing

committee after many decades of faithful service, and we thank her for

much for her contribution. I am pleased to advise you that Liz Cook has

now accepted this role (after previously serving on the state committee)

, so thank you also to Liz.

Mothers Union: 25 attended the Wednesday morning service this week

and witnessed the admission of Julie Burke, Marilyn Frood, Ros St Flour

and Barbara Thomson as new members of Mothers Union and Irene

Shorthouse (admitted in the UK) was also welcomed to the Holy Trinity

branch. They join the existing 9 members of Holy Trinity Mothers

Union. It was a very positive and cheerful event.

All welcome to join – every week, or when you can!

music@holytrinitykew.org.au

or speak with Stephen for more info.

LISTEN to the CHOIR at home on the Church Website!

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ROSTERS Roster Duty This Week 11/3/2012 Next Week 18/3/2012

6pm Sat

Celebrant The Rev'd Dr H. Granowski The Rev'd Dr N. Curry

ALM Leonie Bird

8am Sun

Welcomer Alan & Nell Eddy Charles & Jan Harkin

Reader Nigel Creese Joan Healy

Intercessor The Rev'd Roy Stanley BCP

Euch Assist Carol Fraser Leonie Bird

Joan Healy

Server Barbara Thomson Dinesh Warnakulasuriya

ALM Leonie Bird

Celebrant The Rev'd Roy Stanley The Rev'd Roy Stanley

Preacher The Rev'd Roy Stanley The Rev'd Roy Stanley

Breakfast Rick Nicholson and

Yvonne Stannard

Diana Cerini and Margaret

Righton

10am Sun

Welcomer Lorraine Bent &

Yvonne Panagacos

Barbara Thomson & Ian Lees

Reader Dileeni & Nilmini

Wickramasinghe

Elizabeth Cook &

Val Batson

Intercessor The Rev'd Roy Stanley Joan Brooking

Euch Assist Joan Brooking Nick Leicester

Server Pam Hughes &

Don Watkinson

Jane Sullivan,

Don & Joy Watkinson

ALM Joy Watkinson Pam Hughes

Officiant The Rev'd Roy Stanley The Rev'd Roy Stanley

Preacher Pam Hughes The Rev'd Roy Stanley

Transport Dorothy Hadwen Elizabeth Cook

Morning Tea Elaine Hutchinson &

Barbara Thomson

Babe Isaacs &

Beth Bailey

Counters Irene Shorthouse&

Barbara Thomson

Charles & Jan Harkin

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Holy Trinity Church Directory

www.holytrinitykew.org.au

PO Box 37, Kew 3101 251 High St (cnr Pakington St), Kew 3101

Ph: (03) 9853 7158 Email: office@holytrinitykew.org.au

Ministry Team and Church Officers:

Vicar: The Rev’d Roy Stanley, (03) 9853 7132; 0408 012 165

vicar@holytrinitykew.org.au

Assistant Priest: The Rev’d Jessica Cheung 0403 380 837 revjcheung@yahoo.com

Family Minister: Ros St Flour, 0411 349938 htkfamilyministry@yahoo.com.au

Parish Chaplain: Pam Hughes, 9848 7738

Honorary Associate Clergy: The Rev Dr Norman Curry, The Rev Dr Helen Granowski

Authorised Lay Ministers: Leonie Bird, Jane Sullivan, Joy Watkinson.

Churchwardens: David Harkin, Barbara Thomson, Robert Frood

Vestry members: John Carmichael, Carol Fraser, Rick Nicholson, Beth Bailey,

Diane Leist, Blake Shorthouse (Treasurer), Tim Sewell, Alan Wilson.

Wedding enquiries: Susan Baker – contact through church website weddings page.

Music Team

Director of Music: Stephen Kerr, 0422 524 574; music@holytrinitykew.org.au

Associate Organist: Ian Tyler Assistant Organist: Anthony Carr

Parish Diary

Mar DAY TIME EVENT

12 Mon 10:30am Wedding

13 Tue 7:30pm Wardens meet at Barbara’s

14 Wed 1:30pm

7:30pm

Lent daytime study group meet in vicarage

Lent evening study group meet in vicarage

15 Thu 2pm Service at Carnsworth N/H

16 Fri 10:15am Communion service at Karana N/H

17 Sat 1pm Baptism

18 Sun 11:15am

2:30pm

Baptism

CONCERT – Boroondara Symphonic Band