HOLY TRINITY KEW Anglican Church of Australia

22nd Sunday after Pentecost November 13, 2011

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 11.00 am – Holy Communion

SATURDAY 6.00 pm – Holy Communion

SUNDAY 8.00 am & 10.00 am – Holy Communion

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

Morning Prayer: 9.00 am Wednesday-Saturday

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

Healing Service: 11.30 am, 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 – Bilingual 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: TiS 273

1. Lo! he comes with clouds

descending,

once for favoured sinners slain;

thousand thousand saints attending

swell the sound of this refrain:

Hallelujah, hallelujah,

hallelujah!

God appears on earth to reign.

2. Every eye shall now behold him

robed in awesome majesty;

those who have betrayed and sold

him,

pierced and nailed him to the tree,

deeply shamed before him, deeply

shamed before him,

deeply shamed before him

shall the true Messiah see.

3. Those dear tokens of his passion

still his dazzling body bears,

cause of endless exultation

to his ransomed worshippers:

with what rapture, with what

rapture,

with what rapture

gaze we on those glorious scars!

4. Sing amen! let all adore you,

high on your eternal throne;

Saviour, take the power and glory,

claim the kingdom for your own;

O come quickly, O come quickly,

O come quickly;

hallelujah! Come, Lord, come.

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Greeting: The Lord be with you.

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

Sentence: God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore encourage one another and build

up each other. 1 Thessalonians 5.9, 11

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 Summary of the Commandments:

‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the

Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your

mind, and with all your strength.’ Jesus said: ‘This is the great and first

commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as

yourself.’

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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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Gloria – Ushaw Setting (Alan Rees)

CHOIR: Glory, Glory to God, Glory to God in the highest,

ALL:

and peace to God’s people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father,

we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,

you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us;

you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord,

you alone are the Most High

Jesus Christ,

with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father.

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Prayer of the Day

Everliving God,

before the earth was formed,

and even after it shall cease to be, you are God.

Break into our short span of life

and show us those things that are eternal,

that we may serve your purpose in all we do;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

who lives and reigns with you in unity with the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

THE MINISTRY OF THE WORD

Readings from 'New Revised Standard Version' (NRSV)

First Reading: Judges 4:1-10

4:1 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud

died. 2 So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of Canaan, who

reigned in Hazor; the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in

Harosheth-ha-goiim. 3 Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help; for he

had nine hundred chariots of iron, and had oppressed the Israelites cruelly

twenty years.

4 At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.

5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the

hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgment. 6 She

sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said

to him, "The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you, 'Go, take position at

Mount Tabor, bringing ten thousand from the tribe of Naphtali and the tribe of

Zebulun. 7 I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you by

the Wadi Kishon with his chariots and his troops; and I will give him into your

hand.' " 8 Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not

go with me, I will not go." 9 And she said, "I will surely go with you;

nevertheless, the road on which you are going will not lead to your glory, for

the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah got up and

went with Barak to Kedesh. 10 Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to

Kedesh; and ten thousand warriors went up behind him; and Deborah went up

with him.

Response: Hear the word of the Lord, THANKS BE TO GOD

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Psalm: 123

1 To you I lift up my eyes:

you who are enthroned in the heavens.

2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master:

or as the eyes of a maid toward the hand of her mistress,

3 So our eyes look to the Lord our God:

until he show us his mercy.

4 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us:

for we have had our fill of derision.

5 Our souls overflow with the mockery of those at ease:

and with the contempt of the proud.

Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you

do not need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves know

very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3

When they say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction

will come upon them, as labour pains come upon a pregnant woman, and

there will be no escape! 4 But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that

day to surprise you like a thief; 5 for you are all children of light and

children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. 6 So then let us

not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; 7 for

those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at

night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the

breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For

God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our

Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or

asleep we may live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and

build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

Response: Hear the word of the Lord,

THANKS BE TO GOD

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Gradual Hymn: TiS 193

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 Matthew chapter 25

beginning at the 14th

verse.

GLORY TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.

14 "For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and

entrusted his property to them; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another

two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16

The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with

them, and made five more talents. 17 In the same way, the one who had

the two talents made two more talents. 18 But the one who had received

the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's

money. 19 After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled

accounts with them. 20 Then the one who had received the five talents

came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over

to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.' 21 His master said to

him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in

a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of

your master.' 22 And the one with the two talents also came forward,

saying, 'Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two

more talents.' 23 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy

slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of

many things; enter into the joy of your master.' 24 Then the one who had

received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that you

were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you

did not scatter seed; 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the

ground. Here you have what is yours.' 26 But his master replied, 'You wicked

and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and

gather where I did not scatter? 27 Then you ought to have invested my

money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was

my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to the one

with the ten talents. 29 For to all those who have, more will be given, and

they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what

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they have will be taken away. 30 As for this worthless slave, throw him into

the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Gospel Response: This is the gospel of the Lord,

PRAISE TO YOU, LORD JESUS CHRIST.

ALLELUIA

Sung by

Choir &

Congregation

• 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: Uyo, Province of the Niger Delta, Nigeria; Ministry with the

Aboriginal People of Australia, Aboriginal Clergy & People; Korowa Anglican

Girls' School; St Peter’s Mornington & St Martin’s Mt Martha; St Mark's

Templestowe – Confirmation; St Paul's Cathedral - Cursillo Ultreya &

Commissioning as Episcopal Overseer; and our Bishops Philip and Barbara.

We pray for those in need, and for those who care for them: Judy S, Nancy

K, Leonie M, Enid B, Geoffrey M, Henry J, Margaret Y, Michael H, Faye H, Jan

N, Miriam A, Jean S, Lowan A, Robert D, Mia C, Jan T, Ray C, Peter Hs, John &

Jean H and those we remember in our own hearts and prayers.

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

Howard D, 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.

We remember before God with thanksgiving the lives of Nicholas Ashley-

Brown (1996) and Anele Damper (2010) as we come to the anniversary of

their entry into your nearer presence.

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.

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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.

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Offertory Hymn: TiS 111

1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,

the King of creation;

O my soul, praise him, for he is your

health and salvation.

Come all who hear,

brothers and sisters draw near,

praise him in glad adoration.

2. Praise to the Lord who in all things

is wondrously reigning

and, as on wings of an eagle, uplifting,

sustaining:

have you not seen

all that is needed has been

sent by his gracious ordaining?

3. Praise to the Lord, who will prosper

our work and defend us;

surely his goodness and mercy shall

daily attend us:

ponder anew

what the Almighty can do

as with his love he befriends us.

4. Praise to the Lord, who when

darkness of sin is abounding,

who, when the godless do

triumph, our best hopes

confounding,

sheds forth his light,

scatters the horrors of night,

saints with his mercy surrounding.

5. Praise to the Lord! O let all that

is in me adore him!

All that has life and breath, come

now with praises before him.

Let the Amen

sound from his people again:

gladly for ever adore him.

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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.

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THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

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:

ALL:

CHOIR: God of power and God of might.

ALL:

CHOIR: Heaven and earth are full, are full of your glory.

ALL:

CHOIR: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

ALL:

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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 “Here, O my Lord”, Viner.

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: TiS 158

1. God has spoken by his prophets,

spoken his unchanging word,

each, from age to age proclaiming

God, the one, the righteous Lord.

In the world’s despair and turmoil

one firm anchor holds us fast:

God is king, his throne eternal,

God the first, and God the last.

2. God has spoken by Christ Jesus,

Christ, the everlasting Son,

brightness of the Father’s glory,

with the Father ever one;

spoken by the Word incarnate,

God from God, ere time began,

Light from Light, to earth

descending,

God, revealed as Son of Man.

3. God is speaking by his Spirit,

speaking to our hearts again,

in the age-long word expounding

God’s own message, now as then,

through the rise and fall of nations

one sure faith yet standing fast;

God still speaks, his word

unchanging,

God the first, and God the last.

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Blessing

Dismissal Go in peace to love and serve the Lord:

IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. AMEN

~ ORGAN POSTLUDE ~

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Readings for 10am Sunday, November 20, 2011

Christ the King

1st

Reading Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 100 or 95:1-7

2nd

Reading Ephesians 1:15-23 Gospel Matthew 25:31-46

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GENERAL NOTICES

Birthday: Ian Tyler (tomorrow)

Trading Table: TODAY

Anglicare is appealing for donations of non-perishable Christmas foods

before the middle of November, so that hampers can be prepared.

Parish Annual Meeting: is TODAY at 11.15am in the Jubilee Hall. To vote at

this meeting you need to be enrolled on the Parish Electoral Roll, a copy is

at the back of church together with application forms for those who would

like to be added to the Electoral Roll. Applications can be made up to the

start of the meeting.

ADVENT STUDY GROUPS: will be held on Wednesday's at 7.30pm from 23rd

November - 14th December; and on Friday's at 2pm from 25th November -

16th December. The studies will be held in the vicarage and last for about

75 minutes.

Thank You: to Norman Curry, Leonie Bird and others who cared for the

parish during my 5 weeks long service leave. It is much appreciated. Roy

Christmas Cakes and Puddings: Please see order forms at back of Church

The final meeting for this year of the Women’s Groups will be be held on

Wednesday, December 7, beginning with the parish communion service at

11am. Then we will drive to Carol Fraser’s house for a Christmas lunch.

Everyone is very welcome to join us. If you would like to come, please add

your name to the list at the back of the church.

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Rosters

Roster Duty This Week 13/11/2011 Next Week 20/11/2011

6pm Sat

Celebrant The Rev'd Roy Stanley 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

Assistant

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

Rick Nicholson and Margaret

Righton

10am Sun

Welcomer Barbara Thomson &

Yvonne Panagacos

Nip Thomson & Nola Scott

Reader Dileeni & Nilmini

Wickramasinghe

Elizabeth Cook &

Val Batson

Intercessor The Rev'd Roy Stanley Joan Brooking

Euch Assist Nip Thomson Clarence Muttiah

Server Don Watkinson Jane Sullivan,

Don & Joy Watkinson

ALM Joy Watkinson

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

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

Transport Dorothy Hadwen Elizabeth Cook

Morning Tea Viv and Peter Harkness Diane Leist & Nancy Daniels

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

Relieving Chaplain: Leonie Bird, 0409 860 026

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, Laurence Dong, Carol Fraser, Peter Harkness,

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

Wedding co-ordinator: Susan Baker 0429 869 019; weddings@holytrinitykew.org.au

Music Team

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

Associate Organist: Ian Tyler Assistant Organist: Anthony Carr

Parish Diary

Nov DAY TIME EVENT

13 Sun 11:15am

11:30am

1:30pm

Parish Annual meeting in Jubilee Hall.

Carols Choir rehearsal

Baptism

14 Mon 9am Trinity Grammar School year 7 Founders day service

15 Tue 7:30pm Vestry meet in parish hall.

16 Wed 6pm

7pm

Wedding rehearsal

Wedding rehearsal

17 Thu 2pm Service at Carnsworth N/H

18 Fri 10:15am

4pm

7pm

Communion service at Karana N/H

Wedding

Playgroup parents dinner in Jubilee Hall.

19 Sat 11:30am Baptism