“Equipping the Saints for the work of Ministry, and building

the body of Christ”

The Twenty-fifth Sunday

after Pentecost

November 15, 2015

Rector: The Reverend Dr Von E Watson

Parish Bulletin

Diocese of Barbados P O Box 361, Bridgetown BB11000

Consecrated July 25, 1827

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e extend special greetings to those who are worshipping with us for the first time. An Usher will be happy to assist you. We sincerely want

you to feel welcome at this Church. If you do not have a home Church, we invite you to consider making St Mary’s your home. We invite you to sign the Visitors’ Book at the back of the Church. We welcome the Directors, management and staff of Unicomer Barbados Ltd, trading as Courts in Barbados. They join us in worship at our 8:45 am Mass as the company celebrates its Golden Jubilee. Please pray for:

• The Diocese of Barbados

• His Grace, the Most Reverend & Dr The Hon John Walder Dunlop Holder Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Barbados

Pastoral & Parish Staff Rector: Rev Dr Von E Watson (246) 424-2461 Assistant Curate: Rev Reginald Knight (246) 426-3746 or (246) 422-1044 Church Office: (246) 426-3746 Administrative Assistant: Mrs Maureen Massiah Organist and Director of Music: Mr Victor Pilgrim Sexton: Ms Mylene Haynes

Church Wardens Mr Ian Inniss Mr Hector Sealy

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Order of Service - 7:00 am The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, BCP CPWI

Introit 378

Opening Sentence Page 100 Acclamation Page 101

Collect for Purity Page 101 The Kyrie Page 102

Gloria in Excelsis Page 102 The Collect

The Ministry of The Word

Lesson ~ Daniel 12: 1 – 4a Reader: Joycelin Massiah

Psalm 16 Epistle ~ Hebrews 10: 31 - 39

Reader: Esther Harris

Gradual 395 The Holy Gospel according to Mark 13: 14 - 23

The Sermon

The Nicene Creed Pages 104 - 105

The Intercession ~ Form B Page 107 Leader: Richard Toppin

Act of Penitence Page 123 The Absolution Page 124

The Greeting of Peace Page 124 Form A

The Ministry of the Sacrament The Offertory 379

The Presentation of the Offerings Page 126 Form B

The Eucharistic Prayer The Sursum Corda Pages 126 - 127

Proper Preface “Therefore we praise you…” Page 131

Sanctus et Benedictus Qui Venit Page 131 Eucharistic Prayer E Page 142

The Lord’s Prayer Page 144

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The Breaking of the Bread Page 145 Form 1 The Communion

Invitation Page 146 Form B

Agnus Dei (Administration of the Holy Communion) Page 147 Form A

Communion Hymns 571, 594, 322, 350, 401

Post Communion Prayer

The Blessing

Greetings and Announcements

Recessional 425

Dismissal Organ Postlude

Order of Service - 8:45 am The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost, BCP CPWI

Introit 378, 371

Opening Sentence Page 100 Acclamation Page 101

Collect for Purity Page 101 The Kyrie Page 102

Gloria in Excelsis Page 102 The Collect

The Ministry Of The Word

Lesson ~ Daniel 12: 1 – 4a Reader: Mothers’ Union

Psalm 16 Epistle ~ Hebrews 10: 31 - 39

Reader: Representative of Courts (Barbados) Ltd

Gradual 395 The Holy Gospel according to Mark 13: 14 – 23

The Sermon

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The Nicene Creed Pages 104 - 105

The Intercession ~ Form B Page 107 Leader: Stephen Leacock

Act of Penitence Page 123 The Absolution Page 124

The Greeting of Peace Page 124 Form A

The Ministry of The Sacrament The Offertory 379, 388

The Presentation of the Offerings Page 126 Form B

The Eucharistic Prayer The Sursum Corda Pages 126 - 127

Proper Preface “Therefore we praise you…” Page 131

Sanctus et Benedictus Qui Venit Page 131 Eucharistic Prayer E Page 142

The Lord’s Prayer Page 144

The Breaking of the Bread Page 145 Form 1

The Communion Invitation Page 146 Form B

Agnus Dei (Administration of the Holy Communion)

Page 147 Form A

Communion Hymns 571, 594, M U Benediction, 322, 350, 401

Blessing of the Children 415 Post Communion Prayer

The Blessing

Greetings and Announcements

Recessional 425

Dismissal

Organ Postlude

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Be silent, be reverent, be thoughtful, for this is the House of God. Before the service, speak to the Lord; during the service, let the Lord speak to you; after the service, speak to one another.

November 17 Torie Walcott (Sunday School) November 18 Ianthe Stuart; Claudette Walker November 19 Leandrea Bailey November 20 Sydney Richards;

Jennifer Michael November 21 Inez Straughn; Leo Ashby

(Shut in)

Ivy Batson November 19, 2005

Rest eternal grant unto her O Lord.

Parish News … connecting through Christ

The Rector, Father Von, and Mrs Watson

are both currently on sick leave. We ask God’s blessings to them and hope for speedy recoveries. Please remember them in your prayers.

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During the Rector’s absence, Canon Winston Layne will be in charge of the Parish. Please remember him in your prayers.

The Ushers’ Guild will hold its Conkie Sale on Sunday November 29. Please place your orders will a member of the Guild. The members look forward to your support.

Assistant Curate, Rev Reginald Knight will now be ordained to the Holy Order of Priest on Monday December 7 at 7:30 pm at the Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels. Please remember him in your prayers.

Next Sunday is the Last Sunday after Pentecost – the Feast of Christ the King.

Sunday Parish Bulletin available in electronic format: If you prefer to receive your copy of the Sunday Parish Bulletin in electronic format, please contact Sandra Franklyn and submit your e-mail address to her. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your device in order to access and read the document. The App is available free from Google Play or the App Store.

Please note that until further notice, with the exception of Feast Days, there will be no celebration of Holy Mass on Tuesdays.

Working for the Common Good: In order to do the work for the common good and to build up the Body of Christ here at St Mary, the Rector invites members and friends of this Church to offer themselves to the following areas of Mission and Ministry:

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• Mission, Outreach and Fellowship • Finance and fundraising • Youth and Education • Heritage, Open Church and Property

Please consider these prayerfully and be guided by the Holy Spirit as you seek to make your choice. Please contact the Rector if you have any questions. Remember that the Father desires our availability and He will give us the ability! We therefore encourage you to come forward.

Please remember in your prayers Enid Sobers, Doriel Chandler, Elsie Griffith, Gweneth Fowler, Merle Maynard, Jewel Carter, Ryeburn Phillips.

The CPWI Hymnal (words only edition) is now available at $20.00. Copies with words and music are available at $55.00 each. If you wish to purchase a copy please contact the Administrative Assistant.

Gifts of remembrance or thanksgiving – As you remember your loved ones who have passed, we encourage you to donate articles used in worship as memorial gifts. You may also wish to donate articles used in worship as you celebrate birthdays, wedding and confirmation anniversaries and other achievements.

The Book of Common Prayer of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) (Revised Version) is available at $20.00. If you wish to obtain a copy, please contact Maureen Massiah, Administrative Assistant.

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Hurricane Preparedness November is the last month of the Hurricane season. Please continue to exercise caution and be in state of readiness. Secure roofs and clear drains. Having experienced a prolonged drought, many are glad for the rains. But too much, too quickly will only make matters worse. Always make sure that you stock up on non-perishable food items. Use dry and canned goods. With canned goods make sure that you also have manual can openers. Some canned foods come with pull-tabs and these are ideal. Officials recommend that individuals be able to sustain themselves for three to seven days without power during a disaster. Items in your hurricane kit should include:

• Water - 1 gallon/ day/ person • Food - canned goods / can opener • Clothes - rain gear / warm jackets • Communication devices • Backup power supplies • Medicine / first aid • Cash • Family evacuation plan

Make sure that your cell/mobile phones are always fully charged and ensure that you have batteries for your radios and similar devices.

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The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Themes of the Collect • God caused all holy Scripture to be written for

our learning. • We ask that we may hear, read, take careful

notice of, learn, and make the scriptures our own,

• so that we may hold fast the blessed hope of eternal life.

Lesson – Daniel 12: 1 - 4a Daniel has a vision of the end of time, when Michael the angel of Israel, who is described as a great captain, will appear and the people will be delivered. Some will wake to everlasting life and some to eternal humiliation. Daniel is to keep secret the names in the book of life until the end of the age.

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Psalm 16 The Lord will watch over his faithful servant and show him the path of life.

The Epistle – Hebrews 10: 31 - 39 “It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” In earlier days, when the readers were new Christians, they patiently endured great hardships and suffering for the sake of their faith. Now they must be confident and endure, for it will not be long. Christians are not among those who shrink back and are lost; they have faith to choose life.

The Gospel - Mark 13: 14 - 23 Jesus warns the disciples of false signs and wonders, and false Messiahs and prophets who will arise in a time of terrible affliction to come.

The Collect

BLESSED LORD, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of eternal life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Lesson ~ Daniel 12: 1 – 4a A Reading from the Word of God written in the Twelfth Chapter of the Book of Daniel, beginning at the first verse.

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THE LORD spoke to Daniel, saying, “At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and the book sealed until the time of the end.” The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Psalm 16 Conserva me, Domine PRESERVE ME O God: for in thee have I put my trust. 2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord: Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. 3. All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth: and upon such as excel in virtue. 4. But they that run after another god: shall have great trouble. 5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer: neither make mention of their names within my lips. 6. The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou shalt maintain my lot. 7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8. I will thank the Lord for giving me warning: my reins also chasten me in the night-season. 9. I have set God always before me: for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.

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10. Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced: my flesh also shall rest in hope. 11. For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell: neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12. Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fullness of joy: and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning Is now and ever shall be World without end. Amen.

Epistle ~ Hebrews 10: 31 - 39

A Reading from the Word of God written in the Tenth Chapter of Paul’s letter to the Hebrews, beginning at the thirty-first verse. IT IS a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion for those who were in prison, and you cheerfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves possessed something better and more lasting. Do not, therefore, abandon that confidence of yours; it brings a great reward. For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

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For yet “in a very little while, the one who is coming will come and will not delay; but my righteous one will live by faith. My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.” But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost, but among those who have faith and so are saved. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

The Gospel ~ Mark 13: 14 - 23

The Lord be with you And also with you. A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark. Glory to Christ Our Saviour. JESUS SAID, “But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains; the one on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away; the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! Pray that it may not be in winter. For in those days there will be suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, no, and never will be. And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days. And if anyone says to you at that time, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’ or 'Look! There he is!'--do not believe it.

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False messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, the elect. But be alert; I have already told you everything.” The Gospel of Christ. Praise to Christ Our Lord.

Connect with God through reading the Bible and praying every day. Here is your Bible reading plan for this week.

Sunday: AM Psalm 66, 67; PM Psalm 19, 46 1 Macc. 2:29-43,49-50; Acts 28:14b-23; Luke 16:1-13 Monday: AM Psalm 89:1-18; PM Psalm 89:19-52 1 Macc. 3:1-24; Rev. 20:7-15; Matt. 17:1-13 Tuesday: AM Psalm 97, 99, [100]; PM Psalm 94, [95] 1 Macc. 3:25-41; Rev. 21:1-8; Matt. 17:14-21 Wednesday: AM Psalm 101, 109:1-4(5-19)20-30; PM Psalm 119:121-144 1 Macc. 3:42-60; Rev. 21:9-21; Matt. 17:22-27

November 15 - 21

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Thursday: AM Psalm 105:1-22; PM Psalm 105:23-45 1 Macc. 4:1-25; Rev. 21:22-22:5; Matt. 18:1-9 Friday: AM Psalm 102; PM Psalm 107:1-32 1 Macc. 4:36-59; Rev. 22:6-13; Matt. 18:10-20 Saturday: AM Psalm 107:33-43, 108:1-6(7-13); PM Psalm 33 Isa. 65:17-25; Rev. 22:14-21; Matt. 18:21-35

Notices for the Parish Bulletin Please submit your notices, in writing, no later than Tuesday at 2:00 pm.

Condolences

We extend condolences to the family of Laurel Went on her passing. Details of the funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date. May she rest in peace.

(No photo available at time of publication)

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Flower Arrangers Needed The St Mary’s Flower Guild is seeking new members. Interested persons with knowledge/training in flower arranging are asked to contact the leader, June Gooding, at 436-5874.

God of life and glory,

your Son was revealed in splendour before he suffered death upon the cross;

grant that we, beholding his majesty, may be strengthened to follow him

and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God now and for ever.

Solution to this week’s Fill in Puzzle

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This Week at St Mary’s 25th Sunday after

Pentecost 7:00 am 8:45 am

Holy Eucharist and Sermon Solemn Eucharist and Sermon Mothers’ Union in Corporate Worship Sunday School Directors, management and staff of Unicomer Barbados Ltd in attendance

Monday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Margaret of Scotland, Queen Open Church Ministry

Tuesday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

10:00 am

Hugh, Bishop Open Church Ministry Meeting of the Evangelism and Prayer Group

Wednesday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Hilda, Abbess Open Church Ministry Midday Devotions and Address

Thursday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Open Church Ministry

Friday 9:30 am

10:45 am – 12 noon 6:00 pm

Edmund, King Holy Mass and Homily Office hours Choir Rehearsal

Saturday

10:00 am

Preparation for Worship Flower Guild

Next Sunday … Last Sunday

after Pentecost

7:00 am 8:45 am

Feast of Christ the King Holy Eucharist and Sermon Solemn Eucharist and Sermon Men’s Fellowship in Corporate Worship Sunday School

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Remember those of this congregation, their families and friends. May Jesus Christ grant them heavenly healing. Please let us know of any such persons and especially those who are members, so that we may have their communion taken to them.

Sick and Shut-ins Jean Thornhill, Dorothy Burke, Vanita Herbert, Lorna Griffith, Joyce Carrington, Gladys Trotman, Elsie Drayton, Geraldine Kippins, Norma Hayde, Mardelle Walton, Daisy Haynes, Verona Tinnis, Harold Taitt, Waple Lovell, Elaine Goddard, Muriel Layne, Muriel Gittens, Rudolph Hinds, Eileen Burrowes, Elaine Forde, Velda Crawford, Courtney and Christina Gibson, Gladys and Leo Ashby District Hospital Velma Lavine (St Michael); Ira Slocombe (Gordon Cummins)