ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL
HONG KONG
9TH NOVEMBER 2014
THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
(REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY)
‘Waste of Blood, and Waste of Tears, Waste of youth's
most precious years, Waste of ways the saints have trod,
Waste of Glory, Waste of God, War!’
The Revd Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy,
known as ‘Woodbine Willie’ – the soldiers friend.
From his Poems of a Padre - 'Waste'.
WELCOME
Welcome to all who worship here today — visitors, newcomers and regulars alike. Visiting
communicants, of whatever Christian tradition, are invited to receive communion here.
Gluten-free communion wafers are available on request at all Eucharistic services in this Cathedral.
Please enquire of the Sidesmen or Servers for directions to the distribution.
Information about St John’s Cathedral and its ministries can be found at the Welcoming Table after
the 9.00 am service, on the notice boards and on the website: www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk.
Clergy are here to listen and help - please feel free to speak to one of them after the services, or
make contact during the week: St John’s Cathedral, 4 – 8 Garden Road, Central. (花園道4-8號)
Tel: 2523 4157, Fax: 2521 7830
Please turn off your mobile phone or switch to SILENT.
Today at the Cathedral
8.00am Said Eucharist
Celebrant and Preacher
Reading
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
The Revd Desmond Cox
Anthony Height
9.00am Sung Eucharist
(Communion setting: Noel Rawthorne)
Celebrant
The Revd Catherine Graham
Introit Hymn
445 Rock of ages, cleft for me
First Reading
Wisdom 6.12-16
Kristen Der
Psalm
70 (chant in A minor by Joseph Barnby)
Second Reading
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
Annabel Cohen
Gradual Hymn
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
Gospel Reading
Matthew 25.1-13
The Revd Robert Martin
Sermon
The Revd Desmond Cox
Intercessions
Nicholas Lin
The Peace
Offertory Hymn
461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Anthem
And I was a new heaven (Edgar Bainton)
Communion Hymn 293 Jesus, our Master, on the night that they came
Recessional Hymn 417 O God, our help in ages past
10.30am Sung Eucharist (This service is held in Mandarin)
Celebrant and Preacher
The Revd Peter Koon
11.45am Choral Mattins
(Preces and Responses by John Barnard)
Officiant
The Revd Hugh Phillipson
Hymn
499 Thy kingdom come, O God
Venite
(chant in F by Benjamin Cooke)
Psalm
91 (chant in B-flat by William Wolstenholme)
First Reading
Deuteronomy 17.14-end
Koon-G Chiu
in C (Benjamin Britten)
Te Deum
Second Reading
1 Timothy 2.1-7
The Revd Hugh Phillipson
in C (Benjamin Britten)
Jubilate
Creed
And I saw a new heaven (Edgar Bainton)
Anthem
Intercessions
Hymn
376 I heard the voice of Jesus say
The Revd Catherine Graham
Sermon
Hymn
417 O God, our help in ages past
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2.00pm Sung Eucharist (This service is held in Filipino and English)
Celebrant
The Revd Dwight dela Torre
Preacher
The Very Revd Matthias Der
6.00pm ‘Fresh Expressions’ Service (Please see separate order of service)
Officiants
The Revd Nigel Gibson and The Revd Robert Martin
Saturday 8th November 2014
12.30pm Said Eucharist (This service was held in Filipino)
Celebrant and Preacher
The Revd Dwight dela Torre
6.00pm Sung Eucharist (This service was held in Cantonese)
Celebrant
The Revd Wu Wai Ho
Preacher
The Revd Peter Koon
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The Collect, Post Communion Prayer, Readings and Music
for the 8.00am, 9.00am and 6.00pm services
The Collect for Remembrance Sunday
Almighty and eternal God, from whose love in Christ we cannot be parted, either
by death or life: Hear our prayers and thanksgivings for all whom we remember
this day; fulfil in them the purpose of your love; and bring us all, with them, to
your eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Post Communion for Remembrance Sunday
God of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom and restored the
broken to wholeness of life: look with compassion on the anguish of the world,
and by your healing power make whole both people and nations; through our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
First Reading: Wisdom 6.12-16
Wisdom is radiant and unfading,
and she is easily discerned by those who love her,
and is found by those who seek her.
She hastens to make herself known to those who desire her.
One who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty,
for she will be found sitting at the gate.
To fix one’s thought on her is perfect understanding,
and one who is vigilant on her account will soon be free from care,
because she goes about seeking those worthy of her,
and she graciously appears to them in their paths,
and meets them in every thought.
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This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm 70
1. Haste thee, O God, to deliver me : make haste to help me, O Lord.
2. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul : let them be
turned backward and put to confusion that wish me evil.
3. Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame : that cry over me, There,
there.
4. But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let all such as
delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised.
5. As for me, I am poor and in misery : haste thee unto me, O God.
6. Thou art my helper, and my redeemer : O Lord, make no long tarrying.
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.
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Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have
died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with
him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that
we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means
precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with
the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from
heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left,
will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and
so we will be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these
words.
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This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 25.1-13
Jesus spoke this parable to the disciples: 1‘The kingdom of heaven will be like this.
Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them
were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no
oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom
was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a
shout, “Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.” Then all those
bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, “Give us
some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” But the wise replied, “No! there will
not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the dealers and buy some
for yourselves.” And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those
who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.
Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, “Lord, lord, open to us.” But he
replied, “Truly I tell you, I do not know you.” Keep awake therefore, for you know
neither the day nor the hour.’
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This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Psalm 91 (11.45am)
1. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High : shall abide under the
shadow of the Almighty.
2. I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold : my God, in him
will I trust.
3. For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter : and from the noisome
pestilence.
4. He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers :
his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5. Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night : nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;
6. For the pestilence that walketh in darkness : nor for the sickness that destroyeth
in the noon-day.
7. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand : but it
shall not come nigh thee.
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8. Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold : and see the reward of the ungodly.
9. For thou, Lord, art my hope : thou hast set thine house of defence very high.
10. There shall no evil happen unto thee : neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.
11. For he shall give his angels charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy ways.
12. They shall bear thee in their hands : that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
13. Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt
thou tread under thy feet.
14. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him : I will set
him up, because he hath known my Name.
15. He shall call upon me, and I will hear him : yea, I am with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and bring him to honour.
16. With long life will I satisfy him : and shew him my salvation.
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.
First Reading (11.45am): Deuteronomy 17.14-end
When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have
taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, ‘I will set a king over me, like
all the nations that are around me’, you may indeed set over you a king whom the
LORD your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over
you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own
community. Even so, he must not acquire many horses for himself, or return the
people to Egypt in order to acquire more horses, since the LORD has said to you,
‘You must never return that way again.’ And he must not acquire many wives for
himself, or else his heart will turn away; also silver and gold he must not acquire
in great quantity for himself. When he has taken the throne of his kingdom, he
shall have a copy of this law written for him in the presence of the levitical priests.
It shall remain with him and he shall read in it all the days of his life, so that he
may learn to fear the LORD his God, diligently observing all the words of this law
and these statutes, neither exalting himself above other members of the
community nor turning aside from the commandment, either to the right or to the
left, so that he and his descendants may reign long over his kingdom in Israel.
Here endeth the First Reading.
Second Reading (11.45am): 1 Timothy 2.1-7
My dearly beloved, 1I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right
and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires everyone to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God; there is also one
mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave
himself a ransom for all - this was attested at the right time. For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Here endeth the Second Reading.
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Prayers
Anglican Cycle of Prayer
Please pray for The Church of Bermuda and The Rt Revd Nicholas Dill.
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church of Hong Kong) Cycle of
Prayer
Please pray for Paul, our Primate and Archbishop; Peter, Archbishop Emeritus;
Andrew, Bishop of Western Kowloon; Timothy, Bishop-elect of Eastern Kowloon
and all the faithful members of the HKSKH, both clerical and lay.
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
Pray for Grace Church and the Revd Peter Cheng; for the evangelistic works to
parents and children in Stanley; for the ministry of the Cheshire Home, Chung
Hom Kok; for the ministry and development of the Grace Church.
SJC Cycle of Prayer
Pray for St John’s Cathedral, Emmanuel Church, Pokfulam, Discovery Bay Church
and St Stephen’s Chapel, Stanley; for Dean Matthias and the Chaplains/Priests-in
Charge. Pray for Cathedral Bookstore, Filipino Fellowship and St John’s
Counselling Service.
Prayer Requests
Please pray for Richard Firth, Adam Thompson, Amy Chan Siu Yuk, The Revd
Canon David Dang, Sue Fletcher, Felix Chan, Ophelia Chan, Esther Tai, Toung
Ming, May Cheng Wai Sheung, Fanny Tung, Daisy Chan, Chong Hang Yung
Sebastian, Bronwyn, Juliet Vasantraj, Revd Johnny Chan, William Lam, Susana
Westlake, Sherry, Raymond Cheung, Jun Clarke, Barbara Saunders, Shelley
Connolly, Bill Cox, Stephen Farmer, Simon Freeberne, Sin-Joh Chuang, Maria
Erlyn Carbon, Revd Susan Hewitt, Isaac Wiens, Thomas Wong, Ruth Jim,
Perronnelle Laskey, Cecilia Tang, Karen Kwong Lee Yuen Kwan, Sidney Poon,
Charles Dickson, Marlou Calalo, Robert Lee, Betty Bolloni, Margaret Pini, Carl Ka
Tat Wong, Dennis Shea, Edith Hall, Brenda Bishop, Martine Porter, Betty Taylor,
Lee Yuk Ying, Parveen Nadeem, Conor Henderson, Wendy Larkin, Juvy
Bustamante, Wing Sung, Stephen A Isidro, Robert Trout, Ho Yiu Sing, Gener
Galapon, Novel Chan, Bill Galvin, Revd Peter Frowley, Philip Law, Makiko Hardy,
Arthuro Canuto, Wong Lee Mo Fong, Chai Ching Pau Nyin, Elena Hutchinson,
Edward Wong Kar Yue, Fiona Bamber, Donna Mae Cuaresma, Inger Kvan,
Stephanie Ng and Abigail Sun.
Rest In Peace
Sidney Cowell, Tang Wai Kiu
Prayers will be offered for those named above during the weekday Eucharists.
To include someone in this prayer list, please contact Elisa, Tel: 2523 4157.
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Notices
Welcome to St John’s
Visitors are always welcome at our services. If you are new to Hong Kong and/or
St John’s, do make yourself known at the Welcome Table where you can find
someone who will help with information about our life and ministry here.
After Service Refreshments
Refreshments are served after the 9.00am service in the Li Hall.
Clergy
This morning Dean Matthias Der is leading the worship at St Stephen’s Chapel,
Stanley and The Revd Wu Wai Ho is preaching at SKH Holy Nativity Church.
Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph – TODAY at 11.00am
The Revd John Chynchen will be officiating as the religious convenor at
the traditional Remembrance Sunday Ceremony at the Cenotaph (adjacent
to the former Legco Building in Chater Road, Central) from 10.55am.
Prayers and recitations will be offered by Anglican, Buddhist, Confucian,
Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic and Taoist clerics and leaders.
This annual ceremony is hosted by the Royal British Legion (Hong Kong &
China Branch) and the Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association.
Outreach Sunday 16th November
On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November we will give thanks for St John's
Outreach Ministry. Do you know the names of the outreach programmes? What
are the ministries that the Cathedral is involved in each day? Who are they
helping? What difference are they making to people's lives in Hong Kong? How
can you get involved?
At services on Saturday 15th (Evening Eucharist) and Sunday 16th November a
leader from one of the outreach ministries will speak about the work of their
organisation. Come and celebrate, and learn about these important expressions
ministry in our church!
Consecration of Bishop Timothy Kwok
On Sunday 23rd November Archbishop Paul Kwong, assisted by the Bishops
of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui and visiting Bishops from the Anglican
Communion, will consecrate Canon Timothy Kwok to the Order of Bishop in the
Holy Catholic Church. The service will take place here at St John’s Cathedral
and will start at 4.30pm. Bishop Timothy will serve as Bishop of the Diocese of
Eastern Kowloon and will be enthroned in his own Cathedral Church of the Holy
Trinity, Kowloon the following day at 8.00pm. Please keep Canon Kwok and his
family in your prayers at this time of preparation.
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NO Taizé Service this month
Due to the Consecration Service on Sunday 23rd November there will be no
evening service at St John’s that day. Apologies to those of you who regularly
attend Taizé Evening Worship.
A Prayer for Hong Kong
Lord God, we ask for your blessing on the people of the Hong Kong SAR:
at this time of divided opinions strengthen those who work for mutual
understanding; make our hearts open to hear and embrace those who hold
different views from ourselves; and may our leaders work together to seek
the common good. We pray in the name of one who spread healing and
reconciliation among all people, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We are here to help
Pastoral Care
Pastoral care is an important part of our ministry here at St John’s
Cathedral. Our clergy are here to offer spiritual, emotional and practical
support on a day to day basis and in times of difficulty. This ministry
includes caring for those who are sick, the dying, the bereaved and the
lonely. The clergy can visit you at home, in hospital, or even somewhere
for a coffee and a chat.
If you or someone you know needs assistance please contact:
The Cathedral Office on 2523 4157 between 9.00am and 5.00pm,
2523 4110 in an emergency or after 5.00pm /
or at the weekend
You can ask to speak to a particular chaplain, the duty chaplain or you can
contact the Pastoral Ministry Coordinator, The Revd Catherine Graham on
9639 6777.
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St John’s Cathedral
ADVENT SERVICES
Please make a note in your diaries of this year’s special Advent Services
Sun 30th November
The First Sunday of Advent
6.00pm ‘Looking for the Light’
A Service for the beginning of Advent
Sun 14th December
The Third Sunday of Advent
6.00pm ‘Blue Christmas’ Eucharist
A Service for those mourning a loss
this Christmas season
Sat 20th December
6.00pm Cantonese Sung Eucharist with Carols
Sun 21st December
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
9.00am Sung Eucharist
with Sunday School Pageant
6.00pm Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
A traditional service celebrating in word and music
the Coming of the Christ Child
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What’s happening this week
Today
10.30am
11.30am
2.00pm
Monday 10th November 2014
8.00am Said Eucharist
1.00pm One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
SJC Children’s Choir
SJC Children Instrumental
Ensemble
Filipino Fellowship
Tuesday 11th
8.00am Said Eucharist
1.00pm One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Monday 10th November 2014
12.30pm Meditation Group
Tuesday
3.00pm
7.00pm
7.30pm
Services this Week
Wednesday 12th
8.00am Said Eucharist
1.00pm One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
6.00pm Said Eucharist
11th
Tuesday Tots
Bible Reading Fellowship
The Music of Love and Care:
HIV Charity Concert 2014
Wednesday 12th
9.30am CLARES
1.00pm Lunch Time Recital
Flute Recital by Lawrence Chan
Thursday 13th
2.00pm Parents and Toddlers Group
7.30pm
Christian Listening Course
Thursday 13th
8.30am Said Eucharist
1.00pm One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
1.15pm Said Eucharist
Friday
14th
8.00am Said Eucharist
1.00pm One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Saturday
8.30am
12.30pm
6.00pm
Friday
3.00pm
14th
Friday Fellowship Group
Saturday
2.00pm
3.30pm
4.00pm
15th
8th Interfaith Celebration of Peace
Youth Fellowship (Cantonese)
Andrew Fellowship (Cantonese)
15th
Said Eucharist
Said Eucharist (Filipino)
Said Eucharist (Cantonese)
(Anticipated Sunday Service)
Next Sunday - 16th November 2014
The Second Sunday before Advent
Readings:
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Zephaniah 1.7, 12-end
Psalm 90.1-8
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11
Matthew 25.14-30
8.00am Said Eucharist
Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin
Outreach Ministry
11.45am Eucharist—Provincial
Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin
Outreach Ministry
9.00am Sung Eucharist
Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin
Outreach Ministry
2.00pm Sung Eucharist (Filipino)
Celebrant: The Revd Dwight dela Torre
Outreach Ministry
10.30am Sung Eucharist (Mandarin)
Celebrant and Preacher:
Outreach Ministry
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Officiant: The Revd Will Newman
Preacher: The Revd Hugh Phillipson
Diocese of Hong Kong Island
Cathedral Office
Primate and Archbishop of
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Bishop of Hong Kong Island:
4-8 Garden Road, Central, HK
Tel: 2523 4157 Fax: 2521 7830
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk
Sunday School Website: www.sjcss.org
Twitter: @StJohnsHK
The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong
Archbishop Emeritus:
The Most Revd Dr Peter Kwong
St John’s Cathedral
Dean:
The Very Revd Matthias Der
Cathedral Chaplains:
The Revd Desmond Cox
The Revd Dwight dela Torre
The Revd Peter Koon
The Revd Robert Martin
The Revd Nigel Gibson
(Chaplain and Priest-In-Charge of
Emmanuel Church—2523 4157)
The Revd Will Newman
(Chaplain and Priest-In-Charge of
St Stephen’s Chapel—2813 0408)
The Revd Mark Rogers
(Chaplain and Priest-In-Charge of
Discovery Bay Church—2987 4210)
The Revd Catherine Graham
(Chaplain and Anglican Communion Refugee
and Migrant Network Coordinator)
The Revd Wu Wai Ho
Cathedral Honorary Chaplains:
The Revd John Chynchen
The Revd Hugh Phillipson
The Revd Philip Wickeri
The Revd Jenny Wong Nam
Cathedral Outreach Programmes
Cathedral Bookstore
Renowned for its selection of cards and thoughtprovoking books.
Mon-Sat: 9.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday : 10.00am – 2.00pm
Manager: Chris Everett
Tel: 2868 2848 Fax: 2868 5106
E-mail: [email protected]
Helpers for Domestic Helpers (HDH)
A place for domestic workers to find help.
(Basement, Administration Building)
Manager: Holly Allan
Tel/Fax: 2523 4020
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.hdh-sjc.org
Mission for Migrant Workers (MFMW)
An ecumenical help agency for migrant workers.
(Top floor, Administration Building)
Manager: Cynthia Tellez
Tel: 2522 8264 Fax: 2526 2894
E-mail: [email protected]
Counselling Service
A professional counselling service
Director: Dr Mark Gandolfi
Tel: 2525 7207 Fax: 2524 2777
E-mail: [email protected]
HIV Education Centre
Organist: Peter Yue
(1/F, Administration Building)
Manager: Elijah Fung
Tel: 2523 0531/2501 0653 Fax: 2523 1581
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.sjhivctr.com
Sub-Organist: Felix Yeung
CLARES
Music Officer: Alan Tsang
Wed : 9.30am – 12.00noon
E-mail: [email protected]
Verger: Ho Tat Hoi
Castaways Shop
Executive Administrator: Viola Ip
Choirmaster: Raymond Fu
Head Server: James Choo
Head Sidesman: Roger Cole
Wed-Fri: 12.00noon – 2.30pm
Sat & Sun: 10.00am – 12.00noon
Manager: Teresa Topacio
c/o Cathedral Office
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or the Welcome Table or drop it into the collection bag/box.
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