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St Peter’s Eastern Hill
Diocese of Melbourne, Anglican Church of Australia
Parish Church of the City since 1847
Jean Des Trompes - Baptism of the Lord (c. 1505))
Baptism of the Lord
th
11 January, 2015
COLLECT OF THE WEEK
Almighty God, who anointed Jesus at his baptism with the Holy Spirit and revealed him as
your beloved Son: inspire us, your children, who are born again of water and the Spirit to
surrender our lives to your service, that we may rejoice to be called your children; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen
8:00 am Mass
Celebrant : Fr Hugh Kempster
Preacher : Stephen Duckett
9:30 am Family Mass
Celebrant : Fr Graeme Brennan
Preacher : Stephen Duckett
Gospel : Fr Richard Wilson
Children’s talk : Fr Hugh Kempster
Reader : Ree Boddé
Intercessor : Geoff Goode
Hymns : Entrance : 237 Offertory : 56 Post-Communion : 12
Communion Voluntary : Karg-Elert Freu dich sehr, O meine Seele
Postlude : Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Sinfonia from Solomon)
11:00 am High Mass
Celebrant : Fr Hugh Kempster
Preacher : Stephen Duckett
Deacon : Fr Graeme Brennan
Reader : Yanpu Zhang
Intercessor : Susan Southall
Hymns : Entrance : 55 Gradual : 58 Offertory : 56 Post-Communion : 170
Mass Setting : Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi munera
Motet : Gibbons This is the record of John
Postlude : Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Sinfonia from Solomon)
5:00 pm Evensong & Benediction
Officiant: Fr Philip Gill
Reader : Fr Philip Gill
Canticles : Plainsong
Preces and Responses : Plainsong
Hymns : Office : 54(ii) Post-Evensong : 245 Benediction : 269(5,6), 268(5,6)
Postlude : Frescobaldi Chromatic Toccata for the Elevation.
6:30 pm Mass
Celebrant & Preacher : Fr Philip Gill
Next Sunday 18th January : 2nd Ordinary Sunday
Mass Readings : 1 Samuel 3: 3b-10, 19, 1 Corinthians 6: 13c-15a. 17-20 & John 1: 35-42
Readers & Intercessors : Carol Tedja, Carol O’Connor, Lana Turner-McCoy &
Alae Taule’alo
Celebrants : Fr Philip Gill and Fr Graeme Brennan
Mass Readings
First Reading : Isaiah 55: 1-11
Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy
and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you
spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does
not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in
rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make
with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him
a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call
nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. Seek
the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake
their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may
have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts
are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than
your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not
return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving
seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my
mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and succeed in the thing for which I sen t it.
Responsorial Canticle : Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6
Second Reading : 1 John 5: 1-9
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone
who loves the parent loves the child. By this we know that we love the children of
God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For the love of God is this,
that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for
whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers
the world, our faith. Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that
Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ
not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one
that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth. There are three that testify: the Spirit and the
water and the blood, and these three agree. If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his
Son.
Gospel : Mark 1.7-11
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance
for the forgiveness of sins. In his preaching he proclaimed, “The one who is more
powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the
thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the
Holy Spirit.” In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized
by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came
from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Evensong Readings
Readings : Ezekiel 47: 1-12, John 1: 19-34 and Psalm 2
THIS MORNING’S PREACHER - PROF. STEPHEN DUCKETT
This morning our preacher is Prof. Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program
at the Grattan Institute and Professor of Health Policy at La Trobe University. Stephen
is a parishioner of St Peter’s and a licensed Lay Preacher. He is currently studying
Theology at Trinity College Theological School.
A DATE FOR THE DIARY - ISS LENTEN QUIET DAY - 21st FEBRUARY
The 2015 Institute of Spiritual Studies booklet is available at the back of church. Our
programme next year begins with a Quiet Day on Saturday 21st February. The venue
is St James Anglican Church in Point Lonsdale. The day starts with a celebration of
the Eucharist in the church at 11.00 am. Participants can bring their own lunch to eat
in the garden, or it is possible to purchase a meal in one of the nearby restaurants.
Fr Peter Martin will lead a period of meditation during the afternoon. The day will
conclude 4.00 pm.
Bp Graeme Rutheford
Chair of ISS
For the Sick
Prayers
Wendy Inglefinger, Andrew Beech-Jones, Donald Johnston priest, Ken Merton,
Allen Messina, Ruth Tindale, Hugh Todd, Petra and Chad.
As well as:
John-Paul Agopian, June Baldwin, Phillip Bewley priest, John Crocker,
Elizabeth Hall, Wendy Hancock, Edgar Hunter, Sr Jean chn, Peta Hearne-Loveday,
Sr Lyn chn, Karyn McDermott, Robert McKinnon, Bernard Moore,
Rochelle Ondaatje, Heather Pearson, Margaret Robbins, Sr Ruth chn, Peter Swingler,
Geoffrey Taylor priest, Ramsay Williams priest, Evelyn Wilson, Annette Wood
For the Recently Departed :
For those whose year’s mind falls this week:
Sun
11 Mary Hill, Violet Ames-Smith, John Lawrence, Catherine Jane Peerman
Mon
12 Gordon Forbes Latimer, Edna Abbott
Tue
13 Margaret Baulch, Frances Betty Gubbins
Wed
14 Lilian Murray, John Hawkes Marwood Mules, Lesley Kemmelfield
Thu
15 Frank Maidment, Emma Neller, Edward Bagot, Louise Handfield,
Martha Howell, Chloe Hart
16 Theodore Bruce McCall bishop, Jessie Barbara Jost,
Roderick Malcolm Ostcliffe Morrison
17 Maria Lett, Sister Alice chn, Alison Clarke, Teresa Brennan
Fri
Sat
From The Parish Diary
For all Weekday and Sunday service times, see back page of the Pew Sheet
Tuesday 13th January
Thursday 15th January
Friday 16th January
Parish Council Dinner at Saigon Inn (Liverpool Street
CBD), at 7:00pm
Bp Stephen Cottrell’s visit, Clergy Conference planning
meeting at the Vicarage, at 2:00pm
Confession in the Handfield Chapel at 5:00pm (and every
Friday in 2015)
Parish notices need to be submitted to Parish Office by 10 a.m. Wednesday morning
Notices
A GIFT FOR MELISSA CLARK
We have all been touched by the contributions of Melissa during her placement with
us over the last 12 months. She went over and above the call of ‘duty’ and expectations
of her ministry placement. Her warm and inclusive personality has endeared her to
us all and she has left with many new friends feeling her absence already. She involved
herself wholeheartedly in so many areas of life at The Hill. To mark this we want to
give her a gift that will serve her well in coming years and as a lasting reminder of her
time with us - a home communion set. We are hoping that you will contribute to this
gift over the next three weeks. Please give your donations to John Taaff after 8.00am,
Craig Wilson after 9.30am and Stuart Hibberd/Helen Drummond or a member of
the clergy team after 11:00am. Donations may also be placed in the collection plate in
an envelope clearly marked ‘A gift for Melissa’.
RECYCLING EVERYDAY/ANNUAL ITEMS
Stamps : Please save stamps from your correspondence at home, or at work, and get
your friends involved as well! When you have a bag full, please give them to Eleanor
Newton, who will forward them on to ABM for their mission work. Eleanor generally
attends the 9.30am Mass.
Christmas/Birthday Card : Don’t know what to do with your birthday and Christmas
cards? Please gather them together and pass them on to Helen Drummond, for
recycling into gift cards.
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Opening Hours
Monday – Friday 9.30am to 4.30 pm
Sunday - after 9.30am & 11am Mass
15 Gisborne St Melbourne 3002
Situated in the Parish Hall building on the street side, facing St Patrick’s Cathedral
P: (03) 9663 7487 E: [email protected]
Parish Directory
St. Peter’s Eastern Hill, 15 Gisborne Street, Melbourne, VIC 3002
Secure Mail : St Peter’s Eastern Hill, PO BOX 18108, Collins Street East, VIC 8003
[03] 9662 2391, Fax [03] 9662 2400 Web: www.stpeters.org.au
e-mail: [email protected] Office Hours. 9.00am – 1.00pm weekdays
Sunday Services
8.00 am
Mass (BCP)
9.30 am
Family Mass
11.00 am
High Mass
5.00 pm
Solemn Evensong (BCP) & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
6.30 pmMass
Refreshments are available in the Parish Hall after each of the Sunday services
Weekday Services
Mon – Fri:
Mass at 7.15am (9.00am between Christmas & New Year)
Feast Day High Mass as advertised: 6.15pm
Wed:Mass at 1.15pm
Fri : Confession in the Handfield Chapel at 5:00pm
Sat:
Mass at 9.00am followed by the Rosary
Clergy
Parish Council
Vicar:
Fr Hugh Kempster
0488 960 022 Membership:
Assistant Priests:
Fr Graeme Brennan
0427 321 744
Adam Blackmore
Fr Philip Gill0467 550 175 Judith Chapman
Fr Richard Wilson
0417 014 595 Helen Drummond
Associate Priests:
Fr Don Edgar
9662 2391
Colleen Farrell
Bp Graeme Rutherford9662 2391
Stuart Hibberd
Bruce Kellett
Lay Ministries
Fr Hugh Kempster (Chair)
Bookroom:Carol O’Connor9663 7487
Catherine McGovern
Children’s Ministry:
Katherine Barnett9387 4089 Daniel Mitterdorfer
Churchwardens:
John Taaff (Vicar)
0418 149 345
David Spriggs
Helen Drummond (People) 0419 897 973
Rwth Stuckey
Stuart Hibberd
(People)9355 7584
John Taaff
Theological Student : Melissa Clark
0411 722 718
Alae Taule’alo
Pastoral Assistants: Sr Avrill CHN
0407 883 055
Craig Wilson
Di Clark0407 354 987
Sue Wuttke (Secretary)
Flowers:
Helen Drummond
0419 897 973
Head Server:
Peter Bryce
9850 2403
Inst. of Sp. Studies: Bp Graeme Rutherford
0408 374 847
Lazarus Centre:
Louise Lang
0458 750 031
Director of Music: Andrew Raiskums
0439 556 627
Music Administrator: Sue Wuttke
0422 866 286
Organist:
Rhys Arvidson
0405 277 853
Parish Office:
Konstantine Soteriou
9662 2391
Playgroup:Cindy Cheng9662 2391
PVAW Coordinator Liz Prideaux
9662 2391
Sacristan:
Adam Blackmore
0439 369 911
Treasurer:
Catherine McGovern
0449 954 318