1ST FEBRUARY 2015 THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS) 8.00am Said Eucharist (See separate booklet) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Desmond Cox 9.00am Sung Eucharist (See separate booklet) Celebrant: The Very Revd Matthias Der Preacher: The Revd Desmond Cox Deacon: The Revd Catherine Graham Communion Setting: Mass of St Cedd (Peter Nardone) Hymns: 4, 453, 325 (omit *vs), 311, 178 Psalm: 24 (chant in E by Joseph Barnby) Anthem: Wings of the morning (John Rutter) Candlemas Procession: Nunc Dimittis in A (Charles Villiers Stanford) Readers/Intercessor: Mary Szeto, Marcela Collins, Jeff Evans 10.30am Sung Eucharist (in Mandarin) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Peter Koon 11.45am All Age Worship (See separate booklet)(with SJC Children’s Choir) Celebrant: The Revd Desmond Cox Preacher: The Very Revd Matthias Der Communion Setting: Leonard West 2.00pm Sung Eucharist (in Filipino and English) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin 6.00pm Eucharist with Prayers for Healing (See separate booklet) Celebrant: The Revd Will Newman Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin Hymns: 4, 453, 311, 178 Readings: Hebrews 2.14-end, Luke 2.22-40 Welcome to all who worship here today. 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. Please turn off your mobile phone or switch to SILENT. THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL MON 2nd FEB 8.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm Said Eucharist Meditation Group One o’clock Prayers (Nave) TUE 3rd FEB 8.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 3.00pm 7.00pm Said Eucharist Christians in Central (Speaker: Fr Joseph Tham LC) One o’clock Prayers (Nave) Tuesday Tots Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) WED 4th FEB 8.00am 9.30am 1.00pm 1.15pm 6.00pm Said Eucharist CLARES One o’clock Prayers (Nave) Lunchtime Recital—4 hands, 2 Flutes Duo Recital by Hong Man Kin & Wong Mung Ying Said Eucharist THU 5th FEB 8.30am 1.00pm 1.15pm 2.30pm Said Eucharist One o’clock Prayers (Nave) Said Eucharist Parents, babies and toddlers FRI 6th FEB 8.00am 1.00pm 3.00pm Said Eucharist One o’clock Prayers (Nave) Friday Fellowship Group SAT 7th FEB 8.30am 12.30pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 6.00pm Said Eucharist Said Eucharist (Filipino) Youth Fellowship (Cantonese) Andrew Fellowship (Cantonese) Said Eucharist (Cantonese) (Anticipated Sunday Service) SUN 8th FEB The Second Sunday before Lent Readings: 8.00am Said Eucharist Proverbs 8.1, 22-31 Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin Psalm 104.26-end 9.00am Sung Eucharist Colossians 1.15-20 Celebrant: The Revd John Chynchen John 1.1-14 Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin 10.30am Sung Eucharist (Mandarin) Celebrant: The Very Revd Matthias Der Preacher: The Revd Wu Wai Ho Readings: 11.45am Choral Mattins Psalm 29, 67 Celebrant: The Revd Hugh Phillipson Deuteronomy 8.1-10 Preacher: The Revd John Chynchen Matthew 6.25-end 2.00pm Sung Eucharist (Filipino) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Dwight dela Torre 6.00pm ‘Fresh Expressions’ Service—1549 Prayer Book Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin Preacher: The Revd Philip Wickeri 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 2 COLLECT, POST COMMUNION PRAYER, READINGS AND MUSIC COLLECT Almighty and ever-living God, clothed in majesty, whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple, in substance of our flesh: grant that we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. FIRST READING Malachi 3.1-5 Thus says the Lord God: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight – indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. All This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. SECOND READING Hebrews 2.14-end Since the children share flesh and blood, Jesus himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. All This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL READING Luke 2.22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’ Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took 3 COLLECT, POST COMMUNION PRAYER, READINGS AND MUSIC him in his arms and praised God, saying, ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’ And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed–and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’ There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him. All This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. POST COMMUNION PRAYER Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna, who lived to welcome the Messiah: may we, who have received these gifts beyond words, prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes to bring us to eternal life; for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen. 4 THE SUPPER OF THE LORDE AND THE HOLY COMMUNION, COMMONLY CALLED THE MASSE A Eucharist celebrated according to the Rite of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer (The first Prayer Book of the Church of England) Sunday 8th February 2015 at 6.00pm Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin Preacher: The Revd Philip Wickeri Period chants sung by Die Konsertisten Wed 18th February 2015 The Season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday and we will mark it with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes. 8.00am Said Eucharist 12.00pm Said Eucharist (Cantonese) 6.00pm Said Eucharist All services with the Imposition of Ashes A full Lent Programme will be included in next week’s pew sheet. PRAYERS ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER Pray for the church of Luwero (Uganda) and The Revd Canon Eridard Kironde Nsubuga. 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 of Eastern Kowloon and all the faithful members of the HKSKH, both clerical and lay. DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER Pray for St Stephen’s Chapel, Stanley and the Revd William Newman; For St Stephen's College and the Preparatory School; For the work with prisoners in Stanley Prison; For the friends in the Leprosy Project, Sichuan. SJC CYCLE OF PRAYER Pray for St John’s Cathedral, Discovery Bay Church, St Stephen’s Chapel, Stanley and Emmanuel Church; for Dean Matthias, the Chaplains/Priestsin-Charge and staff. Pray for Cathedral Bookstore, Filipino Fellowship and St John’s Counselling Service. PRAYER REQUESTS Please pray for Wendy Larkin, Toung Ming, May Cheng Wai Sheung, Pat Flavin, Clement Chew, Gerald Bishop, Cassidy Tsang, Teresa O, Bessie Chan Siu Oi, Carl Ye, Richard Firth, Adam Thompson, Amy Chan Siu Yuk, Sue Fletcher, Felix Chan, Ophelia Chan, Esther Tai, Daisy Chan, Chong Hang Yung Sebastian, Bronwyn, Juliet Vasantraj, Revd Johnny Chan, William Lam, Susana Westlake, Raymond Cheung, Jun Clarke, Barbara Saunders, Shelley Connolly, Bill Cox, Simon Freeberne, Maria Erlyn Carbon, Revd Susan Hewitt, Isaac Wiens, Thomas Wong, Perronnelle Laskey, Karen Kwong Lee Yuen Kwan, Charles Dickson, Marlou Calalo, Robert Lee, Betty Bolloni, Margaret Pini, Dennis Shea, Edith Hall, Brenda Bishop, Martine Porter, Betty Taylor, Lee Yuk Ying, Parveen Nadeem, Conor Henderson, Juvy Bustamante, Wing Sung, Stephen A Isidro, Robert Trout, Ho Yiu Sing, Gener Galapon, Novel Chan, Bill Galvin, Philip Law, Makiko Hardy, Arthuro Canuto, Elena Hutchinson, Edward Wong Kar Yue, Fiona Bamber, Donna Mae Cuaresma, Stephanie Ng and Abigail Sun. Rest In Peace Diana Lam, Chan Kwok Chun RADIO MINISTRY Some of the cathedral chaplains take part in broadcasting talks and reflections on RTHK as part of our outreach and service to the wider community. You can hear The Revd Robert Martin speaking in ‘Minutes that Matter’ at 9.50am every Tuesday morning in February and The Revd Will Newman speaking in ‘Reflections’ at 11.57pm every night from 2nd-6th February, on RTHK 4 (97.6FM). 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. REMARKS: Unless Elisa is contacted ([email protected]) with advice to the contrary, names will be removed from the Prayer Request list after one month. 5 NOTICES CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL Tuesday, 3rd February 2015 at 12:30 pm in the Li Hall Guest Speaker: Fr Joseph Tham LC 譚傑志神父 Hong Kong Sheng Hung Hui PROVINCIAL EDUCATION DAY SERVICE 4.00pm Saturday 7th February 2015 at St John’s Cathedral Topic: ‘Secularism, Secularization & The Place of Religion in Society’ President: The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong Bishop of Hong Kong Island & Primate of the HKSKH Fr Joseph belongs to the Legionaries of Christ (LC), working in the Vatican. Positions he holds at present are: Preacher: The Very Revd Matthias Der Dean of St John’s Cathedral Dean, School of Bioethics, Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, Rome Fellow and founding member, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Visiting Professor, Holy Spirit Seminary College, HK Fellow, Bioethics Resource Centre of the Holy Spirit Seminary College, HK Fr Joseph is a medical doctor who went on to pursue philosophy, theology and bioethics. He has a PhD in Bioethics . Sandwiches and soup will be served at the cost of $60 each. Tickets are available at the Cathedral Bookstore. You can also call the Cathedral office at 2523 4157 to book your place, or email [email protected] During this service the school supervisors and council members, principals and teachers of our HKSKH schools will be commissioned by the Archbishop for their work in the year ahead. Please keep the staff and students of all our Church schools in your prayers. WALK FOR HDH 8th February 2015 Join HDH supporters and friends for the 11th sponsored walk in support of the work of Helpers for Domestic Helpers. Starting in Discovery Bay and ending at St Stephen's Stanley, the walk aims to visit each of the churches of St John's and follows a route over 26km through Hong Kong's parks and spectacular countryside. All are welcome for all or part of the walk. Dogs and families are also most welcome. Alternatively, please sponsor a sturdy walker to support the work of Helpers for Domestic Helpers. For further enquiries or sponsor forms, please e-mail [email protected] or [email protected] 6 NOTICES MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE CATHEDRAL, DAUGHTER CHURCHES AND HONG KONG SHENG KUNG HUI PARISHES The Cecilia Kwok Church Music Scholarship Fund offers scholarships of up to HK$100,000 to help young people pursue studies relevant to church music in establishments (in Hong Kong or overseas) approved by the trustees, to help develop their potential to become, in future years, choirmasters or organists at the Cathedral or its daughter churches. Candidates should be: - members of St John’s Cathedral, a daughter church or another Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui parish, or their children; or choir members there with two years good attendance - at least 12, and under 30, on 1st January 2015 - musically talented and have at least these ABRSM grades (or equivalent) - ABRSM grade 8 (or equivalent) in singing; - or grade 6 (or equivalent) in piano with conducting experience; - or grade 8 in piano or grade 6 in organ (or equivalent) with choral experience. Please contact the St John's Choirmaster Mr Raymond Fu at [email protected] or the Cathedral office (4-8 Garden Road, Central; 2523 4157) for further details. A PILGRIMAGE THROUGH ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL Saturday 28th February 2015 St John’s Cathedral is extending an invitation to all parishes within the Province to make a pilgrimage visit to their ‘Mother Church’ on the above date. Events start at 3.15pm and will include Prayer Tours of the Cathedral in English and Cantonese, an opportunity to walk the Labyrinth and an audiovisual presentation of the life and witness of the Cathedral’s ministries. The day will finish with Choral Evensong at 6.00pm led by the Hong Kong Island Diocesan Choir. Members of the SJC congregations are welcome to join us on the day and learn more about our Cathedral and it’s ministries. REGISTRATION FOR THE PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND IS NOW OPEN Do come and experience the places where Jesus walked and where the Church began… from Nazareth to the Sea of Galilee, from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Visits include the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus sat down and taught, the Church of the Annunciation, where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, a trip to the Mount of Olives, a walk to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Way of the Cross arriving at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site of Jesus’ death and resurrection. For a more detailed itinerary please collect a brochure from the Cathedral Office or check the SJC website. The cost is HK$14,000 (plus airfares starting at HK$10,480). The cost includes all accommodation, entrance fees, guides, guest speakers, a farewell dinner and the expertise of our guide the Revd Canon John Peterson. A deposit of HK$3,000 is required by 31st March. Payment for the trip can be made in installments. Further details are available from the Revd Catherine Graham. 7 ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL MINISTRY TEAM Dean: The Very Revd Matthias Der Clergy Ministry Co-ordinators: Communications & Publicity—The Revd Nigel Gibson Fellowship & Community Building—The Revd Desmond Cox Nurturing & Spirituality– The Revd Will Newman Outreach & Evangelism—The Revd Mark Rogers Pastoral Care—The Revd Catherine Graham Worship & Music—The Revd Robert Martin Chinese Ministry—The Revd Peter Koon & The Revd Wu Wai Ho Filipino Ministry—The Revd Dwight dela Torre Outreach Ministries: Cathedral Bookstore CLARES/Castaways Helpers for Domestic Helpers HIV Education Centre Mission for Migrant Workers Prison Ministry SJC Counselling Centre Honorary Chaplains: The Revd John Chynchen The Revd Hugh Phillipson The Revd Philip Wickeri The Revd Jenny Wong Nam Executive Administrator: Viola Ip For further information on the life and ministry of St John’s Cathedral, please visit our website at www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk or call the office at 2523 4157. 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