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Welcome to St. Stephen’s Memorial Anglican Church 727 Southdale Rd E, London ON N6E 1A9 www.ststephenslondon.com 519-681-5153
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Second Sunday After Christmas Holy Eucharist at 8:30 and 10:30 am Sundays Church School Classes Begin during the 10:30 am Service Holy Eucharist at 6:30 pm on Wednesdays Rector: The Rev. Keith Nethery Honourary Assistant: The Rev. Michael Ferris Deacons: The Rev. Deacon Peggy Cassin & The Rev. Deacon Silverio Ferreira Organist: John McCredie Theology Student: Anita Evans Office Administrator: Marque Smith We welcome you to St. Stephen’s Memorial Anglican Church! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask one of the clergy or greeters. A time of food and fellowship will take place in the large hall (downstairs) following the 10:30 am service. All are welcome to participate!
ORDER OF SERVICE
8:30 AM SERVICE OF HOLY EUCHARIST (BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICES) THE LITURGY BEGINS: PAGE 230 THE COLLECT: God of power and life, the glory of all who believe in you, fill the world with your splendour and show the nations the light of your truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. THE LESSON: Ephesians: 1:3-14 PSALM: 147:13-21 (Page 906-907) THE GOSPEL: John 1:1-18 THE HOMILY THE LITURGY CONTINUES: PAGE 234 OFFERTORY HYMN PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS: Source of love and life, receive all we offer you this day, and through the coming of your Son, help us to see in others him who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION: Light eternal, you have nourished us in the mystery of the body and blood of your son. By your grace keep us ever faithful to your word, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. RECESSIONAL HYMN: Hymn 634 Jesus Remember Me
10:30 AM SERVICE OF HOLY EUCHARIST (BOOK OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICES AND BOOK OF COMMON PRAISE) PRELUDE: “Were You There On That Christmas Night” by Natalie Sleeth WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OPENING HYMN: Hymn 139 The First Nowell THE LITURGY BEGINS: As above THE COLLECT As above THE LESSON: As above PSALM: As above GRADUAL HYMN: Hymn 146 Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime THE GOSPEL: As above HOMILY CHOIR ANTHEM: “A Maiden Most Gentle” arranged by Andrew Carter OFFERTORY HYMN: Hymn 148 See Amid The Winter’s Snow PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS: As above COMMUNION HYMN: Hymn 161 Wise Men, They Came To Look For Wisdom PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION: As above THE BLESSING CLOSING HYMN: Go Now In Peace (words on the back) POSTLUDE
ANNOUNCEMENTS Treasure Chest - Treasure Chest is hoping for another successful year of hopes and dreams. Our hope is that we can provide many bed-kits through our donations to Scaw and therefore allow many impoverished children around the world to have sweet dreams. If you have anything to donate to our table, please call Gerry Merrett (519) 47l-2007. BISHOP’S ENTHRONEMENT - The enthronement of The Right Reverend Robert F. Bennett as 12th Bishop of Huron will take place on Saturday the 10th of January 2009 (The Feast Day of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury) at 10:30 am at The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul. BISHOP’S VISIT - OUR NEW BISHOP, THE RT. REV. ROBERT BENNET WILL VISIT ST. STEPHEN’S FOR THE 10:30 SERVICE ON JANUARY 25th. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN CONFIRMATION, PLEASE LET REV. NETHERY KNOW RIGHT AWAY. CD - The CD done by Marque Smith & Angus Sinclair called “LOVE” is now available! The cost is $20.00 and all of the sales go towards The Huron Hunger Fund. You may purchase one directly at Huron Church House which is 190 Queens Ave, The Diocese of Huron website (www.diohuron.org) or through Marque Smith at (519) 645-0554 and/or gregandmarque@sympatico.ca. Christ Anglican Church Concert Series - The next two concerts: Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 7:30pm with music, dancing and readings! Tickets are $10.00. Children 5 and under are free. Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 7:30pm entitled “Happiness is……” featuring Janis Mark, vocal and Marque Smith, piano. Tickets are $15.00 for adults, $8.00 for children ages 6 to 15 and children 5 and under are free! To purchase, please call Marque Smith at (519) 645-0554 and/or email him at gregandmarque@sympatico.ca.
PRAYER INTENTIONS Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury; Fred, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada; Mark, National Indigenous Bishop; Susan, National Bishop of the Lutheran Church; Caleb, our Metropolitan; Robert, Bishop of Huron and for Keith, Michael, Peggy, Silverio and Anita, our Ministry Team. We pray for the Beebee family as they grieve the passing of husband and father, Ben Beebee. We pray for those in need, those who have asked us to pray for them, for those on our hearts including: June, Cindy, Elma, Sheila, Ruth, Lourena, Ken, Mary, Franko, Kathy & Dan, Michael, Holly, Michael F., Les, Carmen, Bob, Carol, Tom, David, Joan and Mark Fitzgerald and all those serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan and around the world.
PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP Preacher: The Rev. Keith Nethery Celebrant: The Rev. Keith Nethery Deacons: The Rev. Deacon Peggy Cassin & The Rev. Deacon Silverio Ferreira Theology Student: Anita Evans Readers: John Biro/Berend Schieven Intercessor: Mike Roy Lay Admin: Rick & Karen Pritchett/Kelly Kirkpatrick & Leslie Savard Sidespeople: Margaret Harewood, Rose Walzack & Bill Deisley Greeter: Beth McKinlay/Sandra Otte Music: John Biro & Dave McEwen/John McCredie & Choir
QUIET ROOM Please feel free to use the Quiet Room. The room, located at the back of the church, is a comfortable place for parents and children to enjoy the service.
ALTAR FLOWERS The Altar Flowers are given to the Glory of God by Doris, Sandra, Tom and Shirley in loving memory of husband and father, Walter Coulson.
GO NOW IN PEACE Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now in faith - steadfast, strong and true. Know he will guide you in all you do. Go now in love and show you believe. Reach out to others so all the world can see. God Will be there, watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love. Amen, Amen, Amen
E LETTER – JANUARY 2009 It seems hard to believe that a New Year is upon us already. May God grant each of us peace in 2009. I want to talk to you a bit about our 2009 Vestry meeting and what lies ahead for St. Stephen’s this year. With our new Bishop, the Right Reverend Robert Bennett visiting us on January 25th, our Vestry meeting will need to be held on Sunday February 1st. I’m going to suggest to you that two issues will be front and centre at this meeting and both were clearly identified at our Vision Day in the spring of 2008. They are Youth Ministry and Stewardship. For those who were with us at the Christmas Concert in mid December, you know that a couple of young people from St. Stephen’s gave a stirring presentation of their hopes and dreams for youth ministry. In all truth, they have laid down the gauntlet to the congregation, asking us to go forward in faith with these programs. Vestry will be about our response. Currently we offer a Church School program on Sunday’s and an 8 plus youth group at least one Friday night a month. The main issue is that, due to having few leaders, we are forced to lump broad age groups together. Anyone who has (or had) children crossing several age brackets, knows how hard it is to get a program to mesh together when you have 8 years and 14 year olds trying to work in the same group. We need to look at how we do ministry with children and youth and put together a long term, sustainable program for St. Stephen’s. Funding to run the church and its programs is always an issue. We are still trying to find ways to recover the revenue lost when the daycare moved into its own facility and while the music studio will help us recoup about half of the 40 thousand dollars per year shortfall without the daycare, given the current economic times we must plan and execute budgets very carefully. But there’s much more to it than dollars and cents. We have rebuilt the wonderful spirit that St. Stephen’s is known for. We can see new friendships blossoming and our community coming together. Part of the challenge then is to get more people involved in the ministry of St. Stephen’s. My experience is that everyone here is willing to help; the challenge in this busy world is to communicate the needs to the right people and find the right time to get things done. We begin 2009 with one key ingredient in place. WE KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN! Let’s build on that spirit and together do the ministry of God in this community. With His Love Keith
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