ELCOME TO ST PAUL S. We are. Sung Eucharist 8.00am Choral Eucharist 9.30am

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1 W ELCOME TO ST PAUL S. We are glad that you have come to worship God with us today. If you are a visitor from another parish, or worshipping with us for the first time, please introduce yourself to our parish priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea or coffee in the parish hall after the service. You ll find it behind the church. Sung Eucharist 8.00am Choral Eucharist 9.30am Good news about Fr Ivica 3 Welcome to the World s newest Christians 6 Collecting for Life Jacket 7 Thank you for your generosity to the 8 parish pantry Fr James Jottings 9 Lunchtime Recital of OBOE Music 12 Bel A Capplella

2 First aid kits are located on the wall of the kitchen in the Large Hall behind the church and in the choir vestry. People needing wheelchair access can enter St Paul s most conveniently by the door at the base of the belltower. Name badges help make St Paul s an inclusive community. If you need a new name badge, fill in the form on the inside back cover, send it to the parish office, and one will be made and left in church for you. Chelsea Rose Falls Please turn your mobile phone off or on to silent before the service starts. It ll save you much Toilets are available at the entrance to the parish hall, which is located behind the church. Ask a member of the clergy or anyone who s wearing a name badge. We re here to help. Children are welcome in church at any service. There is a selection of children s books and toys at the back of the church near the font and there are also kids activity sheets and pencils available at the back of the church where the pew sheets and prayer books are. Children s Church runs during Term Time. Meet at the back of the church at the beginning of the 9.30am Eucharist. Please feel free to bring your children to the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to receive Communion if they have been admitted to the sacrament. As you take your place in your pew, please make yourself aware of the route to the nearest emergency exit. Should there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right, and assemble by the roundabout on Burwood Road. Please do not take photos inside the church or during the services of worship without permission.

3 From Fr Ivica Dear Fr James, Many nice greetings from Dunedin. Hope all is well in sunny Sydney. As you would know, I had some extremely hectic weeks here. Anyway, I got a letter of offer today and I responded with my letter of acceptance for the position of Precentor in Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland! The news is yet under embargo, until 16th October, when the Bishop will announce it in Auckland Cathedral. It is an extremely exciting position, as you would imagine. God is good and it is interesting to compare time only 4 years back! I do hope St Paul's is going well. I do keep you constantly in my prayers! I proudly said that I became an Anglican in St Paul's, and that redeemed me, after I told them I am, by Anglican origin, a Sydney Anglican. :-) Are you planning to come any time to Auckland? Maybe now is a good time to make it happen! We have a house on three levels provided, just 3 minutes walk from the Cathedral, in the heart of the City! I will let you know how are things going. If you are willing, please be so kind to ask people of St Paul's on 16th to pray for me in my new ministry. Continued next page

4 I was so happy when I realised that there were people who, eventually, knew still my name! God bless you all! Please, do stay in touch! Blessings, Ivica Rev'd Ivica Gregurec ACSC Priest Assistant - The Anglican Parish of Dunedin North Chaplain - Ross Home, St Andrew's Home & Hospital, Taieri Court Home Fr James reply to Fr Ivica Dear Ivica, Congratulations! How wonderful and amazing. I am so happy for you and, yes, it's fantastic to think that your new appointment stems back to your being here at St. Paul's just a few years ago and that God is now opening up this door for you to exercise your fine Priestly ministry at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. I won't say a word to anyone yet but can you please send me a copy of the Bishop's letter or formal notice of appointment so that we can put this in our pew sheet for the 16th (or the 23rd if you would prefer) and announce it here too. Everyone here at St. Paul's will be very excited to hear your wonderful news and please be sure that you will be in our prayers. You are in my prayers and I thank God for you and for your having been appointed as Precentor at Holy Trinity Cathedral. With my love, prayers, and every good wish. Peace, James.

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6 This morning we welcome Olivia Ciantar, Chelsea Rose Falls and Willow Ann Wari (Pattison into the family of God, the Church, through the sacrament of Holy Baptism. Pray for Olivia, Chelsea and Willow, their godparents and parents that they may know God s presence in their lives and be enfolded with God s love. It is our custom in the All Souls' Day service, for the Rector to read the names of our loved ones that we would like remembered. If you would like someone to be remembered at this Service, please add their names to the sheet at the back of the church. It will be available next Sunday. Attached to the sheet is a copy of the list we are currently using for the Years' Minds in our weekly intercessions. The list is alphabetical so it is easy to check that we have the correct information. Each year on the 1st November the Church honours all the saints of God known and unknown. The Feast enables us to give thanks to God for these holy men and women who through the ages have proclaimed the Gospel without fear or favour and enriched the life of the Church they have been an example to us all and their lives have inspired us to be more committed in our own Christian pilgrimage. Thanks be to God for the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Paul and all the saints may we honour them in our worship and in our lives. On Wednesday 2nd of November, we will commemorate All Souls Day when we remember all the holy souls who are now in the fuller presence of our Lord and in the company of the saints the Church triumphant. Join us at 10.30am or 7.00 pm in the Parish Church as we celebrate a Requiem Eucharist for all the departed, now in God s loving care and presence we will remember our family members, our friends and those

7 who have no one to pray for them. Give rest, O Christ to your servants with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. These are the items that we are currently collecting: New men s undies of various sizes Light weight socks - new Sports socks - new Joggers especially large sizes These can be used so long as they are in good condition. You can join us on our Facebook page: groups/ /. Forthcoming events and other interesting news will be posted there! Thank you Margaret Whittaker for your care in administrating our Facebook page. A kind parishioner has already donated 100 torches.

8 We have had another cushion completed for the Chapel of our Lady. It will not be long before all 6 are in place. Would you like to donate a kneeler as a thank offering to God or in memory of someone or to dedicate one to someone? These kneelers are $175 each and you can make them yourself or we can ask someone to make one for you. We have many people who are looking forward to working some more kneelers. If you would like to order one just speak to Rosemary. Collection given at St Paul s on Sunday 9th of October: $1783 Other collection given: New Life Centre Nepal: $70 Parish Pantry: $20 Bishop of the NT: $100 Votive Candle: $93 General Donation $600 TOTAL: $2666 Thank you for responding to God s generous love. Thank you to those of you who make such very generous donations to the Parish Pantry each week but as Fr James tells us the need keeps growing. Foods always needed are: coffee, tinned ham, spam, cereal, Up and Go & full cream milk. tins of chunky soups, pasta, tins of tuna, spreads and sweet biscuits. We also seem to get through a lot of safety razors. Currently we are also in need of toothbrushes and toothpaste. If you are able to contribute any of the above items it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

9 After sharing Morning Prayer and a Eucharist with the Franciscans in their delightful Chapel, I headed off early to beat the heat and the crowds to spend the day at Westminster Abbey. It was a lovely walk, crossing the Thames at the Millennium Bridge and then walking beside the Thames along the Victoria Embankment past one impressive building after another. There must have been some military observance today as there was a parade of Grenadiers with their band beside a memorial. As I suspected, the tidal flow of the Thames was reversed this morning with it flowing rapidly in the opposite direction to that which I witnessed yesterday afternoon. Westminster Abbey is glorious, having been founded in 960 by the Benedictine Monks who landed on Thorney Island which in due course become Westminster (where the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben are). The Abbey, Cloisters, and Chapter House are all magnificent, as are the Little Cloister, St. Catherine's Chapel Garden, and the College Garden. The whole precinct, with surrounding buildings for Clergy and the School, is in splendid condition and make a unified whole. My two favourite parts of the Abbey were the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, where I was permitted to enter alone and pray, and the Pyx Chamber, with its two thick doors both of which have three great locks on them, its very thick walls without any windows, and its beautiful cabinets for storing vestments (the one for storing copes is the semi-circular shape of a cope as it would be if it were lying horizontally) and liturgical vessels. This was in effect the strong room in which valuables were kept. There is too much history, too many tombs, too many people to recount, and so much that is so very beautiful to even begin to give an adequate summary.

10 The overall impression is of indescribable beauty (the ceiling in the Lady Chapel is exquisite) a beauty of holiness, along with a deep sense of history that extends beyond the vast number of tombs and memorials (it was so fitting to see Elizabeth and Mary joined in death in a way that they couldn't be in life) it's more the profound hope that is at the heart of our faith as Christians that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord, not even death itself, which gives meaning to our finite lives in a way that enables us all to contribute to creating a world that is more loving and gentler through our lives of love and care. Before heading back to Southwark, I then visited St. Margaret's Church which is right next door to the Abbey. As it was getting late, I then re-traced my steps back along the Thames to the Millennium Bridge and over the river to Southwark. Oh, and it did get hot here today, being the hottest day of the year, with many Londoners in severe heat distress and not coping with the hot conditions at all well and requiring help from Ambulance officers who were kept busy with people who were experiencing heat stress. There were also far fewer Police on patrol today so maybe there was some threat yesterday which might explain why they were out in such very high numbers. After Evening Prayer, dinner, and Compline I was very happy to get into bed as I had been walking all day. Fr James Collins

11 Tuesday 25th October at pm Lunchtime Recital Friday 28th of October - Bus Trip to the Blue Mountains Sunday 30th October at 9.30am Feast of All Saints & Sung Service Wednesday 2nd November All Soul s Day Sunday 6th of November Vespers at 4pm at Cardinal Freeman Village Tuesday 15th November at pm Lunchtime Recital Sunday 20th November Celebration of Christ the King Sunday 27th November First Sunday of Advent and Parish Christmas Lunch Sunday 4th December Vespers at 4pm at Cardinal Freeman Village (137 Victoria Street, Ashfield) Saturday 24th December 11pm Mass (Sung Service) Sunday 25th December Christmas Day at 9am I am pleased to tell you that the singing of the full Communion Service will be sung on the Sundays listed below. Sunday, October 30th Saturday, December 24th (11pm) Sheryl Southwood Director of Music

12 St Paul s Anglican Church Burwood Road, Burwood Artists: LUNCHTIME RECITAL OF OBOE MUSIC Tuesday, 25 October pm-1.45pm Maddy Hallworth - Oboe Programme: Quatorzieme Concert in D minor Couperin 1. Prélude 2. Allemande 3. Sarabande grave 4. Fuguet Fantasiestücke Op 73 Schumann 1 Zart und mit Ausdruck Tenderly, with expression 2 Lebhaft, leicht Lively and light 3 Rasch und mit Feuer Fast, with energy and spirit Entry by donation Light refreshments will follow in the Rectory For further information, please contact the St Paul s Church Office: Ph.: / office@stpaulsburwood.org.au St Paul s is an historic Church designed by Edmund Blacket. It is famous for its beauty and spiritual ambience.

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14 ALL SOULS DAY - WEDNESDAY 2nd NOVEMBER All are invited to the SUNG REQUIEM EUCHARIST at 7.00 pm in the Parish Church All names in the Parish Chantry Book will be remembered by name at the Altar. Come and remember loved ones, family and friends.

15 When: Sunday 23 October 2 pm Venue: Wayside Chapel Community Hall, Hughes Street, Potts Point Time: 2-3:30. Talk and discussion begins at 2 pm followed by afternoon tea. Speaker: Rev Graham Long, AM from the Wayside Chapel Cost: $20 for early bird booked and paid by 16 October. $30 booked after 17th October and at the door. Us and them can refer to rich and poor, charity worker and the needy, conservative or liberal, or an endless array of labels. Twelve years of leading Wayside Chapel as Pastor and CEO gives Graham Long a unique perspective on the challenges of building a community that is real, open, and hospitable. The Eremos AGM will be held from 3:30 4:15 and all are welcome to attend. Advance bookings are recommended to avoid disappointment. To Book More details: For enquiries events@eremos.org.au

16 When: Sunday 23 October, 5pm The concert will be held in the Sir John Clancy Auditorium (parking through Gate 11 on Botany Street, near the intersection with High Street). We re singing two pieces, one by Mozart, the other by a twentieth century Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály. The rich mysteriousness of Kodaly's Missa Brevis sits alongside Mozart's majestic 'Credo' mass. Our 90 voice choir is singing with Michael Butterfield (Assistant Organist, St Mary's Cathedral Sydney), and we have some fabulous voice soloists too. Tickets on sale at door. Adult $25/Senior $22/Concession $18.50 Enquiries - cmc@unsw.edu.au; We ve been busy rehearsing, and let me tell you it is fabulous music (and well-performed!). I enclose a flyer with details. Hope to see you there! From Alan Melrose This job has been given to me to do. Therefore, it is a gift. Therefore, it is a privilege. Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God. Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him. Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God's way. In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness. Elisabeth Elliot (1926 to date) Christian author and speaker

17 An eclectic mix of renaissance music with a whiff of medieval and modern, including Dowland s Flow my tears, Isaac s Innsbruck and music of Henry VIII. Consort 8 Susan Bell recorder Karen Carey recorder/viol Susan Christie recorder/viol Dan Murphy recorder Robert Small recorder With Timothy Chung countertenor Shaun Ng viol/theorbo When: Sunday 30 October at 7.30pm Where: St Patrick s School Hall, Cnr Drynan St & Prospect Rd (entry Prospect Rd), Summer Hill ; St Patrick s is a 10 minute walk from Summer Hill station. Tickets: At door $25 Please join us for supper afterwards. Enquiries: consort.eight@gmail.com;

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19 Anointing of the Sick is available at any of our Services. In James 5: we read: 14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven. (NRSV) If you would like to be anointed and to be prayed for then please ask one of the Priests in the Parish so that you can be anointed during any of our Services. The Wednesday mid-week Eucharist includes prayers for healing every week. If everyone gave electronically it would mean that the Parish would further benefit by receiving giving each week from every person rather than only receiving giving when each person can physically put their financial gift into the collection bag. Why not give it a go? The bank details are: Account name: St Pauls Anglican Church BSB number: Account number: Reference: e.g. offertory, kneelers, parish pantry, choir, organ, church building, etc.. Those wishing to make a bequest are invited to do so using these or a similar form of words: "I bequeath the sum of $... to the Rector and Wardens of the Anglican Parish of St Paul s, Burwood, to be used at their absolute discretion for the charitable purposes of the parish."

20 Jeremiah ; Psalm ; 2 Timothy ; Luke 18:1-14 The Scriptures, Paul tells Timothy, are the breath of God and it is a powerful image for without breath, there is no life. This echoes Jeremiah who tells Judah that God will write his Law upon their hearts and minds and the Psalmist celebrates the Law as sweet honey. So our encounter with God and his Word is not some dry, intellectual thing. Rather it involves heart and mind, our senses and breath, touching every part of our being. Indeed, it is life itself. Pray that the Bible isn t just for the mind when we sit and read it but may it also be for our lives when we arise and go about our day and as we breathe, may we remember the breath of God. Give thanks for Anglicare-PNG, a community development organization of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. Text: Dr Michael Sutton Ordination candidate, Diocese of Anglican Board of Mission, 2016 Anglicare is pleased to provide the opportunity for you to have your Will prepared by a qualified local solicitor for just $50. Tuesday 18 October 2016, 8.00am 6.00pm Anglicare, 1 Sloane Street, Summer Hill Phone today to make an appointment on , or visit All money raised will help Anglicare offer hope to marginalised and vulnerable people in our community.

21 Office use PR NB WL PV NSE Please return this form to the Parish Office. Surname First Name(s) Address Suburb Postcode Postal address (if different from above) Service(s) you normally attend Phone (h) Phone (w) Phone (m) DOB Occupation I m new to St Paul s I m already on the roll my details have changed I m already on the roll I just need a new name badge

22 Pray fo the Anglican Church for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Phillip, Primate of Australia; Glenn, Archbishop of Sydney; Michael Stead, our Regional Bishop; and for all the bishops, priests, deacons and Religious of the Anglican Communion. In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we are asked to pray today for The Church of Ceylon (Colombo), for its Bishop, The Rt Revd Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey Kurunagala and for all his clergy and people. Pray for Fr James and for Fr Michael as well as for Helen and Antonia. May God bless them and their ministries and may we support them as they work among us in Christ s name. Pray for St Paul s: God of mercy, strengthen us to help shape a parish where diversity is a source of enrichment, compassion is common, life s poetry realized, suffering lightened through sharing, justice attended, joy pervasive, hope lived, the hum of the universe heard, and together with you and each other we build what is beautiful, true, worthy of your generosity to us, an echo of your kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder) Pray for, St Matthew s, Zababdeh, (West Bank, Palestinian Territorries), our Anglican Communion Partner: We remember especially their Parish Priest, Fr Saleem Dawani, and his ministry in the parish. We remember also Jameel Maher, who acts as the St Matthew s partnership link person with us. May both our parishes be blessed by the link we are establishing. Pray for the Church s mission: Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out your arms of love on the hard wood of the cross that everyone might come within the reach of your saving embrace: So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you; for the honour of your name. Amen. (Author unknown) Pray for our Children s Church: The Lord said, Let the little children come to me and do not forbid them for such is the kingdom of heaven. Bless, Lord, your children who now stand before you in prayer. Help them to understand the depth of your love. We pray also for all the teachers of our Children s Church. May our teachers be enabled to teach and train your children and help them

23 to grow spiritually. O Lord, bless our Children's Church and all its future endeavours, that through it we may glorify you with your Father and the Holy Spirit, now, always and forever. Amen. Pray for peace: Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our hearts, our world, our universe. Pray for all in need, Today we pray for all those who have no one to pray for them, or who have stopped praying. May the Lord God give them graces to pray again. Pray for the sick and their carers: Annabelle; Antoine; Joyce Bannister; Margaret Baseley; Tim Bolton; Wendy Bolton; Barry Brandy; Douglas Bruce; Buddy; John Burns; June Cameron; Di Campbell; (Sir) John Carrick; (Lady) Angela Carrick; Ingrid Castleton; George Cepak; Rodney Chesham; Bill Clark; Beth Davidge; Hilary Davies; John Deasey; Leah Delacruz; Manish Dhakal; Dave Ernst; Ena Gillespie; Glenyce; Joyce Gorman; Rev. John Gwilliam; Fr Brian Harker; George Harvey; Mary Harvey; Margaret Hayes; Denis Hayes; Heather; Margaret Hurley; Peter Jewkes; Bishop Ivan Lee; Clyde Livingstone; Marion Lyons; Robert McLean; Sandra Macleod- Miller; Chris Mannix; Bishop Ken Mason, Bruce May; Lerola Meyers; Gae McMillan; Jean Miller; Barbara Moreton; Tas Murray; Susan Oddie; Pippa Oddie; Oscar; Alister Palmer; Valerie Perrin; Paul Phillips; Jason Proctor; Deidre Reid; Rhonda Rickards; Pam Richardson; Joanne Roberts, Heather Robbins Hayllar; Jenny Rorich; Marguerite Sheffield; Tony Sheffield; Stephanie; Susan; John Telek; Pauline Thomas; Viola; Mike Wall; Alannah Walsh; Lynne West; Megan West; Valma Woolfrey; Bob Woods; Peter Ying In love and charity remember the recently departed that God may grant them a place of refreshment, light and peace. Pray, too, For, Fr David Williams, Chris Ackerman & Ronald Victor Hillier, and for any others whose year s mind falls around this time. Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them!

24 Phone Fax Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805 Website Rector Fr James Collins Senior Assistant Priest Fr Michael Deasey, OAM Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra (9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday) Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King Student Minister Dr Michael Sutton Rector s Warden Dr Jane Carrick People s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths Mrs Pam Brock Priest in the Parish Fr Jim Pettigrew Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood Organist Mr Edwin Taylor A mid-week Eucharist will be held in the Chapel of our Lord's Passion on Wednesday at 10.30am. Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week Monday 17 October Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr (d.1845) Tuesday 18 October Luke, Evangelist and Martyr Wednesday 19 October Henry Martyn, Missionary and Bible Translator in India and Persia (d.1812)