ELCOME TO ST PAUL S. We are. Sung Eucharist 8.00am Choral Eucharist 9.30am. National Church Survey is today 3

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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 the hall behind the church. Sung Eucharist 8.00am Choral Eucharist 9.30am National Church Survey is today 3 Thank you for your generosity towards 4 the Parish Pantry Next Sunday Celebrations 5 Church in Wales appoint its First 7 Female Bishop The Revd John Deane accepts the ACFID 10 Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award 2016

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 inside the pew sheet, send it to the parish office, and one will be made and left in church for you. Please turn your mobile phone off or on to silent before the service starts. It ll save you much embarrassment later on. 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 Today we will be asking each of you to fill out the National Church Life Survey. This survey gives important information about church attendance across the country. From it can be plotted trends such as movements between denominations, referred to as denominational switching, which age groups attend the different types of services and which churches are growing and which are declining. All this information and much more is used to build up a picture of the religious landscape of Australia from a Christian perspective. This information is used by the churches themselves to help address issues pertinent to their respective parishes. It also fullfils a wider use when combined with data from other sources to further the academic understanding of Australia and its religious landscape, particularly noting areas affected by immigration and changes in economic growth. We will use the sermon slot to fill out the survey. We will once again have Advent Activity Packs available for our children on the first Sunday in Advent Sunday, If you would like to help us with these we are looking for the following materials: Christmas wrapping paper, old Christmas cards with religious themes, small white paper plates, gold and silver ribbon, glitter, Christmas stickers.

4 Thank you for supporting us in preparing these. If you are going to do this with your own children please put aside a shoe box and some toilet roll inners to use as we will not be providing them this year. 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. Currently the urgent need is for coffee, Up & Go and tins of chunky food. 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 and savoury biscuits. 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. If you have a piano that you would like to rehome, please speak to Rosemary. The tickets are now on sale for the Christmas raffle. The main prize will be a wonderful Christmas hamper. Could we have donations of Christmas fair to fill it with? Suggestions - plum puddings, biscuits, canned fruit, Cranberry sauce, Christmas decorations, smoked oysters, serviettes, anything you might like to use at Christmas.

5 The tickets will be $2 each or 3 for $5. Please place these in the washing basket which will be at the back of the church at each service or give to Pam or leave at the Church Office and mark for Christmas Hamper. Collection given at St Paul s on Sunday 6th of October: $1881 Other collection given: Rising Nepal: $100 Australia Post has issued this year's Religious Christmas Stamp for Cards sent within Australia - 65 cents (The stamp shows S. Mary tenderly cradling the Infant Christ in her arms). There are 2 other Religious Stamps for overseas mail available. When buying your stamps ask for the Religious 65c stamp (or overseas stamps) and help keep the real meaning of Christmas alive. (There are a number of secular stamps on sale which don't portray the Christian message of our Lord's birth). Parish Pantry - $120 Heritage Appeal: $100 Indigenous Ministry in the NT: $50 TOTAL: $2251 Thank you for responding to God s generous love. Next Sunday is the last Sunday of the current Church Year and we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the Eternal King when we pause to acknowledge the reign of Christ. At the Parish Eucharist there will be a Liturgical Procession as we offer our praise and glory to the Eternal Kingship of Christ.

6 Happy Birthday to Nathan Chu who has celebrated a birthday this week. Many happy returns and every blessings and much happiness in the future. 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. Letter from Christopher Brooks, ABM Communication and Fundraising Manager The 2016 ABM Advent and Christmas envelopes highlights the importance of our work in mission and we are excited to share the stories with you and your congregation. The envelopes now have a postage paid option, though they may still be collected as normal during Sunday services. On behalf of our partners and all of us here at ABM, I would like to thank you for your support as you are helping us create a brighter future for those that require our support. May you have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed Yours in mission,

7 The Revd Canon Joanna Penberthy will become the first female bishop in the Church in Wales when she is consecrated in Llandaff Cathedral on 21 January. She will be enthroned in St Davids Cathedral on 11 February. The Church in Wales has elected its first female bishop, a little over three years since the Province passed legislation opening the episcopacy to women. The Revd Canon Joanna Penberthy, currently the Rector of Glan Ithon in Llandrindod Wells, in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, was elected as the next Bishop of St Davids on the second day of an Electoral College that was locked inside the diocese s historic cathedral. Wales joins a growing list of Anglican provinces to have appointed female clergy to the Episcopate. The Diocese of St Davids covers the areas of Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire in the western-most part of Wales. The cathedral is on the site of a 6th century monastery founded by Saint David Dewi Sant the patron saint of Wales. The cathedral city is the smallest in Britain with a population of just over 1,841. The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, made the announcement at 1pm this afternoon (Wednesday) to a small group of supporters and journalists gathered outside the cathedral. Canon Penberthy will become the 129th Bishop of St Davids when she officially takes over from Bishop Wyn Evans, who retired last month. She will be one of six diocesan bishops in the Church in Wales. Archbishop Barry will himself retire in January, creating an episcopal vacancy in the Diocese of Llandaff.

8 The Archbishop of Wales making the historic announcement that the Church in Wales is getting its first woman bishop at St Davids Cathedral By David Grundy Canon Penberthy was ordained at Cranmer Hall in Durham and was ordained a deaconess in 1984, serving St Andrew s Church in Haughton Le Skerne. She moved to Wales a year later, serving Christ Church in Llandaff. She served a number of parishes before becoming the provincial officer for parochial development and renewal, returning to parish work in In 2007 she became the first woman to be appointed as Canon of St Davids Cathedral; which is where she will now return as the first female bishop in the Province. When the province made the changes to permit the ordination of women to the Episcopate, they rejected any notion of structural provision for opponents of the move. Instead, the House of Bishops produced a binding code of practice, which begins with the assertion that The Church in Wales is fully and unequivocally committed to all orders of ministry being open equally to all, without reference to gender. It continues: Anyone who ministers within the Church in Wales must be prepared to accept that the Church in Wales has reached a clear decision on the matter. But the Code recognises that some people within the Church in Wales on grounds of theological conviction and conscience are unable to receive the sacramental ministry of women bishops or priests and that such people continue to be within the spectrum of teaching and tradition of the Anglican Communion. It says that appropriate provision for them will be made in a way intended to maintain the highest possible degree of communion and contributes to mutual flourishing across the whole Church in Wales. This includes the right for individuals to request appropriate sacramental episcopal ministry from a male bishop when required.

9 This is an historic moment for the Church in Wales as it hasn t been possible to elect a woman bishop until now, Archbishop Barry Morgan said this afternoon. But what is really important to stress is that Joanna wasn t elected because she was a woman but because she was deemed to be the best person to be a bishop. She has considerable gifts she is an excellent preacher and communicator, can relate to all sections of the community, is a warm, charismatic, caring priest and someone who is full of joy. Joanna knows this diocese she worked here for 11 years and was a Canon of this cathedral so she is on familiar territory. She has also worked in the dioceses of Llandaff and St Asaph and has been the Provincial evangelism officer so she knows the province intimately... The diocese of St Davids is enormously lucky to have her as its next bishop and I shall be absolutely delighted to consecrate her. The bishop-elect said: I am immensely humbled and honoured at the trust that has been placed in me. I am very much looking forward to returning to St Davids and serving God's people as their Bishop. Today s election will be formally confirmed by the Archbishop at a Sacred Synod service on 30 November. Canon Penberthy will be consecrated at Llandaff Cathedral on 21 January and enthroned in St Davids on 11 February.

10 The executive director of the Anglican Church of Australia s international development body has been honoured by the country s aid agencies. The Revd John Deane, executive director of the Anglican Board of Mission Australia (ABM) and a trustee of the global Anglican Alliance, received the Australian Council for International Development s (ACFID) award for Outstanding Contribution to the sector at their annual meeting last week. The key criterion for the award was whether the whole Australian aid and development NGO sector has benefited from an individual s or organisation s contribution over an extended period of time, the AMB said in a statement. Deane has served on ACFID s Committee for Development Cooperation (CDC) for almost 20 years. Your service on the CDC for 18 of its 41 years makes you the longest serving committee member of the Australian Aid Program s longest running stakeholder committee with citizen run development NGOs, ACFID s president, Sam Mostyn, said in a letter confirming the award. You have engaged with the Australian Government in mediating relations with common sense, good grace and diligence. It is the quality of this service that we wish to recognise; the combination of understanding the challenges of accreditation; experience and sympathy for running smaller and mid-sized NGOs, appreciation of the necessity of a reasonable standard of regulation;...

11 your strong sense of the independence of the Australian NGO sector, and stout commitment to the separation of religious activities from development activities yet a deep valuing of the importance of faith in development. Finally, you have at times acted as a repository of corporate memory which both NGOs and government officials alike relied upon when the inevitable proposal to reinvent the wheel arose. In addition to being a trustee of the Anglican Alliance, Deane also chairs its advisory council. The Alliance s co-executive director, the Revd Rachel Carnegie, congratulated him on his award. All of us at the Anglican Alliance wish to congratulate John on this outstanding achievement and salute him for all that he has done to build effectiveness and partnerships in the development sector, including with Anglican organisations. This award is certainly richly deserved. Through his leadership of the Anglican Board of Mission, the Anglican Alliance as a whole and many provinces in the Communion have benefited from his vision and wisdom. At its meeting last week, ACFID expressed concern about the alarming issue of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. In a unanimouslyadopted resolution, ACFID called for sustained diplomatic engagement to develop strategies to combat human rights abuses against people who use drugs and called on the Australian government to sustain bilateral political engagement with the Philippines that works towards ending the extrajudicial killings, and seeks a harm reduction approach to supporting the 700,000 drug users who have identified themselves to the Philippines authorities within current legal frameworks.

12 Offertory Envelopes for the next 12 months are available now from the back of the Church. The use of Offertory Envelopes is a systematic means of giving to the work of the Church week by week (even when not present on a particular Sunday) so if you wish please collect a new Set of Envelopes as you leave today. 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."

13 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 20th November Saturday, December 24th (11pm) Sheryl Southwood Director of Music "If we can enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful we should be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbors in need." St Francis of Assisi ( ) An Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher

14 St Paul s Anglican Church Burwood Road, Burwood LUNCHTIME RECITAL OF VOCAL AND ORGAN MUSIC Tuesday, 15 November pm-1.45pm Ria Andriani Soprano David Drury Organ Programme: Louis Vierne Au Matin Gabriel Faure Ave Maria Josef Rheinberger Missa Puerorum David Drury Organ improvisation J.S.Bach Bist du bei mir Vierne Au soir Henry Purcell An Evening Hymn 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.

15 Young Adults Thanksgiving Dinner The Young Adults group at St Paul s Anglican Church Burwood are hosting the annual Thanksgiving Dinner to be held at the Rectory at 7pm on Friday 18 November. All ages are welcome to attend. Bring your family and friends and a plate of food to share. It is the opportunity to share fellowship together and give thanks to God for the year that is past and look forward for the one to come. The theme is American/Canadian thanksgiving and there will be a turkey. RSVP to Michael Sutton by November 13 and tell us what you will bring/cook.

16 Let s celebrate Christmas with a buffet lunch in the Parish Hall Sunday 27th November am (for 12pm start) $30 per person / children 14 & under free (BYO) Tickets are available from Syd at the 8am service and from Pam and Joy at the 9.30am service Looking forward to seeing you all there!

17 Flowers of Youth St Stephen's Macquarie Street 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney Friday November 18 1:10 pm Ria Andriani Soprano Dewi Liu Pianist Julia Luo Clarinettist

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19 Join us for the Micah "Voices for Justice" National Gathering between November 2016, Canberra! ABM invites you to connect with our staff and other supporters as we advocate for justice in the nation's capital. For more information, please contact Jess Melas at ABM by phoning or ing We hope you will be able to join us and other like-minded Christians from all over the country as we pray, worship, learn and make our voices heard in Parliament House. 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. You can join us on our Facebook page: groups/ /. Forthcoming events and other interesting news will be posted there! To go directly to our page: 1. Look up our website: au 2. Then scroll down the home page until you come to the blue band at the bottom and click on the f in the circle under Connect with us. Thank you Margaret Whittaker for your care in administrating our Facebook page.

20 Isaiah , A Song of Isaiah; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19 It is easy to be confused and overwhelmed by a world which seems out of control. But the future of all things is not in our hands, but in God s. Isaiah reminded Israel and he reminds us that the LORD will create a new heavens and a new earth, the past will be forgotten, there will be great rejoicing and the sound of weeping and crying shall be no more. There will be life as it is truly meant to be. Come Lord Jesus, come and renew all things. Pray that the Lord of peace himself will give us peace in every way and be with us every day. Give thanks for the work of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan s Health Commission, the Education Commission, and the Development and Relief Agency (SUDRA). Text: Dr Michael Sutton Ordination candidate Anglican Board of Mission, 2016 Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed, kindle in the hearts of all the true love of peace, and guide with Your pure and peaceable wisdom those who make decisions for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility Your kingdom may go forward, till the earth be filled with the knowledge of Your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, for its bishop, The Rt Revd Carlos López-Lozano 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, remembering especially this week all the families and children who live in war zones. May the Lord protect them and bring them to safety. Pray for the sick and their carers: Annabelle; Antoine; Baby Eva; Joyce Bannister; Margaret Baseley; Tim Bolton; Wendy Bolton; Barry Brandy; Meghan Brazier; Buddy; John Burns; June Cameron; Di Campbell; (Sir) John Carrick; (Lady) Angela Carrick; George Cepak; Rodney Chesham; 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; 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; Sheryl Southwood; 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 especially Howard Ballard that God may grant him a place of refreshment, light and peace. Pray, too, For, Liberato Leronimo, Gwendoline Jean Brunton, Bonnie Chan, Betty Mary King, Susan Kelly, John Jagger & Dorothea Whittome, 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 Senior Assistant Priest Office Secretary Lay Minister Student Minister Fr James Collins Fr Michael Deasey, OAM Mrs Caroline Badra (9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday) Ms Rosemary King Dr Michael Sutton Rector s Warden Dr Jane Carrick People s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths Mrs Pam Brock Priest in the Parish Director of Music Organist Fr Jim Pettigrew Mrs Sheryl Southwood 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 Wednesday 16 November Margaret of Scotland, queen, helper of the poor (d.1093) Thursday 17 November Hilda of Whitby, abbess (d.680); Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (d.1200) Saturday 19 November Elizabeth of Hungary, princess and philanthropist (d.1231)