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1 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 24 December Advent am Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel) Dean Ian Render am Eucharist with hymns Dean Ian Render Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace: No service Please ensure all cellphones are switched OFF when in the Cathedral; and, if necessary, adjust hearing aids to the Loop system. Prayer Cycles - We pray for To contact Dean Ian Render... Telephone Direct Dial Free-call: Text or call the Parish Mobile: dean@napier cathedral. org.nz Anglican Communion The Diocese of Yola (Nigeria); the Rt Rev d Markus Ibrahm; the Diocese of York (UK), the Most Rev d & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu Anglican Board of Missions ABM New Zealand - volunteers, donors & supporters Diocese, Parish and Community Waiapu Bishop Andrew Hedge and family; Waiapu Dean, the Very Rev d Ian Render Waiapu Regional Deans (Rev ds David van Oeveren, Adrienne Bruce and Stephen Donald); Waiapu Ministry Educator, Rev d Deborah Broome Diocesan Theologian Rev d Dr Howard Pilgrim Diocese of Dunedin, Bishop Steven Benford; Dean Trevor James & St Paul s Cathedral parishioners Te Puke Parish, Rev d Ruth Dewdney, Vicar Waipaoa Parish, Rev d Joan Edmundson, Vicar Cathedral Sanctuary Guild - the Parish flower arranging teams, embroiderers, and those who care for the linen, and polish the silver and brassware. Health-care service providers; Hospital Chaplains Low-Gluten wafers (below 20ppm) are now available - please advise the Presider, or one of the Welcoming team, if this is your dietary requirement. NOTE: Bell Tower and entrance are earthquake prone as assessed under the Building Act use at your own risk!

2 TODAY A very warm Welcome to all who are worshipping with us especially if you are visiting Napier or at the Cathedral for the first time you are invited to join us for morning tea (or coffee!) served at the back of the Cathedral following the 10am service. C HRISTMAS SERVICES Sunday 24 December 2017 Christmas Eve 6.30pm - Nativity Service (especially for families) 11pm - Christmas Carol singing 11.30pm - Midnight Choral Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir and Bishop Andrew Hedge preaching & presiding Monday 25 December 2017 Christmas Day 8.00 am - Eucharist am - Choral Eucharist (children welcome) Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace 9.00am - Christmas Day Family Eucharist 2 CWS Christmas Gift Appeal 2017 The weeks leading up to Christmas can be busy and noisy - parties and family gatherings make for lots of noise and words - sometimes happy, sometimes not. This Advent-Christmas season, CWS invite us to make space for the voices of people who we might otherwise miss. Week by week, we ll focus on the one of the CWS partners providing programmes to tackle the causes of poverty every day. Our donations through the CWS Christmas Gift Appeal help provide resources for change and give people hope now, and may help people out of poverty forever. The world is a small place - we need to make sure we hear the voices of the people crying out for food, water and justice, and respond in ways that give life and hope. In this way, we can do our bit to help bring peace to the world. Please give generously to the 2017 CWS Christmas Gift Appeal - let s make hope our story! Appeal envelopes are available on the back table in the Cathedral, please send direct to CWS, P O Box , Christchurch; or donate on-line at: christmasappeal.org.nz/donate/ Advent 4 - Pacific peoples look out on a sea that is creeping closer. King tides and salt water are claiming crops and safe water supplies. Changing weather is making life more hazardous drought and then a cyclone in Tonga s Ha apai Group and widespread destruction from Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu. They plant coastal crops in an effort to halt the erosion and make plans to survive natural disaster. At every level, Pacific peoples are seeking allies in their campaign to stop global warming with its threats to their homes and their land. By doing all we can to stop the rising global temperature, we can share the hope of survival.

3 Today s Order of Service This morning s service follows the Eucharistic Liturgy Thanksgiving and Praise commencing on page 476 in the red New Zealand Anglican Prayer Book; the tunes for the hymns may be found in Common Praise, the blue hymn book in the pews; Presider & Preacher: Priest Assistant: Liturgist: Organist: Dean Ian Render Rev d Margaret Thompson Rev d Dorothy Brooker Gary Bowler Processional Hymn: Tell out my soul CP362 - tune: Woodlands Welcome: 1 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice; tender to me the promise of his word; in God my Savior shall my heart rejoice. 2 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his Name! Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done; his mercy sure, from age to age to same; his holy Name--the Lord, the Mighty One. 3 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might! Powers and dominions lay their glory by. Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight, the hungry fed, the humble lifted high. 4 Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word! Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure. Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord to children's children and for evermore! Dean Ian Render 3 Timothy Dudley-Smith Luke 1: We hear a Partner Story from the CWS Christmas Gift Appeal, and light the fourth candle in our Advent Wreath - the candle of Love In the lighting of this fourth Advent candle we make space within ourselves to hear and engage with the voices of those we might otherwise miss but with whom we are connected by our common humanity.

4 2012 by David Wood We remember also the voice of God s messenger Mary, the mother of Jesus calling us to be bearers of love in a troubled world. We light the candle of love. May it light the way for us as we make hope our story. As the candle is lit, we sing: 1 Light a candle bright and tall for the Hope within our world. Hope that heard the ages call as the stars and planets whirled. Shine within our hearts today Come, O Hope, to us, we pray. 2 Light a candle bright and tall for the Peace we wish to know. Peace on Earth for great and small God s Good News to us bestows. Shine within our hearts today Come, O Peace, to us, we pray. 3 Light a candle bright and tall for the Joy this season brings. Joy like fountains brimming full. Through our world now let it ring! Shine within our hearts today Come, O Joy, to us, we pray. 4 Light a candle bright and tall for a Love which knows no end. Love that comes to one and all. Fear and hatred to upend. Shine within our hearts today Come, O Love, to us, we pray. NZPB page: 476 The Gathering of the Community NZPB page: Confession / Forgiveness / Absolution Sentence: Collect: The child will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. He will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. Luke 1: Life giving God, you prepared Mary to be the mother of your Son; she watched and waited for his coming. Grant us the same courage and willingness to watch and wait, to greet him as Emmanuel, God with us, with joyful hearts; through Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Readings: 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 Judy Mills Romans 16: Philip Pridmore 4

5 Gradual Hymn: Mary of the Incarnation 1 Mary of the incarnation, youthful mother of her King, listening, trusting, travelling, working: see her wonder, hear her sing! O for such a mind as Mary's. sharing memory, word and sign, quick to learn, by speech or silence, where the water flows as wine! 2 Mary of the crucifixion, warned of this heart-rending role, following close where nails and scourges tear her Son and pierce her soul. O for such a love as Mary's, costly, pure, enduring long, sharing threats and thorns and darkness, when most helpless, then most strong! 3 Mary of the resurrection, true disciple, Spirit-born: all her joy is God her Saviour; blessed is she who learned to mourn! O for such a faith as Mary's, life that death cannot erase, greeting new-found brothers, sisters, one in Christ for prayer and praise! Christopher M Idle (born 1938) Christopher M Idle/The Jubilate Group Alt.tune: Beach Spring - TiS#493 Gospel Reading: Luke 1: Rev d Margaret Thompson The Sermon: Dean Ian Render NZPB page: 481 The Affirmation of Faith NZPB page: The Prayers of the People Rev d Dorothy Brooker NZPB page: 485 The Peace Dean Ian Render We greet the people near us, saying Peace be with you / Kia tau te rangimarie o te Atua. 5

6 During the next hymn the bread and wine, symbols of Christ s life, are brought to the altar; our offerings of money that support the mission and ministry of the Cathedral are collected and brought forward also. Offertory Hymn: Star-Child, Earth-Child COC40(ii) 1 Star-Child, earth-child go-between of God, love Child, Christ Child, heaven s lightning rod, Refrain: This year, this year, let the day arrive, when Christmas comes for everyone, everyone alive! 2 Street child, beat child no place left to go, hurt child, used child, no one wants to know, 3 Grown chid, old child, mem ry full of years, sad child, lost child, story told in tears, 4 Spared child, spoiled child, having, wanting more, wise child, faith child knowing joy in store, 5 Hope-for-peace Child, God s stupendous sign, down-to-earth Child, star of stars that shine, Words: Shirley Murray Music: Carlton R Young The Preparation of the Gifts NZPB page: 485 NZPB page: 488 NZPB page: 489 The Great Thanksgiving The Lord s Prayer The Invitation All are welcome to share the bread and wine of Christ s life, or to receive a blessing - please come to the altar rails via the centre aisle and return to your seats via the side aisles (or use the ramp if necessary and take a place at the rear altar rails) - as you return to your seat, you may wish to light a votive candle in remembrance or thanksgiving. Please advise an usher if you need to have communion served in your seat. Personal Prayer is available in the Resurrection Chapel with a member of the ministry team - if you wish to have someone pray with and for you, please go directly to the Resurrection Chapel (at the back of the Cathedral) after receiving communion. 6

7 Post-Communion Carol: Come now, Lord Jesus COC #14 (ii) 1 Come now, Lord Jesus, enter our Christmas, be to us no stranger in this new-made manger. 2 Come, small and human, born of a woman, yet a Son much greater of our own Creator. 3 Come, cold and crying, comfort denying, no place to receive you, few yet to believe you. 4 Come, poor and simple, our flesh your temple, in your body feeling hurt as well as healing. 5 Come, gift and token, bread to be broken star and sign still point you, myrrh will yet anoint you. Words: Shirley Murray Tune: Lala Mntwana (trad. Zulu melody) Arr. Roy Tankersley NZPB page: 490 Prayer after communion The Blessing: We share notices and news Recessional Hymn: We wait for you 1 We wait for you, we long for you to come Lord Jesus Christ, bring Christmas to our home! We covet peace, the curing of the earth, but not the pain that carries you to birth. 2 We wait for you, we long to see you come released from Pilate s hall to upper room. AA149 - tune: Expectation We covet truth, the triumph of the good, but not the nails, the torture and the blood. 3 We wait for you beside the Easter tomb, Lord Jesus Christ we long for you to come. We covet life relieved of hurt and loss, but not the weight of carrying a cross. continued... 7

8 4 You wait for us, you long for us to be a birthing place for peace, a justice tree, an energy for life, a flag! a sign! a fragrance in the air fresh bread, new wine! Words: Shirley Murray Music: Colin Gibson The Dismissal: Haere i runga i te aroha. Haere i runga i te rangimārie. Go now to love and serve the Lord. Go in peace. Āmine. Ka haere mātou i runga i te ingoa o te Karaiti. Korōria ki te Atua. Amen. We go in the name of Christ. Glory to God. Services next Sunday 31 December Christmas 1... at the Cathedral am - Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel) am - Eucharist with hymns... at Ormond Chapel... No service Readings: Isaiah 61: 10-62: 3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4: 4-7 Luke 2: Sunday 7 January Epiphany Cathedral services at 8am & 10am check for road closures in CBD area! No mid-week services during January. CLERGY: Dean: The Very Rev d Ian Render Direct Dial free-call: Parish Mobile: Assisting Clergy: Dorothy Brooker Erice Fairbrother Graeme Pilgrim Jon Williams WARDENS: Dean s: Graeme West People s: Alison Thomson CHOIR DIRECTOR: \\ Anthony Tattersall LAY ASSISTANT: Jennifer Harris OFFICE: Tues-Fri.: 9.30am-3.30pm Priest-Administrator: Margaret Thompson Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, 28 Browning Street, Napier, NZ Phone ~ PO Box 495, Napier ~ office@napiercathedral.org.nz