St John s Cathedral is a place of God s grace, welcoming all, following Christ, and changing lives in the heart of Hong Kong 23RD JULY 2017 THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00am Said Eucharist Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd John Chynchen Reader: Dolores Dayao 9.00am Sung Eucharist Celebrant: Preacher: Deacon: Communion Setting: Psalm: Hymns: Anthem: Readers/Intercessor: The Revd John Chynchen The Revd Dr Philip Wickeri The Revd Jenny Wong Nam Communion Service (John Rutter) 86.11-17 (Hopkins) 215 (T.434), 140, 271, 275, 494 (T.413) Verily, verily I say unto you (Thomas Tallis) Susan King, Faye Yee/Adam Mok 10.30am Sung Eucharist (Mandarin) Celebrant: The Revd Canon Peter Koon Preacher: The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong 11.45am Responsorial Eucharist Common Worship Celebrant: The Revd John Chynchen Preacher: The Revd Dr Philip Wickeri Hymns: Come, Holy Spirit, come (omit*), God of freedom, God of justice, 271, 494 (T.413) Reader/Intercessor: Letty Awingan/Kevin She 2.00pm Sung Eucharist (in Filipino) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Dwight dela Torre 6.00pm Taizé Evening Prayer (see separate order of service) Officiant and Preacher: The Revd Catherine Graham Reader: Mark Tse 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.
THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN S CATHEDRAL MON 24 th July 8.00am Said Eucharist 12.30pm Meditation Group TUE 25 th 8.00am Said Eucharist 7.00pm Bible Reading Fellowship WED 26 th 8.00am Said Eucharist 9.30am CLARES 1.15pm Lunchtime Recital Exotic Summer Breeze 4 & 6-hands Piano and Saxophone Concert 2.30pm Evergreen Fellowship (Chinese) (Harold Smyth Room) 6.00pm Said Eucharist THU 27 th 8.30am Said Eucharist 1.15pm Said Eucharist FRI 28 th 8.00am Said Eucharist 3.00pm Friday Fellowship Group (NO MEETING) SAT 29 th 8.30am Said Eucharist 12.00pm Said Eucharist (Filipino) 6.00pm Sung Eucharist (Cantonese)(Anticipated Sunday Service) SUN 30 th July The Seventh Sunday after Trinity 1 Kings 3.5-12 8.00am Said Eucharist Psalm 119.129-136 Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Catherine Graham Romans 8.26-39 9.00am Sung Eucharist Matt 13.31-33, 44-52 Celebrant: The Revd Desmond Cox Preacher: The Revd Catherine Graham 10.30am Sung Eucharist (Mandarin) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Canon Peter Koon 11.45am Responsorial Eucharist Provincial Celebrant: The Revd Desmond Cox Preacher: The Revd Catherine Graham 2.00pm Sung Eucharist (Filipino) Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Dwight dela Torre 6.00pm Labyrinth Service Officiant and Preacher: The Revd Mark Rogers 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 Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as pass our understanding: pour into our hearts such love toward you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ your Son 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 Isaiah 44.6-8 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. Who is like me? Let them proclaim it, let them declare and set it forth before me. Who has announced from of old the things to come? Let them tell us what is yet to be. Do not fear, or be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? You are my witnesses! Is there any god besides me? There is no other rock; I know not one. All This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. PSALM 86.11-17 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth : O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart : and will praise thy Name for evermore. 13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me : and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy : long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and truth. 16 O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me : give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid. 17 Shew some token upon me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed : because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. SECOND READING Romans 8.12-25 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Romans. Brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh for if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, Abba! Father! it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free 3
COLLECT, POST COMMUNION PRAYER, READINGS AND MUSIC from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. All This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL READING Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43 All Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus put before the crowd another parable: The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from? He answered, An enemy has done this. The slaves said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them? But he replied, No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn. Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field. He answered, The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen! All This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. POST COMMUNION PRAYER God of our pilgrimage, you have led us to the living water: refresh and sustain us as we go forward on our journey, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 4
PRAYERS FOR YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK In the worldwide Anglican Communion we pray for the Diocese of Ontario, The Rt Revd George Lindsey Russell Bruce and Coadjutor Bishop, The Rt Revd Michael Oulton. We pray for the Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Province of Hong Kong & Macau); for Paul, our archbishop and primate; and for all bishops, priests and deacons within our diocese and province. We pray within the Diocese for the Revd Lysta Leung and all the staff of HKSKH St James Church; For the development of the church; for nurture and evangelism. For the mission and cooporation in SKH Tang Shiu Kin Secondary School, SKH St James Primary School, St Christopher s Nursery (Wanchai), St James Settlement Kathleen McDouall Kindergarten and Child Care Centre (Kennedy Road), St James Settlement & HKSKH Welfare Council. For the parenting programs and parents fellowship. For the devotion and cooperation of the parishioners. Within the Cathedral Parish we pray for the Cathedral church and its various congregations; for our daughter churches; St Stephen s Chapel, Stanley, Discovery Bay Church and Emmanuel Church, Pokfulam; and for their Priests in Charge. We also remember Cathedral Bookstore, Filipino Fellowship and St John s Counselling Service. We also pray for our link Diocese of Toungoo, Myanmar; for Bishop John Wilme, his priests and people. We pray for the evangelistic and mission work conducted throughout the Diocese. PRAYER REQUESTS Please pray for those who are sick: Raymond Yuen, Anna Baronas, Yau Sau Chun, Elizabeth Daniel, Margaret Pini, Sam Tse, Loretta Tse, Sue Ko, Irene Lo Oi Lin, Connie Spencer, Chow Lie Ying, Bella Osbri, Susan Westlake, Wong Lok Yee Jeli, Toung Ming, Grace Chan, Axel Ng, Lai Kai Bun, Andrew Kwong, Josephine Lam Lai Fong, Lau Yim Fong, Erick Tai, Thomas Wong, Betty Young, May Cheng, Christian Limon Gamen, William Chen, Frankie Nicholls, Elaine Cogan, Victor Chan, Isabel Quimpo, Gardy Raymundo, Shane MacPherson,, Aaron Goodman, Bp Kenneth Mason, Peter Siozos, Chris and David Hayter, Marianne Felch, Caius Schwartz, Rainer Rommel, Brenda & Gerald Bishop, Mark & Helen Bishop, Tony & Edita Bishop. Please also pray for those who have died recently: Nicholas Swain, Gavin C. H. Cooper Prayers will be offered for those named above during the weekday Eucharist. To include someone in this prayer list, please contact Elisa, Tel.: 2523 4157. 5
NOTICES CLERGY This morning the Revd Catherine Graham is leading the worship at Emmanuel Church, Pokfulam. We welcome Dr. Wickeri, guest preacher at the 9am & 11.45am service today. YOUTH FELLOWSHIP for UNIVERSITY & POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Sunday 30 th 12noon Cathedral Library The Gospel of Matthew Chapter 5.13-48 NEW KINGDOM, NEW ETHIC You are welcome to join. THURSDAY TODDLER GROUP The Thursday afternoon toddler group will be closed until Thursday 7 th September due to renovation work being undertaken at this time. We apologise for this inconvenience, but look forward to seeing you all in September. THE FRIDAY FELLOWSHIP GROUP is taking a summer break and will resume on Friday 1 st September. RADIO MINISTRY The Revd Desmond Cox will be speaking on RTHK4 FM97.6 Minutes that Matter at 9.50am every Tuesday morning in July. 1 lb JAM JARS NEEDED for the Michaelmas Fair 2017 Home Produce Stall. Please bring your used, washed jam jars to the Cathedral office, which you contact at 2523 4157 for additional information. A Prayer for Hong Kong July 2017 God our loving heavenly Father, we pray for your blessing on Hong Kong and China: We give thanks for all that is good in Hong Kong; For the diversity and creativity of its people; For the flourishing of learning, commerce, science, law, and the arts. We pray for wisdom for the leaders of our community, and especially at this time for our new Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam; And we pray for a spirit of peace and reconciliation in our city, that through dialogue, respect, devotion and mutual understanding together we may bring forth a society filled with justice, mercy and truth for the good of all. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. THEY WHO SING, PRAY TWICE - St Augustine of Hippo The Cathedral Choir sings at 9.00am Sung Eucharist every Sunday, and at 11.45am Choral Mattins once a month, as well as other occasional services. We are now looking for capable sopranos and altos who have reasonable sightreading skills. Our weekly rehearsal is on Fridays, 6.30pm to 8pm. For those who are interested to commit to this meaningful ministry, please contact Felix Yeung, the Director of Music, to arrange an audition felixyeung@stjohnscathedral.org.hk. 6
NOTICES Mount Kilimanjaro Fundraiser for HELP for domestic workers Liza Avelino, a Filipino domestic worker in Hong Kong, is climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in aid of HELP for Domestic Workers in August 2017. She hopes to raise HK$150,000. Liza, who is known for her sense of adventure, whilst holding down a full-time job looking after a family, is the first Filipino domestic worker to scale Mt Kilimanjaro, following her previous climbs in the Himalayas, Malaysia and Japan. Liza says, I want to put the spotlight on the positive contribution made to the world by domestic workers to show the world that we can do more than scrubbing loos, and demonstrate to other woman how to be confident and assertive, all while being a part of the community. There are over 340,000 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong, most of whom are from poorer countries in Asia. Negative perceptions and attitudes towards this vulnerable group can sometimes lead to abuse and exploitation. HELP for domestic workers (an outreach project of St John s Cathedral) provides advice and assistance on employment, immigration and human rights issues to over 3000 domestic workers every year. Liza leaves for Mt Kilimanjaro on 1 August 2017. Help her climb Mount Kilimanjaro and sponsor Liza today! Donate here: https://www.charitablechoice.org.hk/en/campaigns/liza-s-climb-tokilimanjaro-for-help-9ab509 or send a cheque payable to: St John s Cathedral, Helpers for domestic helpers. For more information go to: www.helpfordomesticworkers.org FLOWER GUILD Volunteers to join the Flower Guild and always needed. If you have some experience in flower arranging then please join us on Saturday afternoons. For the more inexperienced training can be given during the week. If you would like to contribute to this important ministry within the Cathedral, please contact Grace Fung on 9186 7643. ST JOHN S CATHEDRAL BOOKSTORE RENOVATION NOTICE CLEARANCE SALE UP TO 60% OFF BUSINESS AS USUAL IN LI HALL (13 th July Late August) 7
Dean: The Very Revd Matthias Der ST JOHN S CATHEDRAL MINISTRY TEAM Clergy Ministry Co-ordinators: Fellowship & Community Building The Revd Desmond Cox Nurturing & Spirituality The Revd Will Newman Outreach Ministry The Revd Mark Rogers Pastoral Care The Revd Catherine Graham Liturgy and Worship The Revd Robert Martin Filipino Ministry The Revd Dwight dela Torre Chinese Ministry The Revd Canon Peter Koon & The Revd Wu Wai Ho Honorary Chaplains: The Revd John Chynchen The Revd Hugh Phillipson The Revd Jenny Wong Nam Executive Administrator: Viola Ip Outreach Ministries: Cathedral Bookstore CLARES/Castaways HELP for Domestic Workers HIV Education Centre Mission for Migrant Workers Prison Ministry SJC Counselling Centre 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. Welcome to St John s Cathedral! Please complete this form and hand it to one of the Clergy, a Sidesman or the Welcome Table. Surname: First Name: Name of spouse (if applicable) Names and ages of children (if applicable) E-mail: Phone: Please circle as appropriate: I attend the 8.00am/9.00am/10.30am/11.45am/2.00pm/6.00pm service. I am interested in finding out about: Sunday School / Cathedral Choir / CLARES / Baptism & Confirmation / Flower Guild / Sidesman / Servers Guild / Fellowship Group / Stewardship Scheme / Uniformed Group. Other questions / information: I do not agree to receive any promotional materials from St John s Cathedral. This information is collected in accordance with the Personal Data Privacy Statement as published on the St John s Cathedral website at www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk. 8