St John s Anglican Church Toorak with All Saints Kooyong Welcome to The Anglican parish of St John the Evangelist 86 Clendon Rd Toorak VIC 3142 PH 98261765 Locum Vicar Bishop Graeme Rutherford our mission statement What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1.3 19th April 2015 Third Sunday of Easter 8am Holy Communion 10.00am Sung Eucharist St John s Toorak 9.00am Holy Communion All Saints Kooyong www.saintjohnstoorak.org
NOTICES Today - Messy Church Is on today - 19 April - in Buxton Hall. The theme is The Creation Story. Starts at 4pm, finishes at 6pm (includes dinner). Walk Against Want Jenny Stengard and Barbara Brown will again be doing the Oxfam Walk Against Want this year. They will be in the Guild Room after church on (today), 19 and 26 April. If you would like to sponsor them donate, support self-help programs in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific as well as Indigenous Australia. Prayers for Christian Unity Thursday 30 April, 10.00am at The Swedish Church. Announcement Bishop Graeme Rutherford s last Sunday service, here at St John s will be 3 May. The new locum will be Reverend Roger Williams who will preside at services starting Sunday 10 May. Breakfast & Morning tea All parishioners are welcome to attend breakfast, straight after the 8.00am service in the Guild Room. Morning tea is served also in the Guild Room, after the 10.00am service. If you are new to St John s, please ask a parishioner for directions. Evening Service From 2015, the Evening Service will take place first Sunday of the month (only) at 5pm in the Angel Chapel, and will include Holy Communion.
WORSHIP at St John s This Sunday: 19 April Third Sunday of Easter (white) 8.00am - Holy Communion Hymns: 361, 386, 382 Acts 3.12-20 (S Kincaid) Ps 4 1 John 2.15-17, 3.1-6 (G Horwood) Luke 24.36b-48 Celebrant: Bp Graeme Rutherford Preacher: Bp Graeme Rutherford Intercessor: Brenda Mouritz Next Sunday: 26 April Fourth Sunday of Easter (white) 8.00am - Holy Communion Hymns: 433, 145, 586 Acts 4.5-12 (T Mouritz) Ps 23 1 John 3.16-24 (C Papageorge) John 10.11-18 Celebrant: Revd Kirsty Ross Preacher: Revd Hilary Roath Intercessor: Carmen Papageorge 10.00am - Sung Eucharist Hymns: 361, 4, 386, 382 Acts 3.12-20 (D Harrah) Ps 4 (sung by the choir) 1 John 2.15-17, 3.1-6 (B Brown) Luke 24.36b-48 Anthem: This joyful Eastertide (English arr Ledger) Motet: Laudate Dominum - (Amadeus Mozart) Translation: Praise the Lord, all nations; Praise Him, all people. For He has bestowed His mercy upon us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever, and for generations of generations. Postlude: Fugue in C (JS Bach) Celebrant: Bp Graeme Rutherford Preacher: Bp Graeme Rutherford Children s Ministry: Messy Church Intercessor: John Horan 10.00am - Sung Eucharist Hymns: 433, 11, 145, 586 Acts 4.5-12 (J Smith) Ps 23 1 John 3.16-24 (J Griffith) John 10.11-18 Prelude: Elegy (CHH Parry) Anthem: Their bodies are buried in peace (GF Handel) (English arr Ledger) Motet: I heard a voice from heaven (John Gross) Postlude: Cortege et Litanie (Marcel Dupre) Celebrant: Revd Kirsty Ross Preacher: Revd Hilary Roath Children s Ministry: Clive Wright Intercessor: Jenny Smith 4pm - Messy Church Director of Music Mr Christopher Cook
WORSHIP at All Saints Kooyong Organist Margaret Orr This Sunday: 19 April Third Sunday of Easter (white) Next Sunday: 26 April Fourth Sunday of Easter (white) 9.00am - Holy Communion Acts 3.12-20 (Andrew P) Ps 4 1 John 2.15-17, 3.1-6 (Margi R) Luke 24.36b-48 Celebrant: Revd Hilary Roath Preacher: Revd Hilary Roath Intercessor: Margi R 9.00am - Holy Communion Acts 4.5-12 (Steve & Abie K) Ps 23 1 John 3.16-24 (Lawrence A) John 10.11-18 Celebrant: Bp Graeme Rutherford Preacher: Bp Graeme Rutherford Intercessor: Margi O Prayer At the time of choosing an incumbent From A Prayer Book for Australia Bountiful God, give to this parish a faithful pastor who will faithfully speak your word and minister your sacraments; an encourager who will equip your people for ministry and enable us to fulfil our calling. Give to those who will choose, wisdom, discernment and patience, and to us give warm and generous hearts, For Jesus Christ s sake. Amen.
PRAYER NOTES World & Nation: We pray for Anglican Christians working for peace in so many troubled parts of the world. Diocese of Nebbi, Uganda (Bp Alphonse Watho-Kudi); The Diocese of Brisbane (Abp Philllip Aspinall, Regional Bps Jonathan Holland, Geoff Smith, Alison Taylor, Cameron Venables, Clergy & People); Converge International (Lindsay McMillan, Managing Director) & Chaplains; St Bartholomew s Anglican Church Burnley (Matthew Healy). Those being married: Joel Murray & Michelle Ferreira; Jason K Jean & Katrina Tepper. Those being baptised: Eva Woolhouse. For schools in the community: Geelong Grammar School Toorak Campus (Glamorgan), Head of Campus Garry Pierson; St Catherine's School, Principal Michelle Carroll; Teachers at Toorak Primary School. The Toorak Ecumenical Movement: Pray for our partner churches: St Peter s Roman Catholic Church, Toorak Uniting Church, The Swedish Church. For those who lead us in the Anglican Church: The Most Revd Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne. The Right Revd Paul White, Bishop of the Southern Region. For Those In Mission Work: CMS Link Missionaries; Andrew, Helen, Jacqueline and Alyssa. Liz Hawthorne. For the sick and all in need: Matthew; John Saunders; Susan; Jenny Williams; Alan; Paul Dalton; Reverend Keith Pritchard; Samuel; Kim Charge; Robert John; Peter Leeton; Noreen Clarke; Julia Hyde; Mark Lincoln; Kate; Michael Collins Persse; Geoffrey Clinton; Philip Trealor; Andrew Chan; Myuran Sukumaran. For those in nursing homes and those who are house bound: Nan Milner; Randall Watt; Lorna Mirfield; Dorothy Hughes; Michael Moore; Don Sawers; Judith Williams; Thelma Freeman. Give thanks for those whose Anniversary of death is this week:. Shirley Clements; Peter Garrison; Mary Randle; Bruce Morgan; Robin Trim; Timothy Connell; Konstantina Freeman; Anthony Luxton; Lucy McCallum; Alan Weeks.
Saint John s Anglican Church, Toorak 86 Clendon Road Toorak 3142 Telephone: 9826 1765 Fax: 9826 4395 enquiries@saintjohnstoorak.org Locum Vicar Bishop Graeme Rutherford gcruth@bigpond.com The Associate Priest Revd Hilary Roath associate@saintjohnstoorak.org Assistant Curate and Children's Minister The Revd Kirsty Ross curate@saintjohnstoorak.org Director of Music & Organist Mr Christopher Cook accook2001@yahoo.com.au Administration Mrs Sally Robertson Prayer Chain Co-ordinator Mrs Annette Wilson 9822 8968 April Sunday 19 April 6.00am - ANZAC Centenary Dawn Service, outside St John s on the concourse surrounding the Soldier s Memorial. 1.00pm - Baptism of Eva Woolhouse. 3.00pm - Wedding of Joel Murray and Michelle Ferreira. 4.00pm - Messy Church, Buxton Hall. Thursday 23 April 11.00am - Holy Communion. Saturday 25 April 3.00pm - Wedding of Jason K- Jean & Katrina Tepper. St John s on-line Website: www.saintjohnstoorak.org