24TH DECEMBER 2017 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Our Vision Statement: Relying on God and celebrating with joy, we aim to welcome all people and reach out with love and compassion. OUR CHURCHES Church of the Resurrection St James 378 Grange Road, Kidman Park 1B Falcon Ave, Mile End
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT Welcome! We especially welcome visitors to our church! Sentence This 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 1.32-33 Prayer of the day Gracious God, whose eternal Word took flesh among us when Mary placed her life at the service of your will: prepare our hearts for his coming again and keep us steadfast in hope, that we may be ready for the coming of his kingdom; for his sake, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. The Church: Yola Nigeria Bp Markus Ibrahm [A] Fullarton: Tracey Gracey [W] Ministry District of Wakefield (Auburn, Balaklava, Belvidere, Bungaree, Riverton, Saddleworth, Snowtown, Watervale, Yacka): David Thompson, Gerald Moore) [TM] Investigator College: principal Don Grimmett [N] The Murray: John Ford In Need: Joanne Logan, Lee Rozleja, Rosemary Mudge, Alva Wiley, Howard Packham, Mary Marshall, Scott Richardson, Tess (Craft), Ken Adie, Bev Pittaway, Heather, Shiralee Roberts, Leigh and Thelma Couzner, Sandra Tucker, Pat Nunn, Margaret Kalms, Della and Hartley Northern, Zoe Mitchell, Pat George, Frances Steenkamp, (Kidman Park) Jane Joo, (Mile End) Year s Mind: Evelyn Slatterley 2
NOTICES CHRISTMAS SERVICES Christmas Midnight Service 24th December 9.00pm Kidman Park Christmas Day Service 25th December 9.00am Mile End ZINKOO will be on holiday between Boxing Day and New Year s Day. REVD ROB McEWIN will officiate the services on 28th and 31st December. BIBLE STUDY has gone into its break and will resume on Tuesday 30th January 2018. Next year we will study Ezra, Nehemiah and Revelation. MORNING PRAYER There will be no morning prayer this week. Morning Prayer will resume on 2nd January. NEXT SUNDAY 31ST DECEMBER will be Epiphany Service. THURSDAY SERVICE this week will be Holy Innocents Day Service. OFFICE CLOSURE The office will be closed until Wednesday 3rd January. CHRISTMAS SERVICE INVITATIONS are available if you want to invite friends. THANK YOU Merna McKerrow wishes to thank everyone for all the calls and cards she received and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. LOST PROPERTY A Postie Jacket was left at St Bede s after the Christmas Carol Service. Please ring Brenda Beer on 0400053527 if you or someone you know has lost a jacket. 3
A reading from the Second Book of Samuel Ch.7.1-11,16 1 After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, 2 he said to Nathan the prophet, Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent. 3 Nathan replied to the king, Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the LORD is with you. 4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying: 5 Go and tell my servant David, This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? 6 I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling. 7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now then, tell my servant David, This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. 9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. 10 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning 11 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you: 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever. A reading from Paul s Letter to the Romans Ch.16:25-27 25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from [a] faith 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen. 4
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke Ch.1:26-38 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you. 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end. 34 How will this be, Mary asked the angel, since I am a virgin? 35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail. 38 I am the Lord s servant, Mary answered. May your word to me be fulfilled. Then the angel left her. 5
MAGNIFICAT 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 Saviour shall my heart rejoice. 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 the same; his holy name the Lord, the Mighty One. 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. 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! 6
PARISH CONTACTS PARISH OFFICE Church of the Resurrection & St James... 8356 9850 378 Grange Road, KIDMAN PARK SA 5025 Office Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m. e-mail: angkidpk@adam.com.au website: anglicanparishkpme.org.au PRIEST Rev d Zinkoo Han 8355 2705 Mobile: 0415 680210 : Email: zinkoo_han@hotmail.com PEW SHEET EDITOR Karen Cameron... 8445 7339 TREASURER Julie Couzner 8243 0746 PASTORAL CARE COORDINATOR Judith Harris 8244 0464 PARISH SECRETARY Grayham Smith... 8443 3331 PARISH COUNCILLORS Anne Morrison* 8356 9709 Andrew Yuen 8353 4243 Grayham Smith 8443 3331 James Clay* 8396 2571 Joanne Clay 8396 2571 Julie Couzner 8243 0746 Lila Slee* 04 7780 7766 Patricia Findlay* 8356 6027 Richard Saunders 8356 2287 Wardens* Prayer Focus The Christmas Message Father God, as we celebrate the birth of your dear Son, Jesus Christ we think of those whose concept of Christmas is purely the tinsel and good time of Christmas. We pray that we may all be led to the real truth of the Christmas message. The birth of a Messiah, a savour who is our example of true human conduct leading to redemption and life everlasting. We pray that our celebrations may be joyful and focussed on the miracle of the Royal Birth. That of the saviour of the world. We pray in the name of Him whose birth we celebrate in awe and wonder Jesus Christ our Lord and King. Amen. NB: For items to be listed in NOTICES and/or WHAT S HAPPENING THIS WEEK, please ensure they re in the appropriate book in the office, or email the Parish Office by 7.00 am Friday. Thank you. (see p. 7 for contact details). 7
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DECEMBER ALL ACTIVITIES AT KIDMAN PARK UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE MONDAY 25th DECEMBER CHRISTMAS DAY 9.00am Christmas Day Service (ME) TUESDAY 26th DECEMBER COMING EVENTS JANUARY 2018 Australia Day Breakfast Friday 26th January WEDNESDAY 27th DECEMBER THURSDAY 28 th DECEMBER 11.00am Holy Communion (Holy Innocents Day) FRIDAY 29th DECEMBER SATURDAY 30th DECEMBER 8.30am Beach Walk SUNDAY 31st DECEMBER 9.00am Holy Communion 11.00am Holy Communion (ME) 1.00pm Korean Service (ME) Readings for next week Thursday (Holy Innocents) Jeremiah 31.15-20 Psalm 124 1 John 1.5-22 Matthew 2.13-18 Sunday Isaiah 60.1-6 Psalm 72.1-7.10-14 Ephesians 3.1-12 Matthew 2.1-12 8