the presentation of christ in the temple (candlemas)

1ST FEBRUARY 2015
THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
(CANDLEMAS)
8.00am Said Eucharist (See separate booklet)
Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Desmond Cox
9.00am Sung Eucharist (See separate booklet)
Celebrant:
The Very Revd Matthias Der
Preacher:
The Revd Desmond Cox
Deacon:
The Revd Catherine Graham
Communion Setting:
Mass of St Cedd (Peter Nardone)
Hymns:
4, 453, 325 (omit *vs), 311, 178
Psalm:
24 (chant in E by Joseph Barnby)
Anthem:
Wings of the morning (John Rutter)
Candlemas Procession: Nunc Dimittis in A (Charles Villiers Stanford)
Readers/Intercessor:
Mary Szeto, Marcela Collins, Jeff Evans
10.30am Sung Eucharist (in Mandarin)
Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Peter Koon
11.45am All Age Worship (See separate booklet)(with SJC Children’s Choir)
Celebrant:
The Revd Desmond Cox
Preacher:
The Very Revd Matthias Der
Communion Setting:
Leonard West
2.00pm Sung Eucharist (in Filipino and English)
Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin
6.00pm Eucharist with Prayers for Healing (See separate booklet)
Celebrant:
The Revd Will Newman
Preacher:
The Revd Robert Martin
Hymns:
4, 453, 311, 178
Readings:
Hebrews 2.14-end, Luke 2.22-40
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.
Please turn off your mobile phone or switch to SILENT.
THIS WEEK AT ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL
MON 2nd FEB
8.00am
12.30pm
1.00pm
Said Eucharist
Meditation Group
One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
TUE 3rd FEB
8.00am
12.30pm
1.00pm
3.00pm
7.00pm
Said Eucharist
Christians in Central (Speaker: Fr Joseph Tham LC)
One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Tuesday Tots
Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF)
WED 4th FEB
8.00am
9.30am
1.00pm
1.15pm
6.00pm
Said Eucharist
CLARES
One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Lunchtime Recital—4 hands, 2 Flutes Duo Recital by
Hong Man Kin & Wong Mung Ying
Said Eucharist
THU 5th FEB
8.30am
1.00pm
1.15pm
2.30pm
Said Eucharist
One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Said Eucharist
Parents, babies and toddlers
FRI 6th FEB
8.00am
1.00pm
3.00pm
Said Eucharist
One o’clock Prayers (Nave)
Friday Fellowship Group
SAT 7th FEB
8.30am
12.30pm
3.30pm
4.00pm
6.00pm
Said Eucharist
Said Eucharist (Filipino)
Youth Fellowship (Cantonese)
Andrew Fellowship (Cantonese)
Said Eucharist (Cantonese) (Anticipated Sunday Service)
SUN 8th FEB The Second Sunday before Lent
Readings:
8.00am Said Eucharist
Proverbs 8.1, 22-31
Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin
Psalm 104.26-end
9.00am Sung Eucharist
Colossians 1.15-20
Celebrant: The Revd John Chynchen
John 1.1-14
Preacher: The Revd Robert Martin
10.30am Sung Eucharist (Mandarin)
Celebrant: The Very Revd Matthias Der
Preacher: The Revd Wu Wai Ho
Readings:
11.45am Choral Mattins
Psalm 29, 67
Celebrant: The Revd Hugh Phillipson
Deuteronomy 8.1-10
Preacher: The Revd John Chynchen
Matthew 6.25-end
2.00pm Sung Eucharist (Filipino)
Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Dwight dela Torre
6.00pm ‘Fresh Expressions’ Service—1549 Prayer Book
Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin
Preacher: The Revd Philip Wickeri
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
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COLLECT, POST COMMUNION PRAYER, READINGS AND MUSIC
COLLECT
Almighty and ever-living God, clothed
in majesty, whose beloved Son was this
day presented in the Temple, in
substance of our flesh: grant that we
may be presented to you with pure and
clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ
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
Malachi 3.1-5
Thus says the Lord God: See, I am
sending my messenger to prepare the
way before me, and the Lord whom you
seek will suddenly come to his temple.
The messenger of the covenant in
whom you delight – indeed, he is
coming, says the LORD of hosts. But
who can endure the day of his coming,
and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like
fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and
purifier of silver, and he will purify the
descendants of Levi and refine them
like gold and silver, until they present
offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
Then the offering of Judah and
Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD
as in the days of old and as in former
years.
Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness
against the sorcerers, against the
adulterers, against those who swear
falsely, against those who oppress the
hired workers in their wages, the
widow, and the orphan, against those
who thrust aside the alien, and do not
fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
All
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
SECOND READING
Hebrews 2.14-end
Since the children share flesh and
blood, Jesus himself likewise shared
the same things, so that through death
he might destroy the one who has the
power of death, that is, the devil, and
free those who all their lives were held
in slavery by the fear of death. For it is
clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.
Therefore he had to become like his
brothers and sisters in every respect, so
that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest in the service of God, to
make a sacrifice of atonement for the
sins of the people. Because he himself
was tested by what he suffered, he is
able to help those who are being tested.
All
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL READING
Luke 2.22-40
When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses,
Mary and Joseph brought Jesus up to
Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.
(as it is written in the law of the Lord,
‘Every firstborn male shall be
designated as holy to the Lord’), and
they offered a sacrifice according to
what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a
pair of turtle-doves or two young
pigeons.’
Now there was a man in Jerusalem
whose name was Simeon; this man was
righteous and devout, looking forward
to the consolation of Israel, and the
Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been
revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that
he would not see death before he had
seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the
Spirit, Simeon came into the temple;
and when the parents brought in the
child Jesus, to do for him what was
customary under the law, Simeon took
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COLLECT, POST COMMUNION PRAYER, READINGS AND MUSIC
him in his arms and praised God,
saying,
‘Master, now you are dismissing
your servant in peace,
according to your word;
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the
presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.’
And the child’s father and mother were
amazed at what was being said about
him. Then Simeon blessed them and
said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is
destined for the falling and the rising
of many in Israel, and to be a sign that
will be opposed so that the inner
thoughts of many will be revealed–and
a sword will pierce your own soul too.’
There was also a prophet, Anna the
daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of
Asher. She was of a great age, having
lived with her husband seven years
after her marriage, then as a widow to
the age of eighty-four. She never left
the temple but worshipped there with
fasting and prayer night and day. At
that moment she came, and began to
praise God and to speak about the
child to all who were looking for the
redemption of Jerusalem.
When they had finished everything
required by the law of the Lord, they
returned to Galilee, to their own town
of Nazareth. The child grew and
became strong, filled with wisdom; and
the favour of God was upon him.
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This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER
Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon
and Anna, who lived to welcome the
Messiah: may we, who have received
these gifts beyond words, prepare to
meet Christ Jesus when he comes
to bring us to eternal life; for he is alive
and reigns, now and for ever. Amen.
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THE SUPPER
OF THE LORDE
AND THE HOLY COMMUNION,
COMMONLY CALLED THE MASSE
A Eucharist celebrated according to
the Rite of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer
(The first Prayer Book of the
Church of England)
Sunday 8th February 2015
at 6.00pm
Celebrant: The Revd Robert Martin
Preacher: The Revd Philip Wickeri
Period chants sung by Die Konsertisten
Wed 18th February 2015
The Season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday
and we will mark it with the celebration
of the Holy Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes.
8.00am Said Eucharist
12.00pm Said Eucharist (Cantonese)
6.00pm Said Eucharist
All services with the Imposition of Ashes
A full Lent Programme will be
included in next week’s pew sheet.
PRAYERS
ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
Pray for the church of Luwero (Uganda)
and The Revd Canon Eridard Kironde
Nsubuga.
HONG KONG SHENG KUNG HUI
(Anglican Church of Hong Kong)
CYCLE OF PRAYER
Please pray for Paul, our Primate and
Archbishop; Peter, Archbishop
Emeritus; Andrew, Bishop of Western
Kowloon; Timothy, Bishop of Eastern
Kowloon and all the faithful members
of the HKSKH, both clerical and lay.
DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER
Pray for St Stephen’s Chapel, Stanley
and the Revd William Newman; For St
Stephen's College and the Preparatory
School; For the work with prisoners in
Stanley Prison; For the friends in the
Leprosy Project, Sichuan.
SJC CYCLE OF PRAYER
Pray for St John’s Cathedral, Discovery
Bay Church, St Stephen’s Chapel,
Stanley and Emmanuel Church; for
Dean Matthias, the Chaplains/Priestsin-Charge and staff. Pray for Cathedral
Bookstore, Filipino Fellowship and St
John’s Counselling Service.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please pray for Wendy Larkin, Toung
Ming, May Cheng Wai Sheung, Pat
Flavin, Clement Chew, Gerald Bishop,
Cassidy Tsang, Teresa O, Bessie Chan
Siu Oi, Carl Ye, Richard Firth, Adam
Thompson, Amy Chan Siu Yuk, Sue
Fletcher, Felix Chan, Ophelia Chan,
Esther Tai, Daisy Chan, Chong Hang
Yung Sebastian, Bronwyn, Juliet
Vasantraj, Revd Johnny Chan, William
Lam, Susana Westlake, Raymond
Cheung, Jun Clarke, Barbara
Saunders, Shelley Connolly, Bill Cox,
Simon Freeberne, Maria Erlyn Carbon,
Revd Susan Hewitt, Isaac Wiens,
Thomas Wong, Perronnelle Laskey,
Karen Kwong Lee Yuen Kwan, Charles
Dickson, Marlou Calalo, Robert Lee,
Betty Bolloni, Margaret Pini, Dennis
Shea, Edith Hall, Brenda Bishop,
Martine Porter, Betty Taylor, Lee Yuk
Ying, Parveen Nadeem, Conor
Henderson, Juvy Bustamante, Wing
Sung, Stephen A Isidro, Robert Trout,
Ho Yiu Sing, Gener Galapon, Novel
Chan, Bill Galvin, Philip Law, Makiko
Hardy, Arthuro Canuto, Elena
Hutchinson, Edward Wong Kar Yue,
Fiona Bamber, Donna Mae Cuaresma,
Stephanie Ng and Abigail Sun.
Rest In Peace
Diana Lam, Chan Kwok Chun
RADIO MINISTRY
Some of the cathedral chaplains take
part in broadcasting talks and
reflections on RTHK as part of our
outreach and service to the wider
community.
You can hear The Revd Robert Martin
speaking in ‘Minutes that Matter’ at
9.50am every Tuesday morning in
February and The Revd Will Newman
speaking in ‘Reflections’ at 11.57pm
every night from 2nd-6th February, on
RTHK 4 (97.6FM).
Prayers will be offered for those
named above during the weekday
Eucharists. To include someone in this
prayer list, please contact Elisa, Tel:
2523 4157.
REMARKS: Unless Elisa is contacted
(deanssec@stjohnscathedral.org.hk) with
advice to the contrary, names will be
removed from the Prayer Request list
after one month.
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NOTICES
CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL
Tuesday, 3rd February 2015
at 12:30 pm in the Li Hall
Guest Speaker:
Fr Joseph Tham LC 譚傑志神父
Hong Kong Sheng Hung Hui
PROVINCIAL EDUCATION DAY
SERVICE
4.00pm Saturday 7th February 2015
at St John’s Cathedral
Topic:
‘Secularism, Secularization & The Place
of Religion in Society’
President: The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong
Bishop of Hong Kong Island
& Primate of the HKSKH
Fr Joseph belongs to the Legionaries of
Christ (LC), working in the Vatican.
Positions he holds at present are:
Preacher: The Very Revd Matthias Der
Dean of St John’s Cathedral
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Dean, School of Bioethics, Regina
Apostolorum Pontifical University,
Rome
Fellow and founding member,
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and
Human Rights
Visiting Professor, Holy Spirit
Seminary College, HK
Fellow, Bioethics Resource Centre of
the Holy Spirit Seminary College, HK
Fr Joseph is a medical doctor who went
on to pursue philosophy, theology and
bioethics. He has a PhD in Bioethics .
Sandwiches and soup will be served at
the cost of $60 each. Tickets are
available at the Cathedral Bookstore.
You can also call the Cathedral office at
2523 4157 to book your place, or email
reception@stjohnscathedral.org.hk
During this service the school
supervisors and council members,
principals and teachers of our HKSKH
schools will be commissioned by the
Archbishop for their work
in the year ahead.
Please keep the staff and students of all
our Church schools in your prayers.
WALK FOR HDH
8th February 2015
Join HDH supporters and friends for
the 11th sponsored walk in support of
the work of Helpers for Domestic
Helpers. Starting in Discovery Bay and
ending at St Stephen's Stanley, the
walk aims to visit each of the churches
of St John's and follows a route over
26km through Hong Kong's parks and
spectacular countryside. All are
welcome for all or part of the walk.
Dogs and families are also most
welcome. Alternatively, please sponsor
a sturdy walker to support the work of
Helpers for Domestic Helpers.
For further enquiries or sponsor forms,
please e-mail
alexbarr@netvigator.com or
hdh@stjohnscathedral.org.hk
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NOTICES
MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE
CATHEDRAL, DAUGHTER
CHURCHES AND HONG KONG
SHENG KUNG HUI PARISHES
The Cecilia Kwok Church Music
Scholarship Fund offers scholarships
of up to HK$100,000 to help young
people pursue studies relevant to
church music in establishments (in
Hong Kong or overseas) approved by
the trustees, to help develop their
potential to become, in future years,
choirmasters or organists at the
Cathedral or its daughter churches.
Candidates should be:
- members of St John’s Cathedral, a
daughter church or another Hong
Kong Sheng Kung Hui parish, or their
children; or choir members there with
two years good attendance
- at least 12, and under 30, on 1st
January 2015
- musically talented and have at least
these ABRSM grades (or equivalent)
- ABRSM grade 8 (or equivalent)
in singing;
- or grade 6 (or equivalent) in
piano with conducting experience;
- or grade 8 in piano or grade 6 in
organ (or equivalent) with choral
experience.
Please contact the St John's
Choirmaster Mr Raymond Fu at
rfuopera@gmail.com or the Cathedral
office (4-8 Garden Road, Central; 2523
4157) for further details.
A PILGRIMAGE THROUGH
ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL
Saturday 28th February 2015
St John’s Cathedral is extending an
invitation to all parishes within the
Province to make a pilgrimage visit to
their ‘Mother Church’ on the above
date.
Events start at 3.15pm and will include
Prayer Tours of the Cathedral in
English and Cantonese, an opportunity
to walk the Labyrinth and an audiovisual presentation of the life and
witness of the Cathedral’s ministries.
The day will finish with Choral
Evensong at 6.00pm led by the Hong
Kong Island Diocesan Choir.
Members of the SJC congregations are
welcome to join us on the day and learn
more about our Cathedral and it’s
ministries.
REGISTRATION FOR THE
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
IS NOW OPEN
Do come and experience the places
where Jesus walked and where the
Church began… from Nazareth to the
Sea of Galilee, from Jerusalem to
Bethlehem. Visits include the Mount of
Beatitudes where Jesus sat down and
taught, the Church of the Annunciation,
where the Angel Gabriel appeared to
Mary, a trip to the Mount of Olives, a
walk to the Garden of Gethsemane and
the Way of the Cross arriving at the
church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site of
Jesus’ death and resurrection.
For a more detailed itinerary please
collect a brochure from the Cathedral
Office or check the SJC website. The
cost is HK$14,000 (plus airfares starting at HK$10,480). The cost includes
all accommodation, entrance fees,
guides, guest speakers, a farewell dinner
and the expertise of our guide the Revd
Canon John Peterson. A deposit of
HK$3,000 is required by 31st March.
Payment for the trip can be made in
installments. Further details are available from the Revd Catherine Graham.
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ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL MINISTRY TEAM
Dean: The Very Revd Matthias Der
Clergy Ministry Co-ordinators:
Communications & Publicity—The Revd Nigel Gibson
Fellowship & Community Building—The Revd Desmond Cox
Nurturing & Spirituality– The Revd Will Newman
Outreach & Evangelism—The Revd Mark Rogers
Pastoral Care—The Revd Catherine Graham
Worship & Music—The Revd Robert Martin
Chinese Ministry—The Revd Peter Koon & The Revd Wu Wai Ho
Filipino Ministry—The Revd Dwight dela Torre
Outreach Ministries:
Cathedral Bookstore
CLARES/Castaways
Helpers for Domestic Helpers
HIV Education Centre
Mission for Migrant Workers
Prison Ministry
SJC Counselling Centre
Honorary Chaplains:
The Revd John Chynchen
The Revd Hugh Phillipson
The Revd Philip Wickeri
The Revd Jenny Wong Nam
Executive Administrator:
Viola Ip
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!
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the Welcome Table.
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