Holy Trinity Anglican Church 63 William Street, Yarmouth, NS

A community of Faith since 1796

IT’S ABOUT MORE

18th March, 2018

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

8:00 am Holy Communion

11:00 am A Celebration of Sung Holy Eucharist

Abraham and Melchizedek

Welcome!

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, in the Parish of Yarmouth and Tusket, welcomes all

to pray and worship the Lord our God. Within our walls you will find joy and

solace, people from all walks of life, all gathered to worship and praise God in word

and song. In our community you will find friendship and belonging, fun and

laughter, support and care. We are glad you came to be with us today.

Parish of Yarmouth & Tusket

61 William Street, Yarmouth NS, B5A 1Y4

P. 902-742-5054 F. 902-742-6966

http://holytrinityanglicanchurch.weebly.com/

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Lay Ministers Today

8:00 am Holy Communion 11:00 am Holy Eucharist

Eucharistic Minister: Ivan Dagley

Server: Michelle Warner

Reader (Lector): Dave Warner

Greeter: Dave Warner

Eucharistic Minister: Dave Warner

Server: Paul Mazier

Prayers of the People: Alec Pitt

Readers (Lectors): Virginia Stoddard,

Charles Webster

Greeters: Jackie Burrill, Charles Webster.

+PRAY WITHOUT CEASING+PRAY WITHOUT CEASING+PRAY WITHOUT CEASING+

In the Diocese

Anglican Churches of Pictou County, Nova Scotia

The Reverend Darlene Jewers

The Reverend Art Bourré, Asst. Priest, and Patricia Bourguignon

St. Alban’s, Thorburn

St. James’, Pictou

Christ Church, Stellarton

St. Bee’s, Westville

Liscomb with Port Bickerton, Nova Scotia

The Reverend Kristin MacKenzie and Michael

St. Luke’s, Liscomb

St. James’, Sherbrooke

St. Paul’s, Port Bickerton

St. Thomas’, Indian Harbour Lake

PRAY for Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui The Most Revd Paul Kwong

Archbishop of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui & Bishop of Hong Kong Island

Family Cycle of Prayer: Mary Lou Hamilton, Annie Harding, Cheryl &

Glenn Harding, Eileen Hatfield, Aubrey & Amy Hillyard, Lily & Ellen

Hillyard, Tori Hillyard

Please remember Lois, Sue, Aubrey, Robert, Pat, Russell, Richard,

Makiko, Florence, Tori, Shannon, Ambre, Audrey, Carolyn, Abby, Holly,

Grace, Colette, Eileen, David, Lynn, Boomie, Rob, Leonard, Pauline and

family, Zamirra, Evan, Lee, Andre, Gregory, Wendy, Roger, Sandra, Ellen

and all in hospital and long-term care facilities.

Pray for souls of the departed: Stephen Hawking

If you wish for people to be added to the prayer list, please send an email

to the office, or write the names in the prayer book on the greeters’ table.

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FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT

11:00 AM CELEBRATION OF HOLY EUCHARIST The hymns are from the blue hymn book Common Praise.

Celebrant: The Rector, The Reverend Father Helen Chandler

Keyboard: John Overton

Welcome

Opening Sentence

Anyone who serves me must follow me, says the Lord, and where I am,

there shall my servant be also. John 12.26

Please stand

Opening Hymn: #537 In the Cross of Christ I Glory vv 1-4

Apostolic Greeting:

Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and

the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

People: And also with you.

Our Young People Leave for Sunday School

Collect for Purity

Priest: Almighty God,

People: to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you

no secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by

the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly

love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through

Christ our Lord. Amen.

Kyrie Eleison

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Collect for Today

Let us pray.

Silence is kept

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections

of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire

what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world,

our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through

Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Amen

The Proclamation of the Word

A Reading from the Book of Jeremiah

The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new

covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like

the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand

to bring them out of the land of Egypt a covenant that they broke, though I

was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make

with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law

within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and

they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to

each other, "Know the Lord," for they shall all know me, from the least of

them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and

remember their sin no more. Jeremiah 31:31-34

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

Psalm 51 - Hymn: #605 Have Mercy, Lord on Us

A Reading from the Letter to the Hebrews

Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by

the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he

says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of

Melchizedek." In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and

supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him

from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although

he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been

made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of

Melchizedek. Hebrews 5:5-10

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God.

Gradual Hymn: #179 Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery vv 1, 2

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Please remain standing for the Gospel

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. John

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ

Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him,

"Sir, we wish to see Jesus." Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and

Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the

Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls

into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears

much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in

this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me,

and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father

will honour. Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say - 'Father, save

me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour.

Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified

it, and I will glorify it again." The crowd standing there heard it and said that

it was thunder. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him." Jesus answered,

"This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgement of

this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am

lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." He said this to

indicate the kind of death he was to die." John 12:20-33

The Gospel of Christ. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Gradual Hymn: #179 Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery vv 6a, 6f

Sermon

The Nicene Creed

Let us confess our faith, as we say,

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is,

seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

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he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit

he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,

and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified

under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,

the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father.

With the Father and the Son

he is worshipped and glorified.

He has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic

and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism

for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayers of the People

Confession and Absolution

Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy; God

welcomes sinners and invites us to this table. Let us confess our sins,

confident in God’s forgiveness.

Silence is kept.

Most merciful God,

we confess that we have sinned against you

in thought, word, and deed,

by what we have done,

and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you with our whole heart;

we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves.

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent.

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,

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have mercy on us and forgive us,

that we may delight in your will,

and walk in your ways,

to the glory of your name. Amen.

Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your

sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal

life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Peace

Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord

Jesus Christ, who has given us access to his grace.

The peace of the Lord be always with you

And also with you

Please share a sign of Christ’s peace with others

Offertory Hymn: #200 We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died

Prayer over the Gifts

God our provider, you have not fed us with bread alone, but with words of

grace and life. Bless us and these your gifts, which we receive from your

bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Great Thanksgiving

It is indeed right and good to give you thanks and praise, almighty God and

everlasting Father, through Jesus Christ your Son. For in these forty days

you lead us into the desert of repentance that through a pilgrimage of prayer

and discipline we may grow in grace and learn to be your people once again.

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Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven,

we laud and magnify your glorious name; evermore praising you and

singing:

Blessing and glory and thanksgiving be unto you, almighty God, our

heavenly Father, who of your tender mercy did give your only Son Jesus

Christ to take our nature upon him, and to suffer death upon the cross for our

redemption; who made there, by his one oblation of himself once offered, a

full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of

the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to

continue, a perpetual memorial of that his precious death, until his coming

again.

Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech you; and grant that we

receiving these your creatures of bread and wine, according to your Son our

Saviour Jesus Christ’s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and

passion, may be partakers of his most blessed body and blood;

who, in the same night that he was betrayed, took bread; and, when he had

given thanks, he broke it; and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat; this

is my body which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of me.”

Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he

gave it to them, saying, “Drink this, all of you; for this is my blood of the

new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins:

Do this, as often as you shall drink it, in remembrance of me.”

Wherefore, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, we your humble servants,

with all your holy Church, remembering the precious death of your beloved

Son, his mighty resurrection, and glorious ascension, and looking for his

coming again in glory, do make before you, in this sacrament of the holy

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bread of eternal life and the cup of everlasting salvation, the memorial which

he commanded:

We praise you, we bless you, we thank you,

and we pray to you, Lord our God.

And we entirely desire your fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our

sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, most humbly beseeching you to grant,

that by the merits and death of your Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in

his blood, we and all your whole Church may obtain remission of our sins,

and all other benefits of his passion;

And we pray that by the power of your Holy Spirit, all we who are partakers

of this holy communion may be fulfilled with your grace and heavenly

benediction; through Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom and with whom, in the

unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be unto you, O Father

Almighty, world without end.

Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

Lord Jesus, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name,

thy kingdom come,

thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power, and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

Every time we eat this bread and drink this cup

we proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

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Draw near with faith. Receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which he

gave for you, and his blood which he shed for you.

Eat and drink in remembrance that he died for you, and feed on him in your

hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

The Communion All are welcome to come forward to receive Communion or a blessing.

Communion Hymn: O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Clavinova)

Post-Communion Hymn: #510 You Have Passed By

Prayers after Communion

Let us pray.

Compassionate God, you have fed us with the bread of heaven; Sustain us in

our Lenten pilgrimage; may our fasting be hunger for justice; our alms, a

making of peace; and our prayer, the song of grateful hearts; through Jesus

Christ, our Saviour and Lord. Amen.

Sunday School Sharing

Sending Hymn: #386 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

The Blessing

May the God of mercy and grace so transform our lives,

that we may go out and transform the lives of others,

and the blessing of God almighty,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

be among you and remain with you always.

Amen.

The dismissal is omitted in Lent. Please stand silently as the liturgical party

leave.

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Services This Week

Sunday, March 18 5:30 pm Evensong

Wednesday, March 21 10:00 am Morning Prayer

5:30 pm Evening Prayer

Thursday, March 22 10:00am Morning Prayer

Friday, March 23 10:00am Morning Prayer

Saturday, March 24 8:00 am Morning Prayer

10:30 am Prayer Group

(various locations)

The Prayer Group usually meet in residential seniors’ homes in the area.

Julie Chandler arranges the venue during the week. We pray for young

people and children associated with our Parish and also for the children in

the St. Ann’s Home for vulnerable girls and St. John Bosco Orphanage for

boys in Guyana that Julie and the Sunday School members support.

In Memoriam

The bulletins are in loving memory of

R.V. (Dick) Judge

An entertaining and generous father

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Meetings and Happenings

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING: Tuesday March 20th 6-8pm - Rectory

LABYRINTH WALK: Tuesday March 20th 6-9pm - Hall

CAFÉ WEDNESDAY: Wednesday March 21st 8:30 – 10:30am

LENTEN BIBLE STUDY FOR WOMEN: Thursday March 22nd 11am – Hall

MEATLESS LUNCHEON: Friday, March 23rd 11:00 – 1:00pm

PALM CROSSES: Saturday March 24th 10:30am – Hall

CHURCH CLEAN UP: Saturday March 24th after prayer group

Notices

PALM CROSSES: Anyone you who would like to make palm crosses please

join the prayer group Saturday March 24th 10:30am in the hall.

CHURCH CLEAN UP: We return to the church on Palm Sunday 25th March. The

8:00 am service will be in the hall. The 11:00 am service will begin in the

hall and the palm procession will proceed from the hall around the block and

end in the church for the rest of the service. Please come and help us clean

the church on Saturday 24th March after making palm crosses and praying.

MEMORIAL FLOWERS FOR EASTER FLOWERS: Please contact the church office

if you wish to donate to the Easter flower fund and have a loved one

included in the memorial flower list.

1ST COMMUNION: Please pray for these 1st Communion class students:

Landon Warner, Walton Warner, Ellen Hillyard, Jonathan Deveau, Chloe

Deveau, Hannah Bower, Riley Bower, Sophie Wren Dugas, Mackenzie

Rose, and Piper Rose. Please also pray for Chelle Warner, Amy Hillyard and

me as the teachers for these classes.

FIFTH FRIDAYS HEALING SERVICE: there will be no healing service this month

– the fifth Friday, March 30th is Good Friday. Please join us at 10:00am for

Stations of the Cross and at 3:00pm for the Celebration of the Lord’s

Passion.

DEACONS: Please pray for the discernment for the Ministry of Deacons (the

Deaconate) in our parish. “At the heart of the Diaconate is a Christian person

whose ordained ministry is within a servant community, living and

proclaiming the Gospel in the world. The Deacon’s presence, bringing the

needs, concerns and hopes of the world to the church, is a living reminder of

the community’s call to servant hood. A Deacon is to enable the church to

be justice makers, truth tellers, advocates and reconcilers in the world.”

(source: http://www.anglicandeacons.ca/)

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In the Community

LABYRINTH WALK: Embodiment of Prayer and Spiritual Connection. Third

Fridays of each month 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Theme: March 20th Spring Equinox.

All welcome. Donations accepted. In the Parish Hall.

PALM SUNDAY, HOLY WEEK, EASTER SERVICES

Palm Sunday

March 25th

8:00am Holy Communion - Hall

11:00am Sung Holy Eucharist with palm

procession (Hall processing to Church)

Maundy Thursday

March 29th

8:00pm Last Supper, Washing of Feet, Stripping

of Altar

Good Friday

March 30th

10:00am Stations of the Cross

3:00pm Passion of Our Lord

Holy Saturday

March 31st

9:00pm Vigil and New Fire

Easter Day

April 1st

10:00 First Mass of Easter

Where is rev’d helen?

Monday, 19 March My Sabbath

Tuesday, 20 March In the parish

Parish Council

Wednesday, 21 March Spiritual Care (Yarmouth Hospital)

Clergy Quiet Day (Halifax)

Thursday, 22 March Clergy Quiet Day (Halifax)

Friday, 23 March Day off

Lenten Lunches

Saturday, 24 March In the parish

Prayer Group

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Parish Council 2017

These are the people you have elected or appointed to serve as the

Parish representatives. They oversee the life of the Parish. They also

have a legal responsibility to uphold the Canons of the Diocese of Nova

Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Please pray for them and support them in their ministry of service to

the Church of God. Take time to get to know them and share your

thoughts and ideas.

Rev’d Helen Chandler Rector

Rev’d Fr. Doug Chard Honorary Assistant Priest

Murray Judge Warden (2020)

Phyllis Kendell Warden

TBA Treasurer (2018)

Joan Fields Secretary (2019)

Amy Hillyard Elected Member-at-Large (2021)

Kellianne Land Elected Member-at-Large (2021)

Grace Marginson Elected Member-at-Large (2019)

Alec Pitt Elected Member-at-Large (2021)

Tina Reede Elected Member-at-Large (2021)

Raymond Reede Elected Member-at-Large (2021)

Charles Webster Elected Member-at-Large (2019)

Dave Warner Synod Delegate

Charles Webster Regional Council Rep., Synod Delegate

Alice Murree Regional Council Representative

TBA Altar Guild Representative

Murray Judge Music Ministry Representative

John Overton Yarmouth Organ Project Representative

Grace Marginson Ways & Means Team Representative

Rev’d Helen Chandler Spiritual Development & Outreach Representative

Joan Fields Pastoral Care Ministry Representative

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Lectionary for the Week:

Sunday: March 18 Fifth Sunday in Lent

EP: Ps 145; (Jer 23:16–32); Jn 8:46–59

Monday: March 19 St Joseph of Nazareth

MP: s 132; Is 63:7–16; Mt 1:18–25

EP: Ps 34; 2 Chr 6:12–17; Eph 3:14–21

Tuesday: March 20 Lenten Feria (Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne,

Missionary, 687)

MP: Ps [120], 121, 122, 123; Ex 5:1—6:1; 1 Cor 14:20–33a, 39–40

EP: s 124, 125, 126, [127]; (Jer 25:8–17); Mk 9:42–50

Wednesday: March 21 Lenten Feria (Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of

Canterbury, 1556)

MP: Ps 119:145–176; Ex 7:8–24; 2 Cor 14:3–6;

EP: Ps 128, 129, 130; (Jer 25:30–38); Mk 10:1–16

Thursday: March 22 Lenten Feria (Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and

Wells, 1711)

MP: 131, 132, [133]; Ex 7:25—8:19; 2 Cor 3:7–18

EP: Ps 140, 142; (Jer 26:1–16); Mk 10:17–31

Friday: March 23 Lenten Feria (Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of

Armenia, c. 322)

MP: Ps 95 (Invitatory), 22; Ex 9:13–35; 2 Cor 4:1–12

EP: Ps 141, 143:1–11(12); (Jer 29:1, 4–13); Mk 10:32–45

Saturday: March 24 Lenten Feria

MP: Ps 137:1–6 (7–9), 144; Ex 10:21–11:8; 2 Cor 4:13–18

EP: Ps 42, 43; Jer 31:27–34; Mk 10:46–52

Sunday: March 25 Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

MP: Ps 66, 67; Gen 48:8–22; Rom 8:11–25

HE: Num 21:4–9; Ps 107:1–3, 17–22; Eph 2:1–10; Jn 3:14–21

EP: Ps 19, 46; (Jer 14:1–9, 17–22); Jn 6:27–40

MP: Morning Prayer HE: Holy Eucharist EP: Evening Prayer

Feria: a day of the liturgical calendar that is not a Sunday, Holy Day or feast

day.

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Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Archbishop: The Most Reverend Ron Cutler

Parish of Yarmouth & Tusket: Parish Contacts

Rector: Rev’d Helen Chandler 902.742.2145

Email: revhelenchandler@gmail.com

Facebook: Parish of Yarmouth & Tusket and Helen M Chandler

Parish Office: 902.742.5054

Parish Administrator: Claudette MacDonald

Email: yarmouthtusketoffice@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Website: http://www.holytrinityyarmouth.ca

Honorary Assistant Priest: Rev’d Doug Chard dhuglas@eastlink.ca

Wardens:

Murray Judge 902-740-0595 Phyllis Kendell 902-742-9703

902-774-2185

Murray.Judge@nslegalaid.ca phyllis.kendell53@gmail.com

Music Director:

Gregory Watters 902-400-2747 gregorywatters999@gmail.com

Honorary Assistant Organist:

John Overton 902.774.1190 jmboverton@gmail.com

Artistic Director: Holy Trinity Arts

Andre Haines 902-400-2747 andrehaines@hotmail.com

Artist in Residence: Kellianne Land 519-993-8739 kellianne.fleming.land@gmail.com Parish Contacts:

Treasurer: vacant

Secretary: Joan Fields

902.649.2050 jedmaf@hotmail.com

Administration & Finance Ministry Team Chair: David Warner

902.749.8271 davewarner@eastlink.ca

Property Ministry Team Chair: vacant

Spiritual Development Ministry Team Chair: Rev’d Helen Chandler

Outreach Ministry Team Chair: Rev’d Helen Chandler

Pastoral Care Ministry Team Chair: Joan Fields

902.649.2050 jedmaf@hotmail.com

Ways and Means Ministry Team Chair: Grace Marginson

902.742.5999 gracemarginson@ns.sympatico.ca

SafeR Church Ministry Team Chair: vacant

Sunday School: Julie Chandler

Prayer Ministry: Julie Chandler

Altar Guild: Team-organised; Secretary: Joan Fields

Synod Delegates: David Warner, Charles Webster

Regional Council Representatives: Charles Webster, Alice Muree

Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Yarmouth

http://www.holytrinityyarmouth.ca/