The Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands

The Mandeville Parish Church

St Mark

with

St Philip, Old England

St James, Kendal

St Michael & All Angels, New Forrest

St George, Georges Valley

Parish Office: Church Hall, Mandeville Parish Church,

P.O. Box 217, Mandeville, Jamaica West Indies. Tel: 876-962-2876

Rectory: 5 Perth Road, Mandeville, Jamaica, West Indies. Tel: 876-962-2360

February 3, 2013

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory, Diocesan Bishop.

—————-Parish Staff——————

The Very Rev. Barrington Soares, Rector Rev. Basil Grant — Associate — 603-3489

Rev. Dr. Kenneth Thaxter — Associate — 962-3726

Rev. Douglas Barnes – Curate– 436-4009

Mrs. Cislyn Robinson, Secretary, Church Office

E-mail: mandevilleparishchurch@hotmail.com

SUNDAY SERVICES & SACRAMENTS

ST MARK, MANDEVILLE PARISH CHURCH

7:30 am - Eucharist & Sermon

10:00 am - Eucharist & Sermon (First and Third Sundays) 10:00 am - Morning Prayer & Sermon (Second and Fourth Sundays)

9:00 am - Sunday School – Church Hall

+ + + + + + + + + +

ST PHILIP, Old England 10:00 am – Eucharist & Sermon (Second & Fourth Sundays)

10:00 am – Morning Prayer & Sermon (First & Third Sundays)

+ + + + + + + + +

ST JAMES, Kendal

10:00 am – Eucharist & Sermon (First & Third Sundays)

10:00 am – Morning Prayer & Sermon (Second and Fourth Sundays)

+ + + + + + + + +

ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, New Forest

11:00 am - Eucharist & Sermon (Fourth Sundays)

11:00 am - Morning Prayer & Sermon (1st. 2nd. & 3rd. Sundays)

+ + + + + + + + +

ST GEORGE, Georges Valley

4:30 p.m.— Evening Prayer

+ + + + + + + + +

Fifth Sundays: Youth Service — 8:30 a.m. at all Churches

Marriages & Reconciliation – By Appointment Holy Baptism – Appointed Sundays

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS

Mothers’ Union (Meets: 1st Mondays, 4:30 p.m.) Women’s Auxiliary (Meets: 1st Thursdays, 4:30 p.m.) Brotherhood of St Andrew (Meets: 1st Sundays, 4:00 p.m.) Anglican Youth Fellowship (Meets: Saturdays, 4:00 p.m.) Church Committee (Meets: 2nd Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.) Young Adults (Meets: 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.)

Ushers’ Guild Servers’ Guild Choirs Altar Guild Visitation Group Sunday School Evangelistic Committee

PARISH OFFICERS Rector’s Warden - Mr. Lincoln Tomlinson People’s Warden - Mrs. Ruby Marshall Treasurer - Mr. Roydell Williams Secretary - Ms. Brenda Ramsay

Webb Page - http://mandevilleparishchurch.wordpress.com

Dates and Events

Commissioning of Lay readers St. Lawrence, Devon

February 10th, 3:30 p.m.

Ash Wednesday/Cure Service February 13th, 2013,

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Mothers Union AGM 2013 Kendal Conference Centre

February 24th

Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday March 24th, 7:30 & 10.00 a.m.

Maundy Thursday/Washing of Feet

March 28th 6:00 p.m.

Good Friday March 29th, 12:00 noon-3:00 p.m.

Easter Day

March 31st.

St. Mark’s - 6:00 & 9:00 a.m.

St. James, St. Philip’s - 9:00 a.m.

St. Michael’s - 10:00 a.m.

Synod

April 2nd - 5th

Feast of St. Mark

Patronal Festival 2013 Confirmation

Sunday, 28th April, 8:00 a.m.

Day of Pentecost

Sunday, May 19th, 7:30 & 10:00 a.m.

Healing Conference 2013

May 31—June 2

Be thoughtful,

be reverent,

be silent,

For it is the

House of the

Lord.

Before the

Service,

speak to the

Lord.

During the

Service,

let the Lord

speak to us.

After the Service,

speak to each

other.

February 3, 2013 My brothers and sisters in Christ, as Jesus began his ministry, he said these words, “Today this scripture has been

fulfilled in your hearing.” The fulfilment of the Scripture is that Jesus has come to redeem the world and to reconcile humanity to God. This mission/ministry would not be an easy one, for just as he was to start he encountered those who would want to place obstacles in his way. The reading from the Gos-pel speaks volume to that fact, as he was carried to “be hurled off the cliff.”

Jesus’ ministry began at his youth with his birth, so too is our ministry which came with our baptism. All of us are called to be agents of the Good News of salvation, as seen in the call of Jeremiah; “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” Because all of us have been called, we ought to respond but many will not. For those who have responded, the task ahead will not be easy, for doing God’s will persecution is part of the blessing. “Blessed are those who are perse-cuted for righteousness sake, rejoice and be exceed-ingly glad for great is your reward in heaven.”

The challenges ahead for the Christian is not an easy one, but if like Jesus we allow ourselves to be “anointed by the Holy Spirit” we will be able to over-come them and the obstacles in our path to the King-dom of God on the last day.

Are we willing to answer the call of God on our lives, to be his agent of change in this difficult time and world? May we respond as Jeremiah did and be em-powered to “pluck up, pull down, destroy, overthrow, build up and plant to do God’s will.

Yours in Christ.

Fr. Barry

The Theme for this year:

“Living the teaching.” For Ash Wednesday:

“Self Care: engaging the

body, mind and spirit.”

Opening Hymn: CPWI: 309

Eucharist begins Page 101

The Collect Page 161

First Reading Jeremiah 1: 4-10

Psalm: 71: 1-6, 15-17

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 14: 12b-20

Gradual Hymn: CPWI: 458

The Gospel Reading: Luke 4: 21-32

Sermon:

The Peace Page: 124

Children’s Hymn CPWI: 667

Offertory Hymn: CPWI: 310

Presentation of the Offering:

The Eucharistic Prayer:

During Administration CPWI: 583, 569, 589,

601, 604, 613, 599.

Post Communion Prayer:

Second Collection Hymn: CPWI: 412

Notices:

Hymn for the Recession: CPWI: 307

This Week

Monday: 4:00 p.m. Office Hour

Wednesday: 7:00 a.m. Eucharist

12:00 noon Midday Devotions

4:30 p.m. Bible Study

Friday: 4:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Saturday: 4:00 p.m. A.Y.F.

“Lord, renew your Church for

its Mission and Ministry

in the Nation.”

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

ORDER OF SERVICE

7:30 a.m. - Eucharist and Sermon

10:00 a.m. - Eucharist and Sermon

PLEASE PRAY FOR AND VISIT OUR

SICK AND SHUT-INS

SHUT-INS: St Mark Irene Bodden, Sonia Barham, Mavis Barnes, Dezrine Barrett-Williams, Daphane Brown, Ronald Cooke, Amy Darby, Bp. Neville deSouza, Alphanso Elliott, Cynthia Evans, Byron Fraser, Leslie Golding, Ethlyn Herron, Mavis Johnson, Egbert Jones, Copeland Larmond, Joyce Lindsay, Beatrice McCatty, Audrey McHardy, Bonnibel Magnan, Ann Maxwell, Mr. Mes-sado, Gloria Melton, Iris Mullings, Vernette Myers, Prince Peart, Alvin Plummer, Gilbert Powell, Hortense Scott, Carmen Stephenson, Leo Taylor, Ralph Walters, Daisy Williams, Rev. Vecas Wint, Hilda Wright.

St. Philip: Joanna Beckford, Ivy Ashman.

SICK: St. Mark: Violet Bailey, Clara Broady, Gloria Campbell, Sylvia Cunningham, Hyacinth Forrest, Madge Granville, Ena Jackson, Richard Hamilton, Pearl Griffiths, Enid Millwood, Cereta Miller, Lloyd McClymont, Ronald Osbourne, Valda Pearce, Enid Silent, Frank Thompson, Nora White, Daniel Whitelocke, Ena Wright, Cecil Fa-gan, Grace Barnes, Hilda James. Charmaine Cassa-nova, Cassiana Smith, Ida Melbourne, Courtney Brown, Rev. Basil Grant.

St. James: Lloyd Ffrench, Francis Bouges, Elsie

Clarke, Ilene Smith, Ione White, Novelyn Ferguson.

St. Philip: Samuel Bryce, Gwendolyn Wilson.

St. Michael & All Angels: Gloria Brown, Paulette

Barrett

Deaths: Imogene Robinson.

Next Sunday’s Reading: Lectionary C.

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, page 688

Weekly Readings: Year 1, 4th Epiphany. page

754 of the Liturgy.

We are on a Mission

EVENTS

1. You are reminded of your continued assistance to the

‘Soup Kitchen” and the second collections on first Sun-

days. On third Sundays, a box will be placed at the doors

for food items for the ‘outreach programme.’

2. Confirmation Class continues this evening, Sunday, Febru-

ary 3, 2013. at 4:00 p.m.

3. The newly elected Church Committee is:

Roydell Williams Ian Henry Ladrick Honeyghan

Paulette Chedda, Prudence Powell, Myrna Bailey,

Michael Stewart, Maureen Johnson, Colin McFarlane,

Audrey Rowe, Clarence Myers, Ruby Marshall, Tanya

Tomlinson, (Synod Rep) Clarence Hall, (Synod Rep)

4. Ash Wednesday will be on February 13, this year. The

service will be a Cure service when all the Churches and

Mission of the Cure come together. The service begins at

9:00 a.m. and will conclude at 1:00 p.m. There will be

workshops and the Eucharist, and I urge your fullest par-

ticipation. The theme will be “Self Care: engaging the body,

mind and spirit.”

5. The new Church Committee and select members of the

Organizations of the Church will share in a Workshop on

Saturday, February 9th at the Egbert Robertson Hall com-

mencing at 9:00 a.m. to end at 4:00 p.m.

6. Our Patronal Festival envelopes (white) will this year be

use for your special offering for the East Window which

will be re-Dedicated on Sunday, April 28th during the

Confirmation Service. Please make your commitment a

means of clearing our responsibilities.

7. The Women's Auxiliary will be hosting their Dinner-Dance

on Friday, April 12th. Tickets are available form the mem-

bers.

8. The Church Committee of the Cure will be in retreat

from Friday, February 22– Saturday 23. At Hillcrest Re-

treat Centre.

9. There will be Lenten Services at the Gate on the Thurs-

days during Lent Commencing on Thursday 14th February

at 5:00 p.m. The theme is; “Encounters with God”.

10. The Manchester District of the Scout Association of Ja-

maica celebrates their Founder’s Week Service with us on

February 17th at 10:00 a.m. We welcome them as they

share with us.