Today’s Eucharistic Prayer A
Colour: Purple
Welcome to the Church of
St-Peter-in- the-Forest
4th Sunday of Advent
Parish Eucharist
Presiding today is Fr Paul Trathen
Preaching is Geoff Hammond
23rd December 2012
Children’s Church: Pebbles crèche available for babies & parents!
Our welcomers today are Marian Bradley and Aimee
Stevens
The
ORDER OF SERVICE can be found on page 3 of the Church Service Book
INTROIT HYMN |
190 |
Hail, O Star that pointest |
GREETING
LIGHTING OF THE
ADVENT CANDLES
We
light the third of our Advent Candles and we say together:
All: Lord Jesus, light of the world,
blessèd is Gabriel, who brought good news;
blessèd is Mary, your mother and ours.
Bless your Church preparing for Christmas;
and bless us your children, who long for
your coming.
Amen.
PRAYERS OF
PREPARATION (page 3)
PRAYERS OF
PENITENCE (page 4)
ABSOLUTION
THE COLLECT
God
our redeemer,
who
prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of your Son:
grant
that, as she looked for his coming as our saviour,
so
we may be ready to greet him when he comes again as our judge;
who
is alive and reigns with you,
in
the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one
God, now and for ever. Amen.
We
sit for the first two readings
FIRST READING |
Micah 5:2-5a (page 894) Read by George Marshall |
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SECOND READING
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Hebrews 10:5-10 (page 1115) Read by Katherine Marshall
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GRADUAL HYMN
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87
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Colours of Day
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GOSPEL READING
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Luke 1:39-45 (page 972) Read by Fr Paul Trathen
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Reader Hear
the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
All
sing Glory
to you, O Lord.
Reader This
is the Gospel of the Lord.
All sing Praise to you, O
Christ.
SERMON – by Geoff Hammond
CREED (service book
page 7)
INTERCESSIONS (led by Beryl
Porter)
THE PEACE – page 8 of the service books
OFFERTORY HYMN |
395 |
Of the Father’s love begotten
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During the offertory hymn, a collection will be
taken.
If you would like information on how to gift-aid
your donation, please see Peter Shrubsole after the service. Information on setting up standing orders
is also available from Peter.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER A (Service
Book page 10)
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Adults who are baptized and children who’ve
received preparation are welcome to receive communion. If you do not receive
communion, please feel free to go forward for a blessing.
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COMMUNION HYMN
7 Adoramus te, Domine
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Heavenly Father,
who chose the Blessed Virgin Mary
to be the mother of our promised saviou:
fill us your servanats with your grave,
that in all things we may embrace your holy will
and with her rejoice in your salvation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
NOTICES
FINAL HYMN |
471 |
The angel Gabriel from heaven came
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The Angelus
The Angel of the Lord
declared to Mary: and she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among
women
and blessed is the fruit of
thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our
death. Amen.
Behold the handmaid of the
Lord: be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary . . .
And the Word was made Flesh: and dwelt among us.
Hail Mary . . .
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech
Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts;
that we, to whom the
incarnation of Christ, Thy Son,
was made known by the
message of an angel,
may by His Passion and
Cross be brought to the glory
of His Resurrection,
through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING &
DISMISSAL
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Please stay after the service, to have a cup of
coffee, tea or juice, and a biscuit, and chat with other people. Our coffee, tea, sugar and biscuits are all
fair-trade products. Serving coffee
today are Mary and Bill Eveleigh
FROM BRENDA’S TRAIDCRAFT STALL
Last minute stocking fillers
Come over and see if there are any last minute
stocking fillers on the stall; we have small bags of sweets, we have mini note
pads, mini bags of dried fruit and all our usual items.
Prayers – this week please pray for:
Barbara & Stan Eager Rita
& Colin Reid Beryl
Goodwin
Lily Bollen Ray
Hepburn Les Hobart
George and Phyllis Robbins Richard
Fayolle Michael Bailey
Fred Lennard James
Paul Pat Chapman
John and Lesley James Sally Johnson
If you know of anyone who is unable to
get to church and would like a home visit (with or without Communion) please
let Sarah know and she will arrange for someone from the Pastoral Ministry team
to come and visit.
Next Week:
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30th
December 2012
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1st
Sunday of Christmas – Parish Eucharist
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Welcomers
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Frances Downing
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George Downing
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Readers
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John
James
1 Samuel 2:18-20,
26
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James
Bird
Colossians
3:12-17
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Coffee
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Anita Doherty
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Tony Doherty
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Rocks
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In church
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Please remember the Carol Service this evening at 6.30 pm
Please note there are NO mid week services until 9th January
2013
Christmas
Services:
Sunday 23rd
December 6.30 pm Carol Service
Monday 24th
December
(Christmas
Eve) 4.00 pm Children’s crib service
11.00
pm Midnight mass
25th
December
(Christmas
Day) 10.00 am Parish Eucharist
Notices
We would like to try out a sort of ‘mentoring’ system
for our young people. What we need are
willing adults volunteering to have a young person come and sit with them,
either when they come in from Rocks, or during the All Age Services. What is expected of you? Help your ‘charge’ engage in and follow the
service. We hope this will not only
enable all ages to get more out of the services, but also allow better
interaction between the ages in our congregation. If you are interested, please speak to
Sarah.
There has only been
one Christmas;
the rest are
anniversaries
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Weekday evenings & weekends contact:
The Vicar: Fr Paul
Trathen
St Peter’s Vicarage
121 Forest Rise, Walthamstow E17 3PW
020 8521 5000
(Vicar’s blog)
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Weekday office hours contact:
The Parish
Administrator:
Sarah Collins
 Peterhouse Centre
122 Forest Rise, Walthamstow
E17 3PW
020 8509 1811
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