The preacher was the Vicar, Fr Paul Trathen.
Our service sheet for the day looks like this...
SECOND SUNDAY
BEFORE ADVENT
Liturgical
colour: Red
18th November 2018
Parish Mass
Fr Paul
Trathen
Cleaner:
Frances Downing
Refreshments: Marilyn
Hawes & John James
Eucharistic
Assistant: Debbie Carson
Flowers: Penny Ruaux
Rocks Leaders: Sally Holman & Mike Hughes
Servers: George
Marshall, Mary Eveleigh, JC Bird
Welcomers: Anne
Smith & Marian Bradley
Before the service starts we sing (as we remain
seated):
Once, only
once, and once for all, His precious life he gave;
Before the
Cross our spirits fall, and own it strong to save.
¶ The Gathering
We stand to sing the
following hymn, during which the procession of ministers enters and the altar is
censed
Introit
Hymn: 15 ALL MY HOPE ON GOD IS FOUNDED
The President greets
the people, saying
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
All Amen.
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
All Amen.
The Lord be with you
All and also with you.
All and also with you.
Words of welcome or introduction may be said
The President invites the people to prepare their hearts and then to call
to mind their sins
All Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom 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.
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom 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.
Our Lord Jesus Christ said:
The first commandment is this:
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.’
The first commandment is this:
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
There is no other commandment greater than these.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
After a
short silence, all sing
Lord, have mercy;
Christ, have mercy;
Lord, have mercy.
Let us confess to God the sins and
shortcomings of the world;
its pride, its selfishness, its greed;
its evil divisions and hatreds.
Let us confess our share in what is wrong,
and our failure to seek and establish that
peace
which God wills for his children.
Most merciful God,
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
we confess that we have sinned
in thought, word and deed.
We have not loved you with our whole heart.
We have not loved our neighbours as ourselves.
In your mercy
forgive what we have been,
help us to amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be;
that we may do justly,
love mercy,
and walk humbly with you, our God.
Amen.
Almighty God,
who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy upon you,
pardon and deliver you from all your
sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all
goodness,
and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
We sing the Gloria in Excelsis
All Glory to God in the highest,
and peace to his people on earth.
and peace to his people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King,
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
almighty God and Father,
we worship you, we give you thanks,
we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world:
have mercy on us;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
The President
introduces a period of silent prayer with the words ‘Let us pray’
The
Collect is said by President and people, together
Heavenly
Father,
whose blessed
Son was revealed
to destroy the
works of the devil
and to make us
the children of God and heirs of eternal life:
grant that we,
having this hope,
may purify
ourselves even as he is pure;
that when he
shall appear in power and great glory
we may be made
like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom;
where he is
alive and reigns with you,
in the unity
of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now
and for ever.
Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of
the Word
The President and the
people sit to hear Holy Scripture read
Old Testament Reading
– Daniel 12:1-3 (read by James Bird)
‘At that time Michael, the great prince, the protector of your people,
shall arise. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since
nations first came into existence. But at that time your people shall be
delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep
in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars
for ever and ever.
At the
end the reader says
This is the word
of the Lord.
All Thanks be to God.
All Thanks be to God.
Epistle Reading – Hebrews 10:11-25 (read by Judith Woolnough)
And every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again
and again the same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But when Christ
had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, ‘he sat down at the right
hand of God’, and since then has been waiting ‘until his enemies would be made
a footstool for his feet.’ For by a single offering he has perfected for all
time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for
after saying,
‘This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds’,
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds’,
he also adds,
‘I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.’
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering
for sin.
Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary
by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through
the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over
the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed
with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without
wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to
provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as
is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see
the Day approaching.
This is the word
of the Lord.
All Thanks be to God.
All Thanks be to God.
We stand to
sing God’s praise as we reflect on the readings and prepare to hear the Gospel
We remain standing. The
Gospel Book is brought into the centre of the church by the Gospeller. We turn to face it
When the
Gospel is announced the Gospeller says or sings
Hear the Gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark
All sing Glory to you, O Lord.
All sing Glory to you, O Lord.
Gospel Reading – Mark 13:1-8
As he came out
of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher, what large
stones and what large buildings!’ Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great
buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown
down.’
When he was
sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and
Andrew asked him privately, ‘Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the
sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?’ Then Jesus began to
say to them, ‘Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name
and say, “I am he!” and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and
rumours of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still
to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but
the beginning of the birth pangs.
At the
end the Gospeller says or sings
This is the
Gospel of the Lord.
All sing Praise to you, O Christ.
All sing Praise to you, O Christ.
We all sit when invited
to do so by the Preacher of the Sermon
Sermon – by Fr Paul Trathen
Following
the Sermon, we hold a pause for reflection and then the President says
Let us declare
our faith in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We stand to affirm our common
faith in the words of the Creed
We say together
in faith
All Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.
is the Lord God almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.
We believe in God
the Father,
who created all things:
All for by his will they were created
and have their being.
who created all things:
All for by his will they were created
and have their being.
We believe in God
the Son,
who was slain:
All for with his blood,
he purchased us for God,
from every tribe and language,
from every people and nation.
who was slain:
All for with his blood,
he purchased us for God,
from every tribe and language,
from every people and nation.
We believe in God
the Holy Spirit:
All the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’
Even so come, Lord Jesus!
Amen. cf Revelation 4.8,11;5.9;22.17,20
All the Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’
Even so come, Lord Jesus!
Amen. cf Revelation 4.8,11;5.9;22.17,20
Prayers of
Intercession – lead by Bernard Eaton
These
responses may be used
Lord, in your
mercy
All hear our prayer.
All hear our prayer.
And at
the end
Merciful Father,
All accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
All accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
¶
The Liturgy of the Sacrament
We stand, as
the President bids us peace
To crown all things there must be love,
to bind all together and complete the whole.
Let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts.
cf Colossians 3.14,15
May the peace of
God, which passes all understanding,
keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
All Amen.
keep our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
All Amen.
The peace of the
Lord be always with you
All and also with you.
All and also with you.
The President invites us to share a sign of
peace with others
Let us offer one
another a sign of peace, God’s seal on our prayers.
All exchange a sign of peace with their neighbours
Preparation of
the Table
Taking of the
Bread and Wine
Bread and wine are brought to
the altar, symbols of God’s creation; and a collection is taken up, in order
that the gifts of the people can also be presented, symbolising the offering of
our whole life to God.
The altar and the people of God
are censed. Holy things will be given to
holy people.
During this time, the following
hymn is sung
The table is prepared and bread and wine are placed upon
it.
The President
prays over the gifts
Wise and gracious God,
you spread a table before us;
nourish your people with the word of life
and the bread of heaven.
All Blessed be God for ever. Amen.
The Eucharistic
Prayer
The President
says or sings
The Lord be with
you
All and also with you.
All and also with you.
Lift up your
hearts.
All We lift them to the Lord.
All We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give
thanks to the Lord our God.
All It is right to give thanks and praise.
All It is right to give thanks and praise.
The President praises God for His mighty acts, saying or
singing
It is indeed right,
it is our duty and our joy,
at all times and in all places
to give you thanks and praise,
holy Father, heavenly King,
almighty and eternal God,
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
For he is your living Word;
through him you have created all things
from the beginning,
and formed us in your own image.
All To you
be glory and praise for ever.
Through him you have freed us from the
slavery of sin,
giving him to be born of a woman and to
die upon the cross;
you raised him from the dead
and exalted him to your right hand on
high.
All To
you be glory and praise for ever.
Through him you have sent upon us
your holy and life-giving Spirit,
and made us a people for your own
possession.
All To you
be glory and praise for ever.
Therefore with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we proclaim your great and glorious name,
for ever praising you and singing:
All sing
Holy, holy, holy
Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
[Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.]
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
[Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.]
We sit or kneel as the President
recalls the Last Supper
Accept our
praises, heavenly Father,
through your
Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and as we
follow his example and obey his command,
grant that by
the power of your Holy Spirit
these gifts of
bread and wine
may be to us
his body and his blood;
who, in the
same night that he was betrayed,
took bread and
gave you 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.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
In the same
way, after supper
he took the cup
and gave you thanks;
he gave it to
them, saying:
Drink this, all
of you;
this is my
blood of the new covenant,
which is shed
for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as
often as you drink it,
in remembrance
of me.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Therefore,
heavenly Father,
we remember his
offering of himself
made once for
all upon the cross;
we proclaim his
mighty resurrection and glorious ascension;
we look for the
coming of your kingdom,
and with this
bread and this cup
we make the
memorial of Christ your Son our Lord.
The
following acclamation is made
Praise to you,
Lord Jesus:
Dying you destroyed our death,
rising you restored our life:
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
All say
Accept through him, our great high priest,
this our sacrifice of thanks and praise,
and as we eat and drink these holy gifts
in the presence of your divine majesty,
renew us by your Spirit,
inspire us with your love
and unite us in the body of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through him, and with him, and in him,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
with all who stand before you in earth and
heaven,
we worship you, Father almighty,
in songs of everlasting praise:
All sing
Blessing and honour and glory and power
be yours for ever and ever. Amen.
The President
invites the people to pray The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour
taught us, so we pray:
All Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
your kingdom come, your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever. Amen.
Breaking of the
Bread
The President
breaks the consecrated bread.
We break this
bread
to share in the body of Christ.
to share in the body of Christ.
All Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all share in one bread.
because we all share in one bread.
Giving of
Communion
The President
says the invitation to communion
God’s holy gifts
for God’s holy people.
All Jesus Christ is holy,
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
for God’s holy people.
All Jesus Christ is holy,
Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
The President and people receive communion.
Authorized words of distribution are used and
the communicant replies
Amen.
During
the distribution the following hymn is sung
Any consecrated bread and wine which is not required for
purposes of communion is consumed at the end of the distribution
Silence is kept, then
we pray
All Gracious Lord,
in this holy sacrament
you give substance to our hope:
bring us at the last
to that fullness of life for which we
long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Amen.
¶ The Dismissal
Brief notices may be shared
amongst the people.
We stand to sing the
following hymn, during which the altar party moves to the chancel step
Processional Hymn: 451 SONGS OF THANKFULNESS AND PRAISE
The President confers the Blessing from Almighty God,
saying
The peace of God,
which passes all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God,
and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
All Amen.
The President says
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
All In the name of Christ. Amen.
The
ministers and people depart
Refreshments will be served
after Mass is ended
Notices
Next week…. Sunday 25th November 2018
10.00am – All
Age Parish Mass
‘Stir it up for Jesus!’
Cleaner: Peter Shrubsole
Welcomers:
Emily & James Morrell
Servers: Ruth
Williams, Mary Eveleigh, Sylvia Quinsee
Refreshments: Frances
Downing & Pam Bollen
Eucharistic Assistant: Beryl Porter
Parish Administration
– the PCC has now appointed Karolina Jelonek as a temporary Personal Assistant
to the Vicar. Karolina will be based
principally at the Parish Office in the Peterhouse Centre, and will work 20
hours per week: ordinarily, Monday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday.
For the longer term, the PCC
has given outline approval to a new strategic resource, to take effect from
spring 2019, subject to agreement and authorisation from the Bishop. Further details of this exciting development
will be shared, soon.
Bank details
Bank: Co-Operative
Bank
Account
name: The PCC of St
Peter in-the-Forest Church
Account
number: 65621822
Sort code: 08-92-99
Regular worship &
learning services in church building
Sunday 10.00 am – 11.20 am Parish Mass (Holy Communion)
Sunday 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Tea, Cake & Evening Prayer
Tuesday 9.15 am – 9.45 am Morning Prayer*
Wednesday 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Evening Prayer followed
by Study Group
*in the Beech room in Peterhouse Centre
Regular events in church building
Monday 6.45 pm – 8.30 pm The Big Sing Choir
Friday 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Choir Practice
4th
Saturday of the month 9.30 am- 11.30 am Who
let the dads out?!?
Contacts
The Vicar: Fr Paul Trathen
St Peter’s
Vicarage, 121 Forest Rise, Walthamstow. E17
3PW
stpeterforestvicar-main@yahoo.co.uk 07871584997
St Peter's parish Twitterhandle: @SPITF_E17
St Peter's Facebook ID: https://www.facebook.com/e17churchintheforest
The Vicar’s Personal Assistant: Karolina
Jelonek
c/o Peterhouse
Church & Community Centre, 122 Forest Rise,
Walthamstow. E17
3PW
peterhousecentre@btconnect.com 02085091811
For information/queries
on the Project, ‘St Peter’s: A Unique Forest Church’ contact: The Project Development
Manager: Peter Vadden Peter@culturalengine.org.uk 07527329793
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