SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

15 JANUARY 2017 10:00am

As Sydney’s oldest church, St James’ is a place of soul-stirring

worship, challenging preaching, and fine music. We are a

progressive community that welcomes all people regardless of

age, race, sexual orientation or religion.

St James’ Anglican Church

173 King Street, Sydney

(opposite Hyde Park Barracks)

For more information visit

www.sjks.org.au

or call 8227 1300

CHORAL EUCHARIST

ORCHESTRAL MASS:

SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

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We welcome you to this historic church. in the heart of Sydney.

and are pleased you have chosen. to worship with us today.

Please join us for refreshments in the crypt. after the morning services (7.45am morning tea is served.

on the first Sunday of the month only).

$10.00

The Rev’d Andrew Sempell Celebrant and Preacher

Associate Professor Michael Horsburgh AM Deacon

David McQuoid Sub-deacon

Phillip Jones Reader

Heather Anderson Intercessor

St James’ Guild of Altar Servers

Christine Cheetham Head Server

St James’ Queen’s Square Guild of Bellringers

Marylon Coates Tower Captain

Level 1, 169–171 Phillip St, NSW 2000 Parish Office

8227 1300 Telephone

9232 4182 Fax

www.sjks.org.au Website

office@sjks.org.au General Email

We welcome you to this historic church in the heart of Sydney.

Baptised Christians from other traditions are welcome to receive Communion.

Others are welcome to come forward to receive a blessing.

If you require assistance to access the Church, please see the Verger or one of the sidespersons.

7:45, 9:00 & 11:00am Normal Sunday Services except during January when services are at 7:45am

& 10:00am only.

Kids@Church will be held at the 10:00am service during January. However

there will be no Children’s Eucharist until 5 February.

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KIDS@CHURCH

Kids@Church meets in the room next to the Children’s Chapel in the crypt during the 10:00am service. Children leave the liturgy after the collect and return for communion.

TOILETS

Toilets are situated in the crypt beneath the church.

If you need to use the disabled access toilets, ask the Verger for assistance.

BABY FACILITIES

Baby change tables are provided in the men’s and women’s toilets in the crypt. Nursing mothers are welcome.

BE INFORMED

Minutes from the Parish Council are posted on the noticeboard located at the entrance to the crypt.

NAME BADGES

Name badges help make St James’ an inclusive community. If you need a new name badge send us the form to the right and one will be made and posted to you.

TURN IT OFF, PLEASE!

Please turn your mobile phone off before the service begins.

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MUSICIANS PERFORMING AT TODAY’S EUCHARIST

Soprano Alto Tenor Bass

Ria Andriani Stephanie Dillon Luke Iredale Nick Dinopoulos* Josi Ellem* Jessica Farrell Ian McCahon Lincoln Law

Samantha Maddison Alex Siegers Chris Othen Sebastien Maury

Penelope Munro Anna Szabo Chris Shain* Philip Murray

Louise Perfect Simon Turnill

Brooke Shelley

* Soloist in Schubert – Mass in G

THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES’

Director

Warren Trevelyan-Jones

Organist

Alistair Nelson

THE ACADEMY OF ST JAMES’

Violin Viola Double Bass Trumpet

Fiona Ziegler Nicole Forsyth Jenny Druery John Foster Leone Ziegler Carl St Jacques John Coulton

Monique Irik

Michelle O’Young Cello

Nicole Masters Rowena Crouch Timpani

Vivien Jeffrey Janine Boubov Joshua Hill

Meg Cohen

Please advise one of the Sidespeople if you would like Communion brought to you in the pew.

If necessary, you are welcome to sit for those parts of the liturgy where it is normal to stand.

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PRELUDES Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669 – Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670 – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671

ENTRANCE HYMN

Please stand.

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;

to his feet thy tribute bring.

Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,

who like me his praise should sing?

Praise him! Praise him!

Praise the everlasting King.

Praise him for his grace and favour

to our fathers in distress;

praise him still the same for ever,

slow to chide, and swift to bless,

Praise him! Praise him!

Glorious in his faithfulness.

Father-like, he tends and spares us;

well our feeble frame he knows;

in his hands he gently bears us,

rescues us from all our foes.

Praise him! Praise him!

Widely as his mercy flows.

Angels, help us to adore him;

ye behold him face to face;

sun and moon, bow down before him;

dwellers all in time and space.

Praise him! Praise him!

Praise with us the God of grace.

Words: H.F. Lyte (1793-1847) Music: PRAISE, MY SOUL, John Goss (1800-1880) [NEH 436] Descant: Albert C. Tysoe (1884-1962)

Please remain standing.

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Celebrant We gather in worship in the name of the Father, and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

All Amen.

The Celebrant welcomes the congregation.

KYRIE ELEISON SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

Please remain standing as the Choir sings and the altar is censed.

Deacon ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord

your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your

mind, and with all your strength.’ Jesus said: ‘This is the great and first

commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbour as

yourself.’

A silence for self-examination follows.

Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, confident in God’s

forgiveness.

All Merciful God, our maker and our judge, we have sinned against you in

thought, word and deed, and in what we have failed to do: we have

not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours

as ourselves; we repent, and are sorry for all our sins. Father, forgive

us. Strengthen us to love and obey you in newness of life; through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Celebrant Almighty God, who has promised forgiveness to all who turn to him in

faith, pardon you and set you free from all your sins, strengthen you in

all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

GREEK TEXT

Κύριε ελέησον Χριστέ ελέησον Κύριε ελέησον

PRAYER BOOK TEXT

Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy

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GLORIA SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

Sung by the Choir

COLLECT OF THE DAY

Celebrant Let us pray.

Almighty God, whose Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ,

is the light of the world:

may your people, illumined by your word and sacraments,

shine with the radiance of his glory,

that he may be known, worshipped,

and obeyed to the ends of the earth;

who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

All Amen.

LATIN TEXT

Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te. Benedicimus te. Adoramus te. Glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Altissimus Tu solus Dominus. Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

PRAYER BOOK TEXT

Glory to God in the highest and peace to God’s people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, 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; For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Most High, you alone are the Lord, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CHILDREN

Celebrant And now I invite all children who are going to Kids@Church, with their

parents if they wish, to come forward.

The children, parents and Kids@Church leaders come forward and stand at the Chancel steps.

Celebrant Children of God, we acknowledge you and now we send you forth to

Kids@Church. May the Scriptures light your way, may God’s love fill your

hearts with love, and may your lives be marked by hope and joy.

Children We go on our way in the strength of Christ. Amen.

The children walk in procession to the West Porch and the congregation sings:

Father welcomes all his children

to his family through the Son;

Father giving his salvation,

life for ever has been won.

In the water, in the word,

in his promise, be assured:

Those who are baptised and believe

shall be born again.

Father welcomes all his children

to his family through the Son;

Father giving his salvation,

life for ever has been won.

Words & Music: Robin Mann (b. 1949)

Please sit.

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FIRST READING

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 49:1–7

Listen to me, O coastlands, pay attention, you peoples from far away! The Lord called

me before I was born, while I was in my mother’s womb he named me. He made my

mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished

arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. And he said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel, in

whom I will be glorified.’ But I said, ‘I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength

for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with my

God.’

And now the Lord says, who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob

back to him, and that Israel might be gathered to him, for I am honoured in the sight of

the Lord, and my God has become my strength—he says, ‘It is too light a thing that you

should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel;

I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the

earth.’

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised,

abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, ‘Kings shall see and stand up, princes, and

they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of

Israel, who has chosen you.’

A short silence is observed.

Reader For the Word of the Lord,

All Thanks be to God.

PSALM 40:1–14

Sung by the Choir

Chant: Reginald Moore (1910-1968)

I waited patiently for the Lord:

and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling.

He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay:

and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth:

even a thanksgiving unto our God.

Many shall see it, and fear:

and shall put their trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord:

and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.

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O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done,

like as be also thy thoughts which are to us-ward:

and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee.

If I should declare them, and speak of them:

they should be more than I am able to express.

Sacrifice, and meat-offering, thou wouldest not:

but mine ears hast thou opened.

Burnt-offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not required:

then said I, Lo, I come,

In the volume of the book it is written of me,

that I should fulfil thy will, O my God:

I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart.

I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation:

lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest.

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart:

my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation.

I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth:

from the great congregation.

Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord:

let thy loving-kindness and thy truth alway preserve me.

SECOND READING

A reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 1:1–9

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind—just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

A short silence is observed.

Reader For the Word of the Lord, All Thanks be to God.

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Please stand.

GRADUAL HYMN

O Thou who camest from above,

the pure celestial fire to impart,

kindle a flame of sacred love

on the mean altar of my heart.

There let it for thy glory burn

with inextinguishable blaze,

and trembling to its source return

in humble prayer, and fervent praise.

Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire

to work, and speak, and think for thee;

still let me guard the holy fire,

and still stir up thy gift in me.

Ready for all thy perfect will,

my acts of faith and love repeat,

till death thy endless mercies seal,

and make my sacrifice complete.

Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Music: HEREFORD, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) [NEH 431] Descant: Martin How (b. 1931)

Please remain standing and turn to face the Gospel reader.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

All

Cantor The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us.

He enabled those who accepted him

to become the children of God. Alleluia!

All

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GOSPEL READING JOHN 1:29–42

Deacon A reading from the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to St John.

All

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God

who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, “After me comes a man

who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.” I myself did not know him; but I

came baptising with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.’ And John

testified, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I

myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptise with water said to me,

“He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptises with the

Holy Spirit.” And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.’

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched

Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’ The two disciples heard

him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he

said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ They said to him, ‘Rabbi’ (which translated

means Teacher), ‘where are you staying?’ He said to them, ‘Come and see.’ They came

and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four

o’clock in the afternoon. One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. He first found his brother Simon and said to him, ‘We

have found the Messiah’ (which is translated Anointed). He brought Simon to Jesus,

who looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John. You are to be called

Cephas’ (which is translated Peter).

Deacon For the Gospel of the Lord,

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SERMON

The Reverend Andrew Sempell Rector

A silence for reflection follows the sermon.

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CREDO SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

Please remain seated for the Credo.

Celebrant Let us together affirm the faith of the Church:

Sung by the Choir

LATIN TEXT

Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium. In unum Dominum Jesum Christum, Filium Dei unigenitum et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula. Deum de Deo, Lumen de lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero. Genitum, non factum, consubstantialem Patri: per quem omnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos homines, et propter nostram salutem descendit de coelis. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine: et homo factus est. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato; passus et sepultus est.

Et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas, et ascendit in coelum: sedet ad dexteram Patris. Et iterum venturus est cum gloria judicare vivos et mortuos. Cujus regni non erit finis.

Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem: qui ex Patre Filio procedit. Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur con glorificatur. Qui locutus est per Prophetas. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum mortuorum. Et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.

PRAYER BOOK TEXT

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 he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. 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 and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

Deacon Let us pray for the world and for the Church.

Please either kneel or sit.

At the conclusion of each prayer –

Intercessor Lord, in your mercy,

All hear our prayer.

The prayers conclude with the following:

Deacon Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers.

All Grant that what we have asked in faith, we may by your grace receive,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GREETING OF PEACE

Please stand.

Celebrant Christ has reconciled us to God in one body by the cross.

All We meet in his name and share his peace.

Celebrant The peace of the Lord be always with you.

All And also with you.

We greet one another in the name of the Lord.

HYMN DURING WHICH A COLLECTION FOR THE CHURCH’S MINISTRY WILL BE RECEIVED

Christ is made the sure foundation,

and the precious corner-stone,

who, the two walls underlying,

bound in each, binds both in one,

holy Sion’s help for ever,

and her confidence alone.

All that dedicated city,

dearly loved by God on high,

in exultant jubilation

pours perpetual melody,

God the One, in Threefold glory,

singing everlastingly.

To this temple, where we call thee,

come, O Lord of hosts, today;

with thy wonted loving-kindness,

hear thy people as they pray;

and thy fullest benediction

shed within its walls for ay.

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Here vouchsafe to all thy servants

gifts of grace by prayer to gain;

here to have and hold for ever,

those good things their prayers obtain,

and hereafter, in thy glory,

with thy blessèd ones to reign.

Laud and honour to the Father,

laud and honour to the Son,

laud and honour to the Spirit,

ever Three and ever One,

one in love, and One in splendour,

while unending ages run. Amen.

Words: Latin c. 7th century, tr. J.M. Neale (1818-1866) Music: Adapted from the Alleluyas in Purcell’s O God, thou art my God for BELVILLE in The Psalmist, 1843 [NEH 205] Descant: Peter Jewkes. Arrangement: H. Oxley, A. Nelson.

Please remain standing.

When the Gifts have been prepared, they are presented.

Celebrant Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we

have these gifts of bread and wine to share. Accept and use our offerings

for your glory and for the service of your kingdom.

All Blessed be God for ever.

SURSUM CORDA

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GREAT THANKSGIVING

The congregation is invited to remain standing until the Communion.

Celebrant All glory and honour be yours always and everywhere, mighty Creator,

everliving God. We give you thanks and praise for our Saviour Jesus Christ,

who by the power of your Spirit was born of Mary and lived as one of us. By

his death on the cross and rising to new life, he offered the one true sacrifice

for sin and obtained an eternal deliverance for his people. 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:

SANCTUS AND BENEDICTUS SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

Sung by the Choir

Celebrant Merciful God, we thank you for these gifts of your creation, this bread and

wine, and we pray that by your Word and Holy Spirit, we who eat and drink

them may be partakers of Christ’s body and blood.

On the night he was betrayed Jesus took bread; and when he had given

you thanks he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take, eat. This

is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’

After supper, he took the cup, and again giving you thanks he gave it to his

disciples, saying, ‘Drink from this, all of you. This is my blood of the new

covenant shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as

often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’

Deacon Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:

All

LATIN TEXT

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Osanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osanna in excelsis.

PRAYER BOOK TEXT

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.

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Celebrant Therefore we do as our Saviour has commanded: proclaiming his offering

of himself made once for all upon the cross, his mighty resurrection and

glorious ascension, and looking for his coming again, we celebrate, with

this bread and this cup, his one perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins

of the whole world.

Renew us by your Holy Spirit, unite us in the body of your Son, and

bring us with all your people into the joy of your eternal kingdom;

through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom, and in whom, in the

fellowship of the Holy Spirit, we worship you, Father, in songs of never-

ending praise:

All

The Church bell is rung and then silence is kept.

LORD’S PRAYER

Celebrant As our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are confident to pray:

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LATIN TEXT

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona nobis pacem.

PRAYER BOOK TEXT

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us your peace.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD AND INVITATION TO COMMUNION

The Celebrant breaks the Eucharistic Bread and says:

As this broken bread was once many grains,

which have been gathered together and made one bread:

All So may your Church be gathered from the ends of the earth into your

kingdom.

AGNUS DEI SCHUBERT – MASS IN G

Sung by the Choir

Deacon Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Happy are those who are called to his supper.

All Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word,

and I shall be healed.

Baptised Christians from other traditions are welcome to receive Communion. Others are welcome to come forward to receive a blessing.

You are also advised to take any valuables with you to Communion to ensure their security. There are three distribution points for Communion: one at the chancel steps, one in the baptistry, and one at the rear of the gallery.

If you are at the rear of the nave (near the baptistry) please proceed up the central aisle to the baptistry for Communion and return to your pews by the side aisles.

If you are in the gallery, please proceed up the central aisle in the gallery to the rear for Communion, returning to your pews by the side aisles.

We request that people not use the practice of ‘intinction’ at Communion (the practice of dipping the consecrated bread into the consecrated wine) as it increases the possibility of transmitting infection. If you are concerned about use of the common cup, it is acceptable for you to receive Communion in one kind (i.e. the bread only). Gluten-free wafers are available on request. COMMUNION MOTETS

During the Communion, The Choir will sing the following motets:

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OMNES DE SABA VENIENT

Words: Isaiah 60:6 and Psalm 72:10, 11 Music: Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) From: Gradual et Offertorium ad Missam in Epiphania Domini (1604) O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM

Words: Responsory at Matins on Christmas Day

Music: Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)

At the end of the Communion a silence is kept.

POST-COMMUNION PRAYER

The congregation stands as the sacred ministers move to the front of the altar.

Celebrant Bountiful God, at this table you graciously feed us with the bread of life

and the cup of eternal salvation. May we who have reached out our hands

to receive this sacrament be strengthened in your service; we who have

sung your praises tell of your glory and truth in our lives; we who have

seen the greatness of your love see you face to face in your kingdom and

come to worship you with all your saints for ever.

All Father, we offer ourselves to you as a living sacrifice

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Send us out in the power of your Spirit

to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.

NOTICES

Omnes de Saba venient, aurum et thus deferentes, et laudem Domino annuntiantes. Alleluia. Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent. Reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent. Alleluia.

All they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense and showing forth praise to the Lord. Alleluia. The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts: Alleluia.

O great mystery and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord lying in a manger. Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear Christ the Lord. Alleluia!

O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. Alleluia!

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POST-COMMUNION HYMN

I heard the voice of Jesus say, ‘Come unto me and rest; lay down, thou weary one, lay down thy head upon my breast:’ I came to Jesus as I was, weary, and worn, and sad; I found in him a resting-place, and he has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, ‘Behold I freely give the living water, thirsty one; stoop down, and drink, and live:’ I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life-giving stream; my thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, ‘I am this dark world’s Light; Look unto me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright:’ I looked to Jesus, and I found in him my Star, my Sun; and in that light of life I’ll walk till travelling days are done.

Words: Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Music: KINGSFOLD, adapted from an English folk song by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), arr. A. Nelson

BLESSING

Celebrant 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. Amen.

DISMISSAL

Deacon Go in peace to love and serve the Lord:

All In the name of Christ. Amen.

POSTLUDE

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor ‘Dorian’, BWV 538

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PRAYERS FOR HEALING The laying on of hands and anointing with prayers for healing, for yourself or on behalf of others, will be

offered in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit after the service.

Please feel free to sit and listen to the postlude or to leave quietly. You are invited to join us for refreshments in the Crypt and Courtyards

after the service.

APPOINTMENTS

The Rector and Church Wardens are pleased to announce the following appointments:

Director of the St James’ Institute – Christopher Waterhouse. Christopher is a former parishioner at St James’. He has spent the past four and a half years in the UK and is currently on the staff of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He will commence work at St James’ on 23 January.

Communications and Media Manager – Brooke Shelley. Brooke is a long-standing member of the Choir and has a background in music, administration and publicity. She commenced work at St James’ on Monday 9 January.

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PLEASE PRAY FOR:

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for the Diocese of Kyushu (Japan) and the Right Reverend Luke Ken-ichi Muto.

The sick – Immediate: John Wheeler, Bruce, Olive McQuoid, Joyce Ord, Frank McInerney, Peggy Lee, Jenny Pockley, Jean Cooney, Max Watson, Isabelle Cavanough.

In need: Dale Allen, Angelica Stevens, Daniel Bell, Elise Wylie, Anthony Cavanough.

The sick – Long-term: Robin Millhouse, Peter Christian, Gillian Virginie, Faye Green, Helen Lord, Lynda Cox, Daphne Bunce, Jean Lowe, Martha McRae, Peter Meyer, Megan Nelson, Jim Ridley, Rodney Knock, Leigh Knock, Pamela Sapsford, Anahera Chessum, Bob Crundwell, Cherie Sheppard, Fr John Beer, Maddy Ritchie, Candace Waters, The Waters family, Aldine Dallas, Norma Shore, Gabriel Miles, Fr Ken Shillito, Tim Potter, Ray Sharp, Peter Stewart, Marian Pilone, Marion Barton, Neville Harris, Shirley Harris, Steve Bell, Benjamin York, Ariel Roman, Bp Ken Mason, Margaret Bruce, Sue Keats, Ashleigh Lester, Joyce Wiltshire, Paula Ginns, Dorothy van Twest, Judith Chandler, Rhonda Gordon, John Eddy, Fiona Hawke, Barry Shepherd, Phillip, Norma Penglase, Dorothy Picard, Frances Rolfe, Helen Ashley, Hamish Richards, Jean Keppie, Lia Edwards, Billie Brace, Eve Syme, The Rev’d Paul Cooper, June Miller.

Baptism anniversaries: William James Bryks.

The recently departed: Chloe Abbott, Jenny Allen, Joan Goff, Geoff Beeche, Coral Ross, Rasma Voits, Douglas Bruce, Irma Polakova.

Those whose year’s mind falls at this time: Paul Clift, June Fairbairn, Robert Arden, John Bennett, David Lemon, John Kerr, Jakob Cermak-Farry, Nan Balfour, William Morris, Vern Threlkeld, Michael Bunce, Mary Cape, Ivan Roberts, Barbara Josling.

Please note that names of the sick will remain on the ‘Immediate’ list for one month only. If there is a need for a name to remain longer, please ask for it to be placed on the ‘Long Term’ list. All requests should be made to Dianne Ward, the Office Administrator, at office@sjks.org.au.

THE FLOWERS IN THE CHURCH TODAY are in loving memory of

John Robert Kerr

and

Jakob Karel Cermak-Farry grandson of Michael and Margaret Farry

May they rest in peace and rise again in glory.

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FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Franz Schubert’s first major engagement with choral music began when he was 11 years old, when he was admitted as a chorister at the Imperial court chapel in Vienna, a musical institution which continues to this day and which is generally referred to as the Vienna Boys’ Choir. Here he studied composition with the famous Italian composer Antonio Salieri, the Imperial Kapellmeister, and in addition to singing in the Imperial chapel Schubert played the violin in a student orchestra. After his voice broke, he worked for a short time as an assistant teacher at a school run by his father. This work, however, was not congenial to him and by the end of 1816, encouraged by enthusiastic friends who promised financial support, Schubert decided to devote himself

totally to composition - though during the next two years, at his father’s request, he returned briefly to teaching on several occasions, and twice accepted employment as a tutor to children in the Eszterházy family, a Hungarian noble family famous for its support of the composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).

Schubert’s musical development was precocious, as is clear from his composition in 1814 of the Lied (song) ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade‘(Gretchen at the Spinning-wheel) to a text by Germany’s greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). This text formed part of Goethe’s great play‚Faust, Part I, which had been written in 1808. From this point onwards, Schubert’s future as a great composer of vocal music seemed assured. During the previous year of 1813, his first setting of the Latin Mass had been composed: this is his Missa solemnis in F major for large orchestra, choir and soloists. It was premièred in October 1814 at the Schubert family parish church in Lichtental (in the district of Alsergrund in Vienna) where Schubert’s former teacher of voice, organ and figured bass, Michael Holzer, was the director of the choir.

Mass in G major

It is generally presumed that Schubert’s second setting of the Mass, his Mass in G major, was also composed specifically for Holzer; it dates from the following year of 1815, and was similarly premièred at the church at Lichtental shortly after its completion. This second Mass, in contrast to Schubert‘s first setting, is a Missa brevis, scored originally only for a string orchestra, choir, and three soloists. The work is modest in its dimensions and overall technical demands. Homphonic choral writing dominates the score, and the musical material given to the three soloists is non-vituosic in character.

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However, Schubert’s response to the text is more sophisticated and expressive than in his first setting of the Mass, and some of the solo passages have been described as having a folk-like character. The Schubert scholar Hans Jaskulsky has noted that this Mass displays a cyclical unity, which is derived from on its recurring harmonic progressions and prominent use of an ascending melodic line that is later inverted in the Sanctus.

Schubert was eventually to compose six complete settings of the Mass in Latin and of his first four works in the genre (composed between 1813 and 1816) this Mass is G has remained the most popular. Throughout his life Schubert was known for his unorthodox religious views and because of this, he regarded all of his sacred compositions as personal expressions of faith. This personal expression of faith led him to omit the clause ‘Et in unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam eccelsiam’ (and [I believe] in one holy catholic and apostolic church) from all of his settings of the Creed.

The opening section of the Kyrie of the Mass in G begins without any orchestral introduction. Its gentle, appealing and pastoral lyricism sets the tone for the whole Mass. As already noted, most of the choral writing in this work is homophonic in texture. This opening section is repeated with an intensification of the musical material by means of a modulation to the minor key. This acts as a transition into the middle, Christe section, which is written primarily in minor tonality and is scored for soprano solo, with short interjections from the choir. There is a charming, simple transition (over the repeated words ‘Christe’) back to the opening section of the Kyrie, which is then slightly varied on its repetition.

The Gloria begins with an exciting ascending scalar orchestral introduction, followed by a series of emphatic chords. At first both the orchestral and choral motives are dominated by fanfare gestures. This section is majestically conceived in a courtly style, though with telling quieter moments. The movement is through-composed, without any internal subdivisions. The ‘Domine Deus’ section, which follows, is more lyrical in style, as befits the text, and alternates the soprano and bass soloists with the choir in an expressive dialogue. At ‘Quoniam tu solus sanctus’ there is a reprise of the opening musical material, with a consequent return to its extrovert, ceremonial style. Like the Gloria, the Credo is also through-composed, which is even more unusual in Viennese orchestral Masses of this period, given the length of the text the Creed. Similarly unusual is the fact that it begins pianissimo and mysteriously, with the choir singing in chordal harmony over a ‘walking’ bass line written in crotchets. The musicologist Glenn Stanley has observed that this opening section of the movement makes a clear reference to the prisoners’ chorus in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio of 1805, and comments that Schubert throughout his life turned to the world of opera in his search for expressive depth. At ‘Et in unum Dominum’ Schubert varies the texture, by dividing the choir antiphonally, each section singing in unison over the ‘walking’ bass with a counter-melody in the upper strings. This texture, though, is soon abandoned

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for a return to the opening chordal writing. At ‘Qui propter nos homines’ Schubert introduces one of his loveliest melodies in this work, which is extended over several clauses of the text. The ‘Crucifixus’ section is the movement’s dramatic climax; it begins in the key of B minor, with the chordal choral writing being accompanied by the crotchet movement of the opening bass line now taken up by all the strings in unison and played forte. This is the first instance of a forte dynamic in the movement. The ‘Et Resurrexit’, primarily in the key of D major, continues the forte dynamic and is written in a celebratory style. There is a recapitulation of the opening musical material (in the original key of G major) with its accompanying pianissimo dynamic level at the clause ‘Credo in spiritum sanctum Dominum’. The movement ends in its predominantly understated mood, without any further stand-out musical gestures. The Sanctus, though concise, returns to the extrovert style characteristic of much of the Gloria. The opening orchestral introduction employs a striking, ascending, dotted-rhythm figure, which is responded to by a series of forceful, chromatically-coloured chords in the choir. This musical material is continued both orchestrally and chorally in a typically courtly manner. A unison trill in the orchestra leads into the second section, the ‘Hosanna in excelsis’, which contains the first instance of imitative contrapuntal writing in the Mass, and is characterized by strong, lively rhythms.

The Benedictus is the most consistently lyrical and beautiful movement of this work, as is typical of the Viennese orchestral Mass in general. It begins with an extended aria for solo soprano, whose vocal line is ornamented by elegant chromatic inflections, which is then taken up by the bass and accompanied by a decorative counter-melody in the soprano. When the tenor enters, both bass and soprano and bass weave ever more elaborate counter-melodies around the original theme. The transition back to the choral ‘Hosanna’ of the Sanctus is heralded by several decisive orchestral chords. The Agnus Dei begins in the relative minor key, E minor, and is meditative and supplicatory, reflecting the poignant sentiments of the text. The orchestral writing is notable for its expressivity: it alternates solemn rhetorical gestures with sighing appoggiaturas and a tender lyricism. Each of the three petitions of the text is scored initially for a soloist, who is responded to by the choir; the first and third petitions are written for solo soprano, the second for bass. The final soprano solo reaches a moving climax of intensity, and during this prayer the music returns to the tonic key of G major, whose stability is maintained during the final peaceful affirmations sung by the choir. © Robert Forgács, 2017

ORLANDO DI LASSO (1532-1594) – OMNES DE SABA

Orlando di Lasso’s motet Omnes de Saba, scored for two four-part choirs consisting of the usual voice parts of cantus, altus, tenor and bassus, is no doubt a work of the composer’s maturity, written towards the end of his thirty-seven years of service at the court of the Wittelsbach Dukes of Bavaria at Munich. It was only published posthumously, though, in 1604, so the exact date of its composition is unknown. It is a very richly scored, stately and ceremonious work, with a wide ambitus (range) from

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the cantus to the bassus, and magnificently captures musically the visual richness of the Feast of the Epiphany, with its emphasis on divine revelation, exotic eastern riches, royal visitors, and the kingly/divine gifts of gold and incense. It begins, in a scoring for all eight voice parts, with a striking and dramatic step-wise ascending figure in the cantus 2 vocal line, which is imitated simultaneously in the bassus 1 line. This is then immediately imitated by the tenor 1 and altus 2. Antiphonal dialogue between the two choirs soon alternates with scoring for all eight voice parts, while there is an increasing use of smaller note values, short decorative melismas and syncopated rhythms to increase the sense of excitement. Each of the two parallel textual and musical subsections ends with the word alleluia, whose numerous repetitions at different pitch levels create a sense of climax, while the close repetitions of the word ‘munera offerent’ (they will offer gifts) aptly conveys the image of the piling up of the splendid gifts before the Holy Family.

MORTEN LAURIDSEN (b. 1943) – O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM

Morten Laurisden’s motet O Magnum Mysterium was commissioned by the Los Angeles Master Chorale in 1994. The profound impression that it created at its première concert basically launched the now-celebrated composer’s career. It is a slow, meditative work of great, transcendent beauty. Despite the

depth of spirituality evident in the piece, the composer has described it as ‘holiday piece’ which was inspired by the still-life painting by the Spanish Baroque artist Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1644): ‘Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose’ of 1633, shown above. In this work a rich and sonorous harmonic language is combined with carefully moulded vocal lines, which owe their overall shape and delicacy to the contours of Gregorian chant.

© Robert Forgács, 2017

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NOTICES COMING EVENTS AT ST JAMES’ AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS

ST JAMES’ INSTITUTE Here is a foretaste of the 2017 programme: Hermeneutics is the real problem Fr Andrew Sempell -a follow-up to the Rector’s Series of 2016, so of particular relevance to those who attended that series. Thursday 16 February, 6:30pm to 8:00pm St James’ Hall $20/10, includes a light meal.

Lent Studies: The Beatitudes Fr Andrew Sempell, Fr John Stewart, Libby and Ross Hindmarsh, Kumar Rasiah, Julie Sheppard and others - first of three Pilgrim Course series of studies. Begins the week of Monday 27 February and continues for 6 weeks. We are planning to have groups meeting on various days at various times and places. Check the Pewsheet closer to the date for details of a group near you. All groups will use the same material but will be led by a different person. $10 for booklet. Please register for all SJI events either by emailing: registrations@sjks.org.au or by phoning 8227 1305 and leaving a message. Season tickets are now available for 2017 for $170/150 (Conc. for Centrelink pensioners and full-time students only.) Please pay for your season ticket either directly into the church account: (BSB 032 007, A/C 250025, A/C name:

Churchwardens St James’ General Account,

Reference: St James’ Institute Season Ticket); or by cheque made out to St James’ Church General Account but marked on the back: St James’ Institute Season Ticket with your name and address listed; or by phoning Dianne on 8227 1300 and paying by credit card over the phone.

CHOIR EUROPEAN TOUR DVD If you would like to experience some of the joys of the 2016 Choir Tour to Europe, the DVD of the tour with full documentary is

now available for purchase. It contains 13 amazing live performance recordings. Contact the Parish Office on 8227 1300 or office@sjks.org.au to obtain your copy of this Collector’s Edition DVD for $30.

HOLIDAY SERVICE SCHEDULE

Sunday 22 January (Epiphany 3): 7:45am – Holy Eucharist 10:00am – Choral Eucharist with Kids@Church (Orchestral Mass: Zelenka Missa Paschalis) Preacher: Assoc. Prof. Michael Horsburgh AM

Sunday 29 January (Australia Day Sunday): 7:45 am – Holy Eucharist 10:00 am – Choral Eucharist with Kids@Church (Orchestral Mass: Dvořák Mass in D) Preacher: The Rev’d John Deane

Weekday Eucharists will continue in January at 12:30pm on working days, however there will be no service of Choral Evensong until 8 February.

CANTATA SERIES 2017 At the Christmas Cantata on Wednesday 21 December, the Bach@St James’ Cantata series for 2017 was launched. There will be four Sunday afternoon cantatas during the course of 2017, each one commencing at 4:00pm in St James’ Church to match Choral Evensong, which moves to a 4:00pm start in 2017.

The first three cantatas were composed by J.S. Bach, as was the St John Passion, which will be presented by The Choir of St James’ on Friday 7 April at 7:00pm in the City Recital Hall, Angel Place. Bookings online to City Recital Hall at www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/st-john-passion

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NOTICES CONT’D COMING EVENTS AT ST JAMES’ AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS

MORE INFORMATION on the Parish can be found on our website, www.sjks.org.au, including links to our bi-monthly magazine, Parish Connections.

The remaining cantatas are all to be held in St James’ Church, King Street. They are: Sunday 11 June, 4:00pm: JS Bach, BWV 165 - “O heil’ges Geist- und Wasserbad” Sunday 20 August, 4:00pm: JS Bach, BWV 46 - “Schauet doch und sehet” Sunday 8 October, 4:00pm: JS Bach, BWV 114 - “Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost”.

The final occasion for 2017, provisionally on Sunday 10 December at 4:00pm in St James’ Church, King Street features a New Cantata Work for Christmas by an Australian Composer-In-Residence with open rehearsals, talks, and workshops, in addition to music by J.S. Bach.

Unlike most European cities, Sydney has never had a professional Bach Cantata series run in a liturgical venue. We do hope you can join us in this exciting new venture.

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? In response to a request from the Sydney Archbishop to parishes to support a Syrian refugee family, St James’ has decided to become involved. This will mean we will supply about $15,000, help to find housing, give support, as well as provide household goods and food in preparation for the refugees’ arrival. When we consider what we see happening in Syria our contribution is only a small one, but ‘from small things big things grow’. Some people have made contributions already and, if 100 or more people could give $50 each, we would be well on our way to reaching our target. If

you can help, please make your contribution, marked Syrian Refugees Fund, either directly into the church account (BSB 032 007, A/C 250025, Acc. Name:

Churchwardens St James’ General Account,

Reference: Syrian Refugees Fund) or send a cheque, made out to St James’ Church General Account, to the Parish Office or put the money /cheque into an envelope, labelled Syrian Refugees Fund, in the offering plate. Thank you for your ongoing support.

STAMPS Parishioner Jean Lowe is continuing to collect used stamps and trim them, ready to give to the Anglican Board of Mission, which then sells the stamps thereby raising many thousands of dollars annually for ABM’s projects both in Australia and in developing nations. Please pass on your used stamps to Jean, who requests that they be left in the church library in the Crypt.

JARDIN ST JAMES’ The coffee cart/cafe in the grounds of St James’ Church overlooking Queens’ Square re-opens on Monday 16 January.

SAVE THE DATE FOR GERALDINE DOOGUE

A Big Event Fundraiser for St Laurence House will be held on Thursday 23 February 2017, 6.30pm, at St Paul’s College, Sydney University. Join us for an address by Geraldine Doogue, ABC broadcaster and presenter, cocktails and more. Tickets and more details soon.

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SUPPORTING MUSIC AT ST JAMES’ CHURCH Today you have had the rare opportunity to hear some splendid music within the

liturgical setting for which it was written. We are most fortunate to be able to

experience this music, and it gives a tangible expression to the hard work and talent

brought together in the St James’ Music ministry team and to which the Parish is

committed.

I take this opportunity to thank all those who have made this possible, especially the

Head of Music Warren Trevelyan-Jones, Organist Alistair Nelson, Organ Scholar Titus

Grenyer, the choristers and instrumentalists. We also thank the many financial

supporters of the Orchestral Masses, the Friends of Music at St James’, and the St

James’ Music Foundation. We need your ongoing financial support to maintain this

work.

The St James’ Music Foundation

Orchestral Masses. The Music Foundation provides a facility to make tax-deductible

donations for the Masses through the Current Activities Fund. Please use the form

over the page to make donations to the various funds of the St James’ Foundation.

Thank you for your support,

Fr. Andrew Sempell

Rector

Friends of Music at St James’

For only $50 ($10 joining fee and $40 annual subscription), you can become a member of a dynamic

organisation founded to support the music programme of St James’ and its renowned Choir. The

2017 Concert Series will be launched during the final Orchestral Mass.

Become a Friend and enjoy these exclusive benefits in 2017:

20% discount on subscription concert tickets,

reserved preferential seating at concerts,

a regular Friends newsletter,

exclusive Friends-only social events, and

opportunities to become involved “behind the scenes” in the St James’ music programme

Becoming a Friend will help ensure the survival of wonderful events such as the Subscription

Concert Series.

Renew or join now for 2017 membership!

For more information call 8227 1308 or

email: music@sjks.org.au www.fom.org.au

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The St. James’ Foundation Limited

ABN: 64 087 665 192

The St. James’ Building and Property Foundation

ABN 90 665 163 627

The St. James’ Music Foundation

ABN 81 868 929 941

Donation Form for:

The St James' Music Foundation

The St James' Building Foundation

Please draw cheques to the St. James’ Music Foundation or the St. James’ Building

Foundation and forward to:

The Treasurer, 2702 / 5 York Street, Sydney 2000

OR

Direct Bank Transfer (electronic payment) to WBC BSB 032 007 Acc. No.

181314 (please email or post this form for correct receipting and accounting records)

OR

Please debit my Visa or Mastercard

Card Number _______________________________ Expiry Date /20

Signature _______________________________________

Please send me information (to the above address) of how I might include a

bequest for The St. James’ Music Foundation or The St. James’ Building

Foundation in my will.

All donations to the St. James’ Music Foundation over $2.00 are tax

deductible.

Unit 2702 / 5 York Street Sydney NSW 2000 Email: smithys@iinet.net.au www.stjameskingstreetmusicfoundation.com.au

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Directors

Bishop Richard Hurford OAM

(Chairman)

Graham Smith

(CEO)

Daniel Ferguson JP

Robert Cameron JP

Greg West CA

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THE ST JAMES’ FOUNDATION

The St James’ Foundation Ltd. manages two charitable trusts that assist the Parish of St James with its music ministry and the maintenance and preservation of the Church building. The St James’ Foundation is independent of parish control.

The St James’ Music Foundation

The Music Foundation provides financial assistance to the Parish to enable production and performance of:

a. Sacred and secular music with a particular focus on choral and pipe organ music,

b. Sacred and secular dramatic works and artistic performances, and

c. Sacred and secular performances of dance and movement, at or in association with the Parish of St James.

The Music Foundation allows two kinds of donations; those toward current expenditure and those toward capital. Donations toward Current Activities Fund are intended for immediate use. This is the way that people support the Orchestral Masses and other projects. Donations to the capital are invested and the income distributed to the Parish. Donations to the Music Foundation are tax deductible.

St James’ Church Building and Property Foundation

The Building Foundation provides financial assistance to the Parish for: a. The restoration, preservation, maintenance, improvement, enhancement and

upkeep of the church building, its fixtures, fittings and ornaments, and b. The preservation, protection, maintenance, improvement and enhancement of

any property which the Trustee determines is or could be trust property of St James’.

The Building Foundation is principally a capital fund, the income of which is distributed to the Parish. Donations to the Building are not tax-deductible.

Donations and Bequests

These two foundations are vital for the ongoing ministry of the Parish. You are therefore encouraged to consider making either a donation or bequest to them. A brochure giving details of how to do this is available in the Baptistry or in the Parish Office.

The Right Reverend Richard Hurford OAM Chairman

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Please consider paying your offering directly into the church account. Details are: BSB 032 007, A/C 250025, Churchwardens St James’ Gen. A/C. Offering cards are available from the office if you use direct debit.

Please send any notices for inclusion in the Parish News to the office by Tuesday morning.

PARISH OF ST JAMES, KING STREET

Office: Level 1, 169-171 Phillip St, Sydney NSW 2000

Telephone: 8227 1300 Fax: 9232 4182 E-mail: office@sjks.org.au

Rector: The Reverend Andrew Sempell E: rector@sjks.org.au T: 8227 1303 (mobile 0419 018 225)

Associate Rector: The Reverend John Stewart E: john.stewart@sjks.org.au T: 8227 1304 (AH 9410 3077) [On leave: 6–17 January inclusive.]

Acting Director of the St James’ Institute: Sue Mackenzie E: institute@sjks.org.au T: 8227 1305 (mobile 0404 070 737) [On leave: 13–22 January inclusive.]

Wardens: John Dakin, Kumar Rasiah and Michael Robinson. E: warden1@sjks.org.au

Website: www.sjks.org.au

PARISH MINISTRIES

GUILD OF ST RAPHAEL HEALING EUCHARIST

Next meeting Tuesday 7 Feb., 6:15pm

MOTHERS’ UNION

Next meeting Wednesday 1 Feb., 10:30am

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Tuesday group resumes 31 January. Wednesday group resumes 1 February. Friday group resumes 3 February.

WORSHIP Tuesday to Friday 12:30pm, Holy Eucharist

Wednesday Choral Evensong is in recess until 8 February.

Sunday Choral Evensong in 2017 will begin at 4:00pm on the last Sunday of each month, from February to November.

LUNCHTIME CONCERT Wednesday 18 January 1:15pm Consort 8

NEXT SUNDAY

22 JANUARY 2017

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY (GREEN)

PREACHER ASSOC. PROF. MICHAEL HORSBURGH AM

DIOCESAN READER

7:45AM SAID EUCHARIST

10:00AM CHORAL EUCHARIST WITH KIDS@CHURCH (ORCHESTRAL MASS II)

SUNG BY THE CHOIR OF ST JAMES’ SETTING: ZELENKA – MISSA PASCHALIS

MOTETS: VICTORIA – REGINA CAELI, LAETARE

HANDEL – ZADOK, THE PRIEST