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COME YE AFTER ME AND I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OFMEN.

3415 Redpath Street, Montreal, QC H3G 2G2Tel.: (514) 842-3431 Fax: (514) 842-3433Music Department Tel.: (514) 842-9991info@standrewstpaul.com

The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul was built in 1931-32. Two congregations, St. Andrew’s founded in 1803, and St. Paul’sfounded in 1832, joined together in 1919. This is the Regimental Church of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)of Canada, whose colours hang in the sanctuary. The church organ is a four-manual 1932 Casavant (completely rebuilt in2000) with 112 ranks and 7000 pipes spread over eight divisions, located in the chancel and the gallery.

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The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt......................Minister The Rev. Ian Fraser.........Interim Associate MinisterDr. Jonathan Oldengarm ..............Director of Music Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée.........................Conductor Sharon Dworzak..............Director of Church School, Young Adult and Youth Programs The Rev. J.S.S. Armour .................Minister Emeritus

Dr. Wayne Riddell, C.M..Director of Music EmeritusMichael Cristofaro...... .....................Clerk of SessionJay Hewlin .......................... Chair, Board of TrusteesSandra Steadman ............................. Office Manager Peter Sabourin (842-7225) ............... Church Officer Susan Knell.................................................Secretary

The Knitters for Neechewagon will meet on Wednesday, December 5, at 2:00 p.m. in the Kirk Session Room. The Kirk Session will meet on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Stewardship Moment: Each if you should use whatever gift you have to serve others, as faithful Stewards of God’s Grace in its various forms (1 Peter 4:10) A Moment to Lead With Care: An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. –Ralph Waldo Emerson Your offering envelopes for 2019 are available in the Memorial Tower today. If you would like a box of offering envelopes for 2019 please contact the Church Office at 514-842-3431. All boxes that are not claimed will be available in the office for pick-up.

Watch Us on YouTube Are you a visitor here at The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul? Did you know that we livestream our worship services and choral events? Why not subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you can join us all year long from where ever you are? We also keep a full archive of recordings that you can enjoy at any time. Just go to YouTube.com/standrewstpaul and click on Subscribe. For more info, please contact communications@standrewstpaul.com. RAINBOW COMMUNION: a special LGBTQI listening committee of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. This committee is meant to be a confidential, safe, affirming and respectful space created for people to share their experiences, hurtful and restorative. Contact: 1-800-619-7301 ext. 300, rainbowcommunion@gmail.com, R. Communion, P.O. Box 40113, Waterloo Square, Waterloo, ON, N2J 4V1.

WELCOME - BIENVENUE ADVENT I

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2018, 11:00 a.m.

The congregation is asked to please remain

silent during the prelude as a time of prayer and meditation.

PRELUDE:....................................................Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 & 660

ENTRY OF THE BIBLE *PROCESSIONAL HYMN: 116 ........VENI EMMANUEL “O come, O come Emmanuel” The congregation will rise on the last line of the organ introduction to the hymn.

*CALL TO WORSHIP PRAYERS OF ADORATION, CONFESSION,SUPPLICATION and THE LORD’S PRAYER GREETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIGHTING OF THE FIRST ADVENT CANDLE: Candle of Hope The first Advent candle will be lit by Luca and Nico Cristofaro with their parents Michael and Bobbie. INTROIT:........................................arr. Schlenker Of the Father’s Love Begotten FIRST LESSON: 1 Thessalonians 3: 9-13 *METRICAL PSALM: 18..........MARTYRDOM “As pants the hart” SECOND LESSON: Luke 21: 25-36 Our lessons this morning are read by Mr. Ronald Munro Ferguson, St. Andrew’s Society.

OFFERTORY ANTHEM….........................................................................Arnesen Little Lamb *PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below: Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING, INTERCESSIONAND COMMEMORATION………..........…...........…..............…Choral “Amen” *HYMN: 114………………................................................................HYFRYDOL “Come, Thou long-expected Jesus”

SERMON..…………….............................................The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt “Balancing on Tiptoe” PRAYER OF QUIET REFLECTION

*RECESSIONAL HYMN: 228.........................................................HELMSLEY “Lo! He comes with clouds descending”

BENEDICTION………………..………................................……Choral “Amen”

SILENT PRAYER *REMOVAL OF THE BIBLE

POSTLUDE:….................................................................................................Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 *Indicates Congregation standing if able. * * *

The flowers in the Sanctuary today are in loving memory of Kirwan Martin.

Join us in worship at 11:00 a.m. Advent II

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Sermon by The Rev. Ian Fraser “Running Out of Time”

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WELCOME to The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. If you are a first-time worshipper here please sign our Welcome Book in the Narthex and make yourself known to us. There are envelopes in the hymn books for those who wish to know more about our church and its activities.

ELDERS ON DUTY: Miss Judy MowatUSHERS: Mr. Francis Donoso, Mrs. Beverley Hutchinson, Mr. Ralph Loader, Mrs. Judy Loader, Mrs. Rhonda McClure, Ms. Kathy Parks The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul welcomes Mr. Ronald Munro Ferguson and his wife Mrs. Erica Munro Ferguson to the service this morning. Mr. Munro Ferguson is the 15th hereditary laird of Novar and is a member of the Northern Meeting, a Highland society founded in 1788. Coffee and Conversation will not be held this week.

Our Church School: There will be no Church School classes today as we prepare for this afternoon’s Pageant. However, the supervised Crèche remains open during the church service for babies through 18 months old. Please ask one of the ushers to direct you to the Crèche if you are a first time worshipper. Regular Church School classes will resume next Sunday. The A&P Youth Group welcomes all young people from grades 6 through high school to join their friendly, energetic group. Please contact Sharon Dworzak for information at 450-689-4379, or email grammy.shani@icloud.com. Young Adult Group: All CEGEP and University Students are invited to join us for an early dinner on December 16, before the Carols by Candlelight Ser-vice. Jonathan Oldengarm will be giving a short presentation on the A&P Choir at 4:45pm, after which we will enjoy dinner together in the Iona Room at ap-proximately 5:00 p.m. After dinner, Louis Buckett will be giving a Church Tour for visiting students, following which, we will attend the Carols by Candlelight Service together. Please RSVP Sharon at youngadults@standrewstpaul.com or phone 514-755-0313. Parking: Paving of the Porte Cochère semicircle is delayed until May 2019.The early winter weather solidly froze the ground, so asphalt surfacing is not possible until May, similar to work on the new Champlain Bridge. Pedestrians should walk only on the sidewalk, which will be kept cleared and de-iced. We should look forward to June, and our newly-paved surface!Thanking you for your continuing patience.Frank PhilpottDirector of Property

Seeking Aliveness - A New Path For Our FaithTuesday, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact The Rev. Ian Fraser at ian.fraser@standrewstpaul.com.

Music in Worship: First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2018 Introit: Of the Father’s Love BegottenCorde natus ex parentis, arr. Terry Schlenker (b. 1957)

Of the Father’s love begotten Ere the world began to be, He is Alpha and Omega; He the source, the ending He, Of the things that are, that have been, And that future years shall see Evermore and evermore!

O that birth forever blessed, When the virgin, full of grace, By the Holy Ghost conceiving, Bare the Savior of our race; And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer, First revealed His sacred face,Evermore and evermore!

This is He who seers in old time Chanted of with one accordWhom the voices of the prophets Promised in their faithful word;Now He shines, the long-expected; Let creation praise its Lord, Evermore and evermore.

O ye heights of heaven adore Him, Angel hosts, His praises sing,Pow’rs, dominions, bow before Him, And extol our God and King; Let no tongue on earth be silent, Ev’ry voice in concert ringEvermore and evermore!

Christ, to Thee with God the Father And, O Holy Ghost, to Thee,Hymn and chant and high thanksgiving And unwearied praises be: Honor, glory, and dominion, And eternal victoryEvermore and evermore!

-Marcus Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (348-413 A.D.) Anthem: The LambKim André Arnesen (b. 1980)

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee, Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee!He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child: I a child and thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little Lamb, God bless thee. Little Lamb, God bless thee.

-William Blake (1757-1827)

About this morning’s choral and organ music…J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a busy man: in addition to composing and perform-ing, he was responsible for music in Leipzig’s four churches, and for teaching at the St. Thomas Choir School. Any composition that he troubled to rework during his career thus merits our careful attention. This is the case with his settings of

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 & 660, taken from the so-called “Leipzig Chorales”. Bach wrote early versions of the pieces in Weimar, and reworked them near the end of his life in Leipzig. The first setting, with its me-andering, serpentine bass line, evokes the 17th-c. motet style, in which the lower voices enter imitatively, and provide an accompanimental tapestry for the florid soprano voice, which sings the chorale melody. The world’s restless yearning for the Saviour pervades the entire movement. In BWV 660, two bass voices wrestle in imitation before the melody enters, once again, in the soprano. The typical ba-roque trio, in which two florid voices sing above a steadying bass line, is turned on its head, in a metaphor for the Saviour’s redeeming descent to earth. Of the Father’s Love Begotten is an ancient hymn of the church written by Prudentius, a Spanish magistrate who came to the faith later in life, and whose works were among the most widely read in the Middle Ages. Terry Schlenker’s setting keeps the ancient, mystical atmosphere of the old Gregorian melody intact, by using parallel organum-like harmonies, drones, and free-flowing mixed metres. William Blake’s “The Lamb” is excerpted from his “Songs of Innocence”, and tenderly presents the well-known image of Christ as the Lamb of God. Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen underscores the naïve aspects of Blake’s language through a simple chordal setting. -JO Next in music at St. Andrew and St. Paul...

Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m.: 39th CBC Christmas Sing-In. Our choir is joined by a brass and percussion ensemble. Directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Oldengarm. For further information, please call CBC at 514-597-7598.

Sunday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.: 46th Carols by Candlelight. A traditional service of lessons and carols, this solemn, joyous celebration of Christmas in Word and music is one of the many highlights of our church family’s Christmas celebration. Directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Oldengarm. The evening’s freewill offering supports the church’s music ministry.

CBC Christmas Sing-inWith Brass Ensemble

39th Anniversary of the Annual BroadcastThe Choir of The Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul

December 9, 2018 ~ 3:00 p.m. The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul

Redpath Corner Sherbrooke, Métro Guy Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm

Conductor Director of Music

The Christmas Story

The old story, made new once again because of the children.

Today, December 2, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul

A freewill off ering to benefi t “Elisabeth House Foundation”would be appreciated.

A Family Christmas dinner follows the pageant. A freewill donation would be greatly appreciated.

PLEASE RSVP grammy.shani@icloud.com or 450-689-4379 for the dinner.

The Longest NightIn the depths of winter, a service of hope,

comfort and prayer.

For those experiencing loss, and for anyone seeking a time of refl ection and commemoration

amid the Christmas festivities.

Wednesday, December 19, 20186:00 p.m.

ADVENT CHAPEL SERVICES

Join us for midweek worship during the 2018 season of Advent. A Bible discussion takes place at 11:00 a.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Chapel Services are held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Light lunch to follow in the Iona Room for a nominal cost. All are welcome!

December 6 - The Rev. Tim KeenerDecember 13 - The Rev. Ellie HummelDecember 20 - The Rev. Dr. Dale Woods

2018 CHRISTMAS SERVICES

CHILDREN’S PAGEANT: Today, December 2 at 4:30 p.m. followed by a Family Christmas Dinner. See insert in bulletin.

THE CBC CHRISTMAS SING-IN: Sunday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. Our choir is joined by a brass and percussion ensemble, directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Oldengarm. This year’s freewill off ering supports West Island Community Shares. Please see the CBC Christmas Sing-In insert.

WHITE GIFTS SUNDAY: Sunday, December 9, a collection of unwrapped gifts will be accepted for White Gift Sunday for Tyndale St. George’s. If you would like to participate, please bring a small, unwrapped gift that would be suitable for a child of any age.

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT: Sunday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. A tra-ditional service of lessons and carols, this solemn, joyous celebration of Christ-mas in Word and music is one of the many highlights of our church family’s Christmas celebration. Directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Oldengarm. The evening’s freewill off ering supports the church’s music ministry.

THE LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE: Wednesday, December 19 at 6:00 p.m. A service of hope, comfort and prayer in the depths of winter for those experien-cing loss, and for anyone seeking a time for refl ection and commemoration amid the Christmas festivities.

CHRISTMAS FAMILY AND NEW ELDERS RECEPTION: Sunday, December 23, 12:15 p.m in Kildonan Hall.

CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE: Monday, December 24 at 4:00 p.m.

CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Monday, December 24 at 11:00 p.m. The special off ering at this service goes to Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS & D), the overseas relief and development arm of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.