Our parish’s patron is

St Paul the Apostle, one

of the early Church’s

missionary leaders.

A dynamic preacher, he

visited communities

located around the

Mediterranean Sea and in

Asia Minor proclaiming

the good news of the

death and resurrection of

Jesus Christ.

In his first letter to the

Church at Corinth, Paul

tells how he handed on

the tradition of the Last

Supper to them and it is

this sacred meal that we

share which makes us one

with Jesus and with the

Church, both living and

departed, today.

W ELCOME TO ST PAUL’S. We are

glad that you have come to

worship God with us today. If

you are a visitor from another parish, or

worshipping with us for the first time,

please introduce yourself to our parish

priest, Fr James Collins, or to anyone

wearing a name badge, over a cup of tea or

coffee in the parish hall after the service.

You’ll find it behind the church.

Sung Eucharist – 8.00am

Choral Eucharist – 9.30am

Vespers – 4.00pm (at the Chapel of the

Good Shepherd, Cardinal Freeman

Village, Ashfield)

A rite for the lighting of the 4

Advent wreath

Thank you everyone at St Paul’s 6

Advent Gift Tree here next week 7

Roll up your sleeves … 10

Join us for a special supper 10

Large print copies of the pew sheet are

available from the sidespeople at the

back of the church.

Name badges help make St Paul’s an

inclusive community. If you need a new

name badge, fill in the form on the

inside back cover, send it to the parish

office, and one will be made and left in

church for you.

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Toilets are available at the entrance to

the parish hall, which is located behind

the church.

A first aid kit is located on the wall of

the kitchen in the Large Hall behind

the church.

Ask a member of the clergy or anyone

who’s wearing a name badge. We’re

here to help.

As you take your place in your pew,

please make yourself aware of the route

to the nearest emergency exit. Should

there be a fire, leave quickly, turn right,

and assemble by the roundabout on

Burwood Road.

People needing wheelchair access can

enter St Paul’s most conveniently by the

door at the base of the belltower.

Please turn your mobile phone off or on

to silent before the service starts. It’ll

save you much embarrassment later on.

Kids are welcome in church at any

service. There is a selection of

children’s books and toys at the back of

the church near the font and there are

also kids’ activity sheets and pencils

available at the back of the church on

the pew where the pew sheets and

prayer books are.

During term time Sunday School runs.

Kids are collected from by the font the

back of the church at the beginning of

the 9.30am Eucharist and then they

rejoin us in church before the

Communion.

Please feel free to bring your children to

the altar rail to receive a blessing, or to

receive Communion if they have been

admitted to it.

A friend of mine in the N.T. after reading my articles on grief wrote the

following - ‘My final university unit was on loss and grief and I remember

a saying that went ‘grief is the price we pay for love.’ It also talked about

how we cannot go around the grieving process but must go through the

centre and experience the emotions that go with it in order to healthily

resolve grief otherwise it can result in what is called complicated grief

down the track.’ – Fr John Hawkins

¶ Each Sunday during the singing of the introit hymn, as the choir

go to their places, the servers, lay assistants and priest move to

the advent wreath for the advent wreath liturgy, the hymn pausing

before the last verse.

Priest As we begin the season of Advent, we acknowledge the symbols

of the great mysteries we celebrate at Christmas. From these the

Advent wreath has been made.

All O God you are our eternal Father, you sent your son to bring

us eternal life.

Reader We have the evergreens. These evergreens are the sign of eternal

life. They symbolize the eternal life that Jesus brought to us from

God.

All O God may your life in our souls always increase and grow

stronger. May it always remain in us and may we live in

happiness with you forever.

Reader We bring candles. These candles remind us that Jesus, the light of

the world is coming. He is the light that shows us the way. As

candlelight sheds warmth and beauty all around so does the light

of Jesus fill our lives with love and happiness.

All Come Jesus be our light. May the light of your goodness and

truth shine through us. May it shine through us upon others.

Priest O God, by whose word all things are sanctified, pour forth your

blessing upon this wreath and grant that we who use it may

prepare our hearts for the coming of your son and may we

receive grace from you. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The lighting of the first candle, the candle of hope

Priest Light and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Thanks be to God.

Priest Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Who made heaven and earth.

Priest Come Lord Jesus, light of the world.

All O God help us to prepare for the coming the coming of your

Son. Bring us out of the darkness into light. Bring light to all

who are in darkness and in the shadow of death. Amen.

Reader God told Abraham that through him all nations would be blessed

because he trusted and put his hope in God. The prophets spoke

of the coming of Christ, of how a Saviour would be born, a king in

the line of David. He would rule the world wisely and bless all the

nations. We too believe in God’s promise to send Jesus again to

this world to establish his kingdom upon earth.

¶ A server lights the first candle.

Priest Hope is like a light shining in a dark place. As we look at the light

of this candle we celebrate the hope we have in Jesus Christ.

Let us pray: O Lord, we are waiting. Give us hope and the strength

to turn from our sinful ways. Keep us from the things and people

who cause us to turn our backs on you. Help always to meet the

needs of others. We ask this of you who lives and reigns forever.

Amen.

¶ The final verse of the hymn is sung immediately after this prayer.

The custom of the Advent wreath has been appropriated into the Anglican

tradition from Protestant middle-European denominations and is, according to

some accounts, a relatively modern innovation from the nineteenth century. In

its current form the wreath consists of four small candles of the liturgical colour

of each Sunday (usually four violet candles or three violet candles and a rose

one) and a large white one. Violet is the colour that the Church employs to

symbolize penitence and suffering and it reminds us that we not only look for

God’s coming into the world as a the Prince of Peace at Christmas (violet also

being the colour of royal and imperial power), but his coming to us to be our

Saviour through his sufferings, and his coming as our judge at the end of time.

Rose is the liturgical colour in the Roman rite for the third Sunday of Advent,

known as Gaudete Sunday from the first Latin word of the day’s opening

scriptural sentence (known as the introit). It means ‘rejoice’. The third Sunday

of Advent anticipates the joy of the Christmas celebrations, so its colour is a

mixture of Advent violet and Christmas white. The fifth candle in the Advent

wreath, white in colour, the Christ candle, is lit at the Vigil (Midnight) Mass for

Christmas.

Happy birthday to Gillian Taylor

and Mark Meyer who celebrated

their birthdays this week. Many

happy returns and every blessing

to both!

Thank you to everyone who helped

to make our worship of Christ the

King so very special last week.

Zoe’s baptism service was beautiful

and deeply meaningful and a truly

significant occasion. The flowers

were beautiful, the bell ringers

rang wonderfully, and the choir

were in scintillating form.

It was a delight to share worship

with Moya Holle who gave the

parish a beautiful hand-carved

statue of Christ the King in memory

of her husband, Fr John Holle (who

served faithfully and well as the

seventh Rector of St Paul’s), which

now hangs beneath Fr John’s

memorial plaque in the chancel.

A parishioner kindly gave the

beautiful velvet hanging for the

lectern upon which the icon of

Christ the King was placed. This

icon which was given by a

parishioner now hangs in the

priest’s vestry.

Another parishioner generously

gave a beautiful hand-embroidered

corporal with the most delicate and

exquisite lace work.

A parish family gave a very

generous gift of $1,000.00 to the

parish pantry so that we can

continue to care for those who are

in real and desperate need.

Fr John Dubabagi returned to

Papua New Guinea on Wednesday.

We continue to pray for his parish,

Holy Family in Port Moresby.

After our worship we then gathered

for our sumptuous parish

Christmas Lunch. The substantial

meal was wonderfully prepared

and presented and we thank those

who donated goods for the meal.

We especially thank the amazing

team of people who set up the hall,

the equally amazing team who

served in the kitchen, and all who

helped to make it such a special

occasion. Pam, Syd, and Joy

deserve especial thanks for co-

ordinating the whole event.

We are very grateful to Elizabeth

Griffiths for having faithfully

prepared our flower roster over the

past few years. Judith Laurence has

kindly offered to take on this very

significant role and we thank Judith

for her generosity in doing this.

Leaflets with the times for our

beautiful services of Lessons and

Carols and our Christmas services

are available at the back of the

church (and in the pew sheet).

Please take these and invite your

family and friends to come along

to them.

An Advent Gift Tree will be in

church from next Sunday. Gifts to

be distributed by the Exodus

Foundation may be left under the

tree for the next three Sundays.

Please ensure they are labelled

with the age, gender for whom the

gifts are suitable.

Thank you for the wonderfully

generous response in giving

presents for the Exodus Foundation

to distribute. We pray that these

gifts, along with the food that we

have given to the Exodus

Foundation, will be a sign to those

to whom they are given of God’s

love for them and for all people.

We need items to fill the basket

for the Christmas Hamper. This

is always a much sought after

first prize. The basket will be

at the back of the church for

your donations.

Items could include Christmas

puddings, chocolates, nuts, nibbles,

tablecloths, Christmas serviettes,

decorations, anything you would

eat or use at Christmas. These are

just a few suggestions. Tickets are

on sale at $2 each or 3 for $5

Our parish cards are still available

and are beautiful cards to send to

family and friends for Christmas or

for any special occasion.

Thank you to everyone who cares

for our neighbours by donating

food for the parish pantry.

We are currently in need of the

following items: Sun Rice complete

meals, tinned ham and/or corned beef, rice crackers, cup of noodles,

sweet biscuits, tea bags, juice, long life milk, mini Christmas puddings

and single serves of custard.

Please remember to give only what you would like to be given. Thank you.

The mosaics, which everyone is working on, are progressing well.

Everyone is gaining confidence in their skill. Our talented tutor, Susanna

Mills, is so impressed at the progress she has started us working on the

notice board for the foyer of the hall.

Anyone is welcome to join the classes and learn the art of mosaics. You

don’t have to be crafty, just enthusiastic.

Come to either day: Mondays 6.30 – 8.30pm or Wednesdays, 11.00am –

2.00pm (bring your own lunch).

Please bring an ice cream container

for use when cutting the materials and

an old towel. Closed shoes should also

be worn to prevent any possible cuts.

Tea and coffee will be available at

both sessions.

See over

Any enquiries to Pam 97473519 or

email her at

pambrock@hotmail.com

Everyone is welcome. Bring your

friends.

There will a break from workshops

during December, until 15 January

2014.

Susanna Mills writes – It is my

intention to take some of the works

home to progress them further as

and when I get the opportunity

over the festive season.

This period will be a very good

opportunity to do a ‘pre-install’ of

the incomplete mosaic bases,

before they get very heavy when

fully loaded with mosaic tiles and

grout on completion. By doing a

pre-install we will be able to

ascertain the best and safest

method(s) to affix the mosaics to

the Hall wall, and also ensure that

they all fit together and can be

arranged on the available wall

space, as conceptualised.

Dates for 2014:

anuary 2014 –

Wednesday 15 – Workshop for

teenagers;

Wednesday 22 – Workshop for

teenagers; Wednesday 29

February 2014 –

Monday 3; Wednesday 5

Monday 10; Wednesday 12

Monday 17; Wednesday 19

Monday 24; Wednesday 26

March 2014 –

Monday 3; Wednesday 5

Monday 10; Wednesday 12

Monday 17; Wednesday 19

Monday 24; Wednesday 26

Monday 31

April 2014 –

Wednesday April 2

There will a break for the Easter

holidays. By this time, all mosaics

should be near completion.

Susanna can either grout them all,

during the break and return them

for installation, or we can allocate

another 2-4 grouting workshops at

the beginning of May to grout them

all, together. (Grouting is very

messy, and best done outside – but

it’s a fun group activity! See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=t2fmfMBt7Ic and http://

www.youtube.com/watch?

v=bj_zHKm9Kwc

May 2014 – Grouting and

installation – I hope!

– Susanna Mills

LFSD is inviting you to attend Christmas Recitals at St Paul’s next Friday

6th December at 7.30pm and Saturday 7th December at 1.00pm. If

you would like to attend, the parish office still has tickets to give away.

On Sunday 15 December, we will welcome all of our toddlers, children,

and youths, along with their families, to give them gifts from the Parish as

a sign of our love and care for them all.

On Saturday 21 December from 10.00 am until midday we will gather

at St Paul’s to dust, polish, and clean the Church and to work on the

grounds in readiness for Christmas.

Let’s make the Church and grounds even more beautiful for Christmas.

On Sunday 22 December, after the service of Lessons and Carols at St

Paul’s at 7.00pm, we will have a special supper of mince pies and bubbly

in the hall. Please feel free to come and share in some time of fellowship

together. The draw for the winner of the Christmas hamper will take

place then. If you haven’t already done so, you can even buy a ticket

before the service.

The 73rd annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah will be held in Sydney

Town Hall on Saturday 14 December at 5.00pm and Sunday 15

December at 2.15pm.

Ticket prices this year will be $38 (full price (including Seniors)) and

$33 (children, full-time students and pensioners). Tickets must be

purchased from the City Recital Hall

box office on line, by telephone or in person. Please note that this year

those booking online will be able to see a plan of the Town Hall and be

able to choose the actual seats they want.

For further information on tickets and ticketing, please contact the City

recital hall on (02) 8256 2222

Today is the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the Church Year. It

is a time for reflection and repentance as we prepare for the coming of

our Lord. The altar is decked in purple and this morning we lit the first

purple candle of the Advent Wreath symbolising our ‘Hope’ in the

coming of the baby Jesus. Next Sunday we will light the second purple

candle symbolising God’s love. The third candle is pink/rose coloured

for Joy. On the fourth and last Sunday of Advent the final purple candle is

lit. There is only one remaining candle, the white one in the centre

representing the arrival of the baby Jesus which is lit at the first

Christmas service.

Advent Activities Box – This year as

part of the preparation for the coming of

the baby Jesus we have put together

some activities packs suitable for

children to use to work their way

through Advent. There are games and

puzzles, colouring and readings, prayers

and cards to engage young minds as the

story of the coming of the baby Jesus

unfolds. You are welcome to take a box

and the accompanying work book for

those children that occupy a special

place in your heart. These are located at

the back of the church.

My predecessor was an artist and incredibly creative. She put together

lovely evenings for families with young children on Palm Saturday and

Advent. We made Advent wreathes and bracelets with colored beads for

the days of Holy Week, we painted palms on sugar cookies with green

food coloring for Palm Sunday’s coffee hour. We spent time in community

with each other and explored our spirituality with our little ones. We

loved these events.

So of course when I took over I went forward with these same events,

searching out and planning wonderful crafts and activities. And at my

second Palm Saturday event, something went horribly awry. Parents sent

their kids to my carefully laid out tables to do the activities themselves

while they, the parents, stood around drinking Starbucks and chatting.

They would not engage. When I gently pushed, they said they were

exhausted; they’d been with their kids all day, shopping, getting to and

cheering at soccer games and piano recitals, and they were just done.

I was disappointed. How could they not want what I had to offer them?

How dare they not want what I wanted them to want? And of course in

about three minutes I knew right there was my problem. I am not here to

tell my families what to want; I’m

here to meet them where they are

and find out what they need.

For the last three years, we’ve

offered a children’s Advent

workshop on the same evening as

our Lessons and Carols service.

We all join together for a simple

supper and fellowship, then

parents are free to go to the

service while my wonderful

volunteers and I spend time

exploring the season with the

children. St Nicholas inevitably learns what we’re about and leaves candy

canes in the children’s shoes in the vestibule. We end the evening with a

story, hot cocoa, and cookies. Parents return from the service spiritually

refreshed and ready to enter some quiet contemplative vespers with

their kids. A few parents have even asked me, in hushed whispers, if they

might sneak away for a much needed dinner together. This, in the

moment, is what will feed them both physically and spiritually.

This year our parish is not doing a Lessons and Carols service for a

variety of reasons, but I wanted to move forward with our little Advent

event. So the questions once again become, ‘Where are they? Where do I

need to meet them?’

Well I am the most fortunate Christian educator in the nation because I

have Helen Barron of Candlepress right here. She offers advice,

encouragement, support, ideas, and the occasional dust-off when

something flops. And our idea for this year’s event will NOT flop, because

we’re offering a trinity of events:

Saturday evening, parents and children join us for our Advent Workshop:

take-and-make crafts, ideas, prayer and reflection stations, and baking a

gift for our neighbors. Everyone can choose as many or as few stations as

they wish; take one of each or take none at all.

THEN, with the help and energy of our wonderful youth group, we’re

offering a Parents’ Night Out. We will feed the kids, play some games,

then get them into PJs and wind down with some favorite Christmas

videos and stories. Parents have a free evening out.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE …once parents of younger children have

taken their sleepy little ones away, the Youth Group will stay for that Lock-

In they’ve been requesting. Their reward for the many services they offer

the parish, for their hard work at school and in everything they do, for

their commitment to outreach and each other, and for generally being

great young people.

Something for everyone. Nourishment for spirits of all ages. Perhaps not

the quiet and contemplative Advent event I thought I should offer (and,

subsequently, that they should want), but what they actually need, want,

and will appreciate.

I teach that our communion is sacred, that being in community and

relationship with one another is holy. Meeting each other where we are,

and finding ways to help each other fill our wells; that’s what this family

ministry is all about.

Thanks be to God.

One of my least favorite things about working on a magazine or a writing

story for my job at Trinity is waiting. Waiting on writers to send me their

articles, waiting on people to return my calls, sometimes waiting for

inspiration to hit. I’d rather do it all myself, quietly and steadily working

in my office until the work is done.

Of course, this isn’t possible. My job (and probably yours, too), often

reminds me that I am not in control.

Perhaps this is one of the messages of Advent, when we wait expectantly

for Christmas and God to break into our lives again: that relationships are

ultimately somewhat wild things, not completely tame, not totally ours to

control, because they involve other people.

Churches, especially, are unruly creatures. A church, where so much is

done by volunteers, is a place where we include people not because they

are effective at getting things done to our specifications but because they

are human beings. People who are busy, and may not get things to us on

time, may not always respond to our emails or show up at church when

we’d like them to.

So we wait, like we wait on God, like we wait on inspiration and healing

and clarity and opportunity. We do what we can and when we feel

frustrated or like things are getting a little out of hand we breathe

deeply and pray. Fortunately, we don’t have to wait on love, or hope,

and these are the things that sustain us while we wait. Well, that, and a lot

of patience.

Isaiah 2.1-5; Psalm 122;

Romans 13.9-14; Matthew 24.36-44

Isaiah saw earth cast in shimmering silhouettes of

peace. We have not yet seen it. Wars dressed up in

false religion spout darkness and violence and make

us tremble. Torture is justified with forked tongues.

Today’s question: Why do we think that buttons of destruction

pressed far away guarantee anonymity?

Prayer: Prince of Peace, refresh our hearts and minds with your

example and teaching.

Give thanks for the work and witness of the Episcopal Church of

Jerusalem and the Middle East (Algeria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Djibouti,

Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait,

Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia,

the United Arab Emirates and Yemen)

Text: Bishop Arthur Jones, Rector, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,

Forbes Park, Metro Manila © Anglican Board of Mission, 2013

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Pray for the Anglican Church –

for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury;

Phillip, Primate of Australia; Glenn,

Archbishop of Sydney; Robert, our

Regional Bishop; and for all the

bishops, priests, deacons and

Religious of the Anglican Communion.

In the Anglican Cycle of Prayer we

are asked to pray today for the

Diocese of West Virginia - (Province

III, the Episcopal Church), for its bish-

op, the Rt Revd Willam Klusmeyer and

for all his clergy and people.

Pray for Fr James, and for all the

clergy in the parish as well as for

their spouses. May God bless them

and their ministries and may we

support them as they work among us

in Christ’s name.

Pray for St Paul’s: God of mercy,

strengthen us to help shape a parish

where diversity is a source of

enrichment, compassion is common,

life’s poetry realized, suffering

lightened through sharing, justice

attended, joy pervasive, hope lived,

the hum of the universe heard, and

together with you and each other we

build what is beautiful, true, worthy of

your generosity to us, an echo of your

kingdom. Amen. (Ted Loder)

Heavenly Father, enable this church to

do your will. Make it vulnerable that it

may speak with calm humility. Make it

outward looking that it may care

deeply. Make it a community of

peacemakers and bridge builders. In

the midst of turbulence let the church

make space for the hearing of your

still small voice. (Author unknown)

Pray for the Church’s mission:

Lord Jesus Christ, you stretched out

your arms of love on the hard wood of

the cross that everyone might come

within the reach of your saving em-

brace: So clothe us in your Spirit that

we, reaching forth our hands in love,

may bring those who do not know you

to the knowledge and love of you; for

the honour of your name. Amen.

(Author unknown)

Pray for our Sunday School:

The Lord said, ‘Let the little children

come to me and do not forbid them

for such is the kingdom of heaven’.

Bless, Lord, your children who now

stand before you in prayer. Help them

to understand the depth of

your love.

We pray also for all the teachers of

our Sunday School. May our teachers

be enabled to teach and train your

children and help them to grow

spiritually.

O Lord, bless our Sunday School and

all its future endeavours, that through

it we may glorify you with your Father

and the Holy Spirit, now, always and

forever. Amen.

Pray for peace: Lead me from death

to life, from falsehood to truth; lead

me from despair to hope, from fear to

trust; lead me from hate to love, from

war to peace.

Let peace fill our hearts, our world,

our universe.

Pray for all in need. Today we pray

for all those who are lost or isolated,

those who have no one to care for

them. Help us Lord to seek them out

and make them feel part of your

Church.

Pray for the sick and their carers:

Nidhal Abdulmasseh; Barry Brandy;

Evelyn Byron;(Sir) John Carrick;

(Lady) Angela Carrick; Chris;Yvonne

Clarke; Beverley Collins; Hilary

Davies; Majorie Davies; Canon Peter

Davies; Leah Delacruz; Aileen

Devenish; Dave Ernest; Jean Fuller;

Ginybuwa; Joyce Gorman; Greg; Fr

Brian Harker; George Harvey; Mary

Harvey; Lakoa Katalake; Josephine

Licciardello; Gaye Mackie; Sandra

Macleod-Miller; Bruce May; Ian

Murray; Tas Murray; Susan Oddie;

Pippa Oddie; Ron O’Mally; Alister

Palmer; Bettie Purton; Deidre Reid;

Heather Robbins-Hayllar; Jenny

Rorich; Julie Scott; Patricia Sedgman;

Shannon; Marguerite Sheffield; Steph-

anie; Mike Wall; Lynne West; Megan

West; Valma Woolfrey

In love and charity remember the

recently departed, among them Su-

san Kelly, Andrew (Stephanie’s Broth-

er from N.T.), that God grant them a

place of refreshment, light and peace.

Pray, too, for Desmond Jackson, Elsie

Miller, Tony Schoer, William Fawbert

and Phyllis Lockwood and for any

others whose year’s mind falls around

this time. May they be numbered

among the saints, following the Lamb

wherever he goes!

Phone 9747 4327

Fax 9747 0513

Post PO Box 530, Burwood, NSW 1805

Website www.stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Rector Fr James Collins

rector@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Office Secretary Mrs Caroline Badra

(9.30am to 2.30pm, Tuesday to Friday)

office@stpaulsburwood.anglican.asn.au

Lay Minister Ms Rosemary King

Rector’s Warden Mr Alan Melrose – 9799 2891

People’s Wardens Mrs Elizabeth Griffiths – 8033 3113

Mrs Pam Brock – 9747 3619

Priests in the Parish Fr John Hawkins, Fr Jim Pettigrew

Director of Music Mrs Sheryl Southwood

Organist Mr Edwin Taylor

Morning Prayer will be held in the side chapel Monday – Friday at 7.30am this

week.

A Eucharist with prayers for healing will be held in the side chapel on

Wednesday at 10.30am.

Commemorations noted by the lectionary this week –

Monday 2 December – Frances Perry, founder of the Royal Women’s

Hospital Melbourne

Tuesday 3 December – Francis Xavier, priest and missionary (1506-1552)

Wednesday 4 December – Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, man of prayer

(d.1637)

Friday 6 December – Nicholas of Myra, bishop and philanthropist (d.c.342)

Saturday 7 December – Ambrose of Milan, bishop and teacher (d.398)