PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD

A Prayer Book for Australia - The Second Order of The Holy Communion

PLEASE BE QUIET AND REVERENT BEFORE THE LITURGY

LITURGY OF THE PALMS

The people assemble in the churchyard and the palm crosses are distributed. Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Blessed be God’s Kingdom, now and for ever.

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

The priest explains the significance of the Liturgy and prays God’s blessing of the palm crosses.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Luke Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

For the Gospel of our Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ. (Luke 19.28-40)

PROCESSION OF CHRIST THE KING

Hymn -TIS 333

PRAYER OF THE DAY

Everlasting God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son to take our human form, and to suffer death upon the cross: in your mercy enable us to share in his obedience to your will and in the glorious victory of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

2

2

LITURGY OF THE WORD Please sit A Reading from the Book of Isaiah

The Servant’s Humiliation and Vindication The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens— wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backwards. I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting. The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who are my adversaries? Let them confront me. It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up. (Isaiah 50.4-9a) For the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

9 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.

10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction,[a] and my bones grow weak.

11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.

12 I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.

13 For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!”

Palm, Passion Sunday-”Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD!” The psalmist’s words in Psalm 118.26 set the scene for our entrance into the events of Holy Week. Today on Psalm Sunday we, too, shout our praises. Later, Jesus will move beyond the jubilant crowds toward the true revelation of his identity and purpose on the cross. And we will follow, quieting our voices as we enter into the passion of our God.

3

3

They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

14 But I trust in you, Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.

16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

17 Let me not be put to shame, Lord, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.

18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous. (Psalm 31.9-18)

A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Philippians Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. ( Philippians 2.5-11) For the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Hymn -TIS 348 Please stand

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

Christ became obedient for us even to death, dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above all other names.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

4

4

The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ

the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Glory to you Lord Jesus Christ.

(Luke 23.1-49)

For the Gospel of our Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

GREETING OF PEACE Please stand

We are the body of Christ. His Spirit is with us.

The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

Hymn TIS 536

OFFERTORY Please sit

The gifts of the people are brought to the Altar.

GREAT THANKSGIVING Please Stand

The Lord be with you. `

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

The priest continues with the Proper Preface for Holy Week.

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. Please kneel

.....................in remembrance of me.’

Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

...................never-ending praise:

Blessing and honour and glory and power are yours for ever and ever. Amen.

5

5

THE LORD’S PRAYER

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

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD

We break this bread to share in the body of Christ. We who are many are one body.

For we all share in the one bread.

AGNUS DEI

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, Have mercy on us. Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, Have mercy on us. Have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, Grant us peace. Grant us peace.

COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

THE SENDING OUT OF GOD’S PEOPLE Page 143 Please Stand

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.

NOTICES

HYMN TIS 231 Please Sit

BLESSING OF THE PEOPLE

Christ the true King of all, lead you into all truth. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. In the name of Christ. Amen

Copyright 1995. The Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation. From the text of ‘A Prayer Book for Australia’, published under

the imprint of Broughton Books. Reproduced with permission. Scripture quotations are from Holy Bible: The New Revised Standard Version©

1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Published by Thomas

Nelson, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved

6

6

Dear Friends,

The important liturgical time of Holy Week approaches, when we remember

Christ’s Passion and Death. We walk in Christ’s footsteps, remembering his last days on

earth in human form as one of us. We reflect upon his suffering and death, and our

own suffering and forthcoming death. We see in Christ a God who knows our suffering

and our weakness, is with us in it, and is delivering us from it. We know now that

death will not have the final word, and that eternal life is the gift offered to all. We

look forward to the great feast of Easter, which goes for 40 days, when we celebrate

Christ’s resurrection. The Christ we now worship is the risen, ascended and glorified

one who is Lord of the Universe and Creator of all.

The two crucial liturgical recognitions for Christians at this season are Good

Friday and Easter Day. We must go through the ‘death’ of Good Friday with

Christ to fully share in his Easter Resurrection. Maundy Thursday is a time to give

thanks for the sustaining life of the Holy Communion or Lord’s Supper or Eucharist

as this gift to us is known. At this service we remember Christ’s example of washing

the feet of his disciples in a demonstration of service.

The ministry of healing with the laying on of hands and anointing will be offered

from this week at the Wednesday morning Eucharist. The ministry of healing is offered

after the example of Jesus and the apostles. The majority of Jesus' ministry and his

miracles were to do with healing and requests for healing. The outward signs of

the laying on of hands and anointing assure us of the inward work of the Holy Spirit

in granting confidence, peace and healing in the face of physical, emotional or spiritual

dis-ease (lack of peace) or pain. Feel free to invite someone to this service who is suffering.

The Common Cup is essential to unity in Christ. The Diocese of Adelaide consulted

two Professors of Immunology and Epidemiology in regard to researching the safety of

consuming wine from the Common Cup. Their result were that it is safer to sip from

the cup than to shake hands or wipe one’s mouth with your own hand in regard to the

spread of infection. If you are still concerned, taking the bread alone is in itself full Communion.

10.00am Wednesday Eucharist: Holy Communion, and Laying on of Hands

and Anointing.

We now have a parish facebook page called ‘Taree Anglicans.’ Just log on to

your facebook page, type in Taree Anglicans and request a friending. This page

will be a live update of parish news with photos and stories. If you have a photo of

an event, please email to the parish email address with names and details of the

event : stjohn1@westnet.com.au and I will upload it.

Yours in Christ, Fr. Chris.

7

7

ROSTERS FOR ST JOHN’S SUNDAY 27TH MARCH, 2016

USHERS: L Hogarth & J Wellard

READERS: J Burden, J Burden

MORNING TEA: C Rowsell & C Nelson

BRASS ROSTER FOR MARCH: C Rowsell

READINGS FOR WEDNESDAY 23 March 2016

Isaiah 50.4-9a Psalm: 70

Hebrews 12.1-3 Gospel: John 13.21-32

EASTER DAY Acts 10.34-43

Psalm: 118.1-2, 14-24 1Corinthians 15.19-26 Gospel: John 20.1-18

ITS BOX

OPENING

TIME!

March is BCA

Money box month.

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES

Maundy Thursday: 7.30pm St John’s Church, Taree

Good Friday: 9.00am St John’s Church, Taree 10.30am Combined Stations of the Cross with the Catholic parish, beginning at St John’s Church

Easter Day: 7.30am St Mark’s Church, Chatham 9.00am St John’s Church, Taree 9.30am Our Lady of Fatima, Old Bar

Hon. Assistant Priest

The Rev’d Helen Holliday

Will be available in

The parish Sunday, Monday & Friday.

She is unavailable Tuesday, Wednesday

& Thursday.

Please be aware of this When asking

for ministry from her.

Fr. Chris

8

8

This Week in the Parish

MONDAY: 5.30pm Choir Practice

TUESDAY: 2.00pm Plover Street Study Group (6550 5774)

3.00pm Latham Centre Study Group (6552 2494)

WEDNESDAY: 10.00am Holy Eucharist-St John’s Church, Taree

11.00am Emergency Relief Centre-Memorial Hall

MAUNDY THURSDAY: 7.30pm Mass of the Supper of our Lord Watch of Prayer -St John’s Church, Taree

GOOD FRIDAY: 9.00am Liturgy of the Passion of our Lord St John’s Church, Taree

10.30am Combined Stations of the Cross, beginning at St John’s Church, Taree

EASTER DAY: 7.30am Holy Eucharist-St Mark’s Church, Chatham

9.00am Holy Eucharist - St John’s Church, Taree

9.30am Holy Eucharist - Our Lady of Fatima Church,Old Bar

Locum The Reverend Chris Beal 0402 383 246

Hon. Assistant Priest Helen Holliday 0437 911 945 Website: www.tareeanglican.org.au

Email:stjohn1@westnet.com.au