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3415 Redpath Street, Montreal, QC H3G 2G2Tel.: (514) 842-3431 Fax: (514) 842-3433Music Department Tel.: (514) [email protected]
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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WELCOME - BIENVENUE TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAYFebruary 11, 2018, 11:00 a.m.
The congregation is asked to please remain silent during the prelude as a time of
prayer and meditation.
PRELUDE:........................................Stanford Benedictus, from Sonata Britannica ENTRY OF THE BIBLE
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN: 83 .......LOBE DEN HERREN “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
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
INTROIT:…...........................................TallisO Nata Lux
FIRST LESSON: 2 Kings 2: 1-12 *METRICAL PSALM: 48 ..............MIT FREUDEN ZART
“The Lord unto His Christ hath said”
SECOND LESSON: Mark 9: 2-9 Our lessons this morning are read by Mrs. Bobbie Cristofaro.
The Nominating Committee will meet today after the service, 12:30 p.m. in the Minister’s Study. Badminton will be held on Monday, February 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Margarita Medina-Ibanez at 514-538-0831. The Worship and Music Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 13 at 5:30 p.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Stephen Ministry will meet on Tuesday, February 13 at 6:00 p.m. in the Iona Room.
Stewardship Moment: If you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. –Bob Hope (1903 - 2003), comedian Offering Envelopes: If you have not picked up your envelopes, they will be available for pick-up in the office. If you would like giving envelopes for 2018, please contact the office. Leading with Care: As you prepare for this Service, please note the nearest exit from where you are seated. This message from the Leading with Care Committee is part of the Church’s strategy of keeping everyone safe. Open Church Tours: Just a friendly reminder that the Church doors are open from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., on Monday afternoons for visits and tours. The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt......................MinisterThe Rev. Dr. Kay Diviney .............Associate MinisterDr. Jonathan Oldengarm ..............Director of Music Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée.........................Conductor Sharon Dworzak ............Church School CoordinatorThe Rev. J.S.S. Armour .................Minister Emeritus
Dr. Wayne Riddell, C.M..Director of Music EmeritusDonald Walcot...... ............................Clerk of SessionJay Hewlin .......................... Chair, Board of TrusteesTiago Chiavegatti ............................. Office Manager Peter Sabourin (842-7225) ............... Church Officer Susan Knell.................................................Secretary
OFFERTORY ANTHEM...................................................................Britten Antiphon *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: Insert ….............................…....................................PARADOX “You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd“
SERMON…..........................................................The Rev. Dr. Kay Diviney “Coming Down the Mountain” PRAYER OF QUIET REFLECTION
*RECESSIONAL HYMN: 232...............................CRUSADER’S HYMN “Fairest Lord Jesus” *BENEDICTION................................................................Choral “Amen” SILENT PRAYER
*REMOVAL OF THE BIBLE
POSTLUDE:…...............................................................................Stanford Finale, from Sonata Britiannica
*Indicates Congregation standing if able.
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The flowers in the Sanctuary are in loving memory of
The Cockfield Family.
Join us in worship at 11:00 a.m. Lent 1 Holy Communion
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt “The Sound of Silence”
For more information on our services and programmes,
please visit our website: www.standrewstpaul.com.
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Large print bulletins are available on the Narthex tables or from one of our ushers. ELDER-ON-DUTY: Mrs. Ann Birks USHER PORTE-COCHÈRE: Mr. Don KellyUSHERS: Mr. Robert Ayers, Mrs. Joan Blair, Mr. Eoin Douglas, Mrs. Evelyne Jacobson-Ducommun, Mrs. Penny Wilkie, Mrs. Tara Wilkie-McDonald 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.
Our Church School - We invite all children to join us for classes from nursery age through high school. We invite those families with babies to join us in our Crèche. Parents are welcome to remain with their littlest ones in the supervised creche and view the service on the closed-cir-cuit television. Please ask one of the ushers to direct you to the Church School.
The A&P Youth Group welcomes all young people from grades 6 through High School. Please contact Sharon Dworzak for information at 450-689-4379 or email [email protected]. Coffee and Conversation will not be held today. Please join us in Kildonan Hall for the Lunch and Learn! Calling All Students! Our University and CEGEP Student Group will meet today after the service (12:30 p.m.) in the Session Room.
YOUTH LUNCH AND LEARN: After the service in Kildonan Hall, Ms. Aula Sabra will be speaking to the Youth Group and their parents (grade 6 to CEGEP) on how to navigate being a teenager in this age where everything is easily accessible on social media. Ms. Sabra is a project coordinator from the YWCA. She, better than most, understands the stigmas and the difficulties some youth feel to ask questions and is able to offer information
without judgment. She works out of the YWCA Downtown and leads projects in several French and English elementary and high schools throughout Montreal.
Music in Worship: Sunday, February 11, 2018 Feast of the TransfigurationIntroit: O nata lux (Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-1585)O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, dignare clemens supplicum laudes precesque sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi dignatus es pro perditis, nos membra confer effici tui beati corporis. O light born of light, Jesus, Saviour of the ages, mercifully deign to receive the praises and prayers of your suppliants. You who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the lost, bring us together to be made parts of your blessed body.
--10th century Office hymn at Lauds on the Feast of the Transfiguration.
Anthem: Antiphon (Benjamin Britten, 1913-76)Praised be the God of Love, Here below and here above, Who hath dealt his mercies so To his friend and to his foe: That both grace and glory tend Us of old and us in th’end. The great shepherd of the fold Us did make for us was sold. He our foes in pieces brake, Him we touch and Him we take. Wherefore since that he is such, We adore and we do crouch. Lord, thy praises should be more, We have none and we no store. Praised be the God alone, Who hath made of two folds one.
--George Herbert (1593-1633)
About this morning's choral and organ music...One of England’s greatest composers, Thomas Tallis was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and together with his student William Byrd, held a 21-year royal monopoly on music publishing in the country. In O nata lux, Tallis sets the text office hymn for ancient monastic hour of Lauds at the Feast of the Transfigura-tion. The setting is simple and largely homophonic, bringing the words to the fore. Near the close, we hear a so-called “cross-relation”: an ascending line’s C sharp is sung against a descending line’s C natural, a signature compositional quirk of Elizabethan vocal polyphony.Britten’s Antiphon bear the hallmarks of the composer’s style: frequent use of ostinato rhythms and harmonies (brief cells that repeat frequently); abrupt chang-es from loud to soft or faster to slower tempi; and in this work, the juxtaposition of three soprano soloists against the full choir. The closing dialogue of “two” – “one” – “two” – “one” – “ONE” is especially effective. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1857-1924) was a Dubliner by birth, and through hard work, giftedness and determination rose to the peerage via important Ox-bridge and London positions; his students are a Who’s Who of British music in the 20th century. Stanford’s own compositional language is conservative, echo-ing that of his German teacher Reinecke and Brahms. The five organ sonatas are composed between 1915-1922, though their language is more akin to Mendels-sohn’s. Benedictus quotes a motif from the eponymous movement in Mozart’s Requiem, heard recently in this church, while the final movement is based on the well-known hymn tune “Hanover”, found at Book of Praise #76. --JO
Next in music at St. Andrew and St. Paul...Thursday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m.: the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in partnership with the Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul is happy to present LUX AETERNA. This FREE concert will feature the McGill Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée and organists Maria Buda-cova and Matthew Johnson (A&P Organ Scholar). Programme: Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams); Rejoice in the Lamb (Britten); and Lux Aeterna (Lauridsen).
Our Youth Group is participating in “The Coldest Night of the Year” in support of the St-James Drop-In Centre on February 24, and are asking for sponsors. You can find our team at cnoy.org/location/montrealdowntown and locate the A&P Youth Group Team. You can choose to donate to the team or to an individ-ual. Thank you in advance for your support.
YOU’RE INVITED!TO THE
SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Kildonan Hall
Hosted by The Guild of The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul
Come and join us for delicious pancakes, sausages and more!
Reservations required.
Cost: $20/family or $10/individual. Please reserve your place in advance through our website by clicking on the event, or by phone to Betty-Jo Christiani 450-465-1054 before 6:00 p.m., February 11, 2018. All are welcome!
*Can’t join us? Why not consider donating a can or two of maple syrup to the event. Please drop off your donated cans at the Church office Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thank you!
Heritage Sunday We celebrate the cultural diversity of our con-gregation during our Heritage Sunday worship service on February 25, when more that two dozen flags from around the world will be presented. If you would like to participate with us in reconizing your heritage by carrying a flag, please contact Robert Bracewell at [email protected] or 514 488-3383. Also we invite members to contribute a cultural dish for the Taste of the Nations event that will follow this service in Kildonan Hall. Join us in worship at 11:00 a.m.
New Year’s Study Group: “Sir Gawain and the Christian Journey” Just after Christmastide, during the mirth and feasting of the New Year, a visitor arrives at the court of King Arthur, a great knight upon a great steed, both of them green from head to toe. The Green Knight’s challenge draws Sir Gawain, the best of Arthur’s knights, on a year-long Christian journey that is both delightful and profound.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a beautiful tale of resolution, temptation,
courage, humility, faith, and Christian journeying — an excellent companion as we seek to hold firm to our own New Year’s commitments, to deepen our Christian faith, and to “put on the whole armour of God.”
Join us this Thursday, February 15, for Session 4: “Gawain at the Edge of the Grave.” The Study Group meets from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. in the Session Room with The Rev. Dr. Kay Diviney. Monday, February 12, 7:30 p.m., Thea Calder and Sharon Dworzak continue to host a Sermon Bible Study discussion group in the Session Room from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. We will be using today’s sermon as our resource. We look forward to seeing you there.
Sunday Service Live Broadcasts Transitioning to YouTube The Communications Committee is excited to announce that the Live Broadcasts and Recordings currently accessed through Livestream will be moved over to YouTube in time for our Sunday morning Worship Service on February 25th. For those who access the live broadcasts and/
or recordings through our website, there will be NO change. If you are accessing these directly through Livestream, please send a quick email to [email protected] and we will provide you with details on how to access the same content directly through YouTube.
Join us for the 2018 season of Lent! Services are held every Thursdayat 12:30 p.m. in the Chapel.
Lenten Chapel Service Schedule:
February 15: Ms Katie MacIntosh February 22: Mr. Paul Clark March 1: Jill Foster March 8: Rev. Ian Henderson (light lunch to follow) March 15: Mrs. Clara Maranzano (light lunch to follow) March 22: The Rev. Dr. Dale Woods (light lunch to follow)
EASTER FLOWERS—All those wishing to contribute In Memoriamfl owers for Easter Sunday, April 1, should be in touch with the ChurchOffi ce by Sunday, March 25. Names will be included in the Easter Bulletin and all fl owers are distributed to shut-in members of the congregation.Cheques should be made out to “The Church of St. Andrew and St.Paul—Easter Flowers.” Tax receipts will be issued.
Holy Week Services
Maundy Thursday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m.: Service of Tenebrae,with spoken Communion.
Good Friday, March 30 at 11:00 a.m.: Readings, music and a meditation on the Passion according to St. John, with a small ensemble from the choir.
Good Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.: Our choir, together with Ensemble Ca-price (Matthias Maute, director) present J. S. Bach’s timeless Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, conducted by Jean-Sébastien Vallée. Pre-service discussion of the work at 6:45 p.m. in the church; organ prelude (Bach’s great Passiontide partita “Sei gegrüßet”, BWV 768) begins at 7:10 p.m. No reservations or tickets are required; your freewill donations support the music ministry of the church.
Easter Morning Sunrise Service, Sunday, April 1 at 8:00 a.m.
Easter Sunday, April 1 at 11:00 a.m.: Festive Holy Communion, with brass, organ and choir.
Prayer Gathering: March 3, 2018. As we enter into the season of Lent, please consider joining us for “Walking with Christ in Prayer: A Lenten Prayer Gathering.” We’ll experience prayers of the church, prayers of heart and body, prayer with Scripture (Lectio divina), periods of silent prayer, and prayer with the music of Taizé. Saturday morning, March 3, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.; with Lucinda Lyman, Clara Maranzano, and Rev. Kay Diviney.
The Ten Ministers Fund and“The Saints of St. Andrew and St. Paul”
Lent is the time of year when we are asked to support the Ten MinistersFund of The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. You will fi nd envelopes in your pew today and each Sunday until Easter.
The Ten Ministers Fund was begun 70 years ago as a way to providea fi nancial gift to ministers across Canada working in isolated or otherdiffi cult conditions, and on the minimum stipend (salary). It is a gift ofencouragement, to let these ministers know that their work is known and appreciated, even by a large urban church very far away.
Here is a letter of thanks from a 2016 recipient from Prince Edward Island:
I want to express my sincerest thanks to both you and to the congre-gation of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul for the gift received earlier this year. As you can only imagine, it came as quite a surprise!My wife and I are expecting our second child at the end of April so a portion of this gift was used to help us prepare for our upcoming arrival - a new crib, painting the nursery, etc. Of course the remaining portion was used to help off set the additional expenses that accompany the holiday season.
I must say that I think the “Ten Minister’s Fund” is a tremendous initiative and truly does help to spread joy and unexpected blessings at a time of year when they may be most appreciated. Please share· my words of thanks with the session and all others who may appreciate hearing them.
May God bless you and the folks within the congregation as you con-tinue to share Christ’s love both within Montreal, but also within our denomination at large.
We hope you will be generous in your support of the Ten Ministers Fund. All gifts of $20 or more will receive a receipt for income-tax purposes; please make sure to include your address in the space provided on the envelope. The Stewardship Committee
Sponsorship Update!!
Dear Friends,
After many months of waiting, wondering, hoping and asking, we now have an arrival date for the Zidan families! They will fl y to Montreal from Beirut on Friday, March 16.
Fadia and her teenage daughter will live with Salam, the sister living inLaval.
We have begun to look for a suitable apartment near Salam for Hanan, her husband, Eyad, and their children.
Their arduous journey will have come to an end in a new Canadian home,reunited at last with some of their family members!
Fadia and her daughter, Logyn, now 17 (both photos from 2015)
Immediate NeedsOur journey at The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul to resettle theZidan families began with generous gifts of money and off ers of help frommany members of our congregation.
Hanan, her husband, Eyad, and their children Hala, Leen and Hasan, now 14, 10 and 5
Listed below are the items that are needed before the families arrive. Please, if possible, send a snapshot of items to be off ered (email addresses below):
Furniture - We will arrange to pick up the following items from your location after March 1. Contact Brian or Jane
beds - (frames or with box springs if needed) - 1 double or queen; 2 singles or bunk; 1 child’s bureaus - 3 or 4 tables - kitchen/dining, 3 or 4 bedside, desk seating - sofa, 6-8 dining chairs, other misc. chairs inc. arm chairs (bedroom, sitting area) lamps carpets
Clothing - Items should be in very good condition and clean. Contact Thea or Lucinda for adult clothing and Catherine for children’s clothing (email addresses below):
Winter boots - man’s size 42 (9); women’s sizes 40 (9.5), 38 (7.5) and 3 x 37 (6.5-7); 5-year-old boy’s size 29 (11.5)
Clothing -
Eyad - men’s medium large: spring waterproof jacket, casual shirts, sweaters, gloves Fadia - F adult medium; Logyn - F teen 17, small; Hanan - F adult large; Hala - F teen 14; Leen - F child 10; Hasan - M child 5 : sweaters, spring jackets, raincoat, gloves, down vests, scarves
Gift Certifi cates - These can be dropped off at the Church offi ce, att’n: Brian Merrett Winners, Walmart, Dollar Store and Adonis
Contacts: furniture Brian Merrett [email protected] furniture Jane Bracewell [email protected] adult clothing Lucinda Lyman [email protected] adult clothing Thea Calder [email protected] children’s clothing Catherine Merklinger [email protected]
Thank you!
The Sponsorship Core Committee February, 2018
