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Easter Day 2019
Welcome
On behalf of everyone at St. John’s, Toorak, a very warm welcome to this church
and faith community. St. John’s welcomes everyone to all services and events,
regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, race or background.
This is a wonderful and historic church, founded in 1859, and celebrating our 160th
year! We are part of the Anglican Church of Australia and a member of the global
Anglican Communion, comprised of 80 million people.
Regular services of worship are held each Sunday at 8am and 10am, Wednesday at
7pm, and Thursday at 12.15pm. All are welcome. Services are followed by times of
fellowship over food and drinks to which everyone is also welcome.
This church actively follows Jesus’ command to love God, love one’s neighbour and
to care for all people. Our clergy and parishioners regularly visit the sick,
home-bound, and the dying. We care for the poor and needy through service and
charitable giving, through our Opportunity Shop run in partnership with the local
Catholic and Uniting churches, and by supporting the work of Anglicare, The
Brotherhood of St. Laurence and The Anglican Board of Mission. Our clergy
regularly baptise new members of the church, preside at weddings and care for the
grieving through our funeral ministry. If we can be of service to you or your family,
please do not hesitate to get in touch. If you would like to give of your time and
talents in the service of others, please also contact the church and we will gladly
welcome your contribution.
If you’re visiting for the first time please introduce yourself to a welcomer or
member of the clergy, and fill out the blue ‘Welcome’ card found at the end of every
pew so we can stay in touch with you.
@stjohnstoorak
2Please stand as the clergy and choir process in
Processional Hymn ‘The Day of Resurrection’
The day of resurrection! may hear, so calm and plain,
Earth, tell it out abroad; his own "All hail!" and, hearing,
the passover of gladness, may raise the victor strain.
the passover of God.
Now let the heavens be joyful!
From death to life eternal,
Let earth the song begin!
from earth unto the sky,
Let the round world keep triumph,
our Christ hath brought us over,
and all that is therein!
with hymns of victory.
Let all things seen and unseen
Our hearts be pure from evil, their notes in gladness blend,
that we may see aright for Christ the Lord hath risen,
the Lord in rays eternal our joy that hath no end.
of resurrection light;
and listening to his accents, St. John of Damascus, Trans John Mason Neale
INTRODUCTORY RITE
Welcome
Greeting
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Christ is risen. Alleluia! He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
3The Collect for Purity prayed by all
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and
from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by
the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and
worthily magnify your holy name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gloria in Excelsis sung by all
Glory to God in the highest, a nd 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; you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the
Lord, you alone are the Most High Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in
the glory of God the Father. Amen.
The Easter Collect led by the celebrant
Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your
Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in
him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may
reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise
and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity. Amen.
please be seated
The Children’s Easter Address
All children are welcome to join the clergy at the front of the church for the Children’s Easter
Address and at 10am to participate in Sunday School immediately following. Parents are
welcome to be with their children at this time if they so wish.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Lesson Acts 10:34-43
Read at 8am by Cindy Kalai and 10am by Andrew Ankers
Then Peter began to speak to them: ‘I truly understand that God
shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does
what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the
people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That
message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism
4that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all
who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are
witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him
to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day
and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were
chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he
rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to
testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the
dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in
him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’
Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalter Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24, s aid together at 8am and sung by the choir at 10am
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good:
his mercy endures for ever.
Let Israel now proclaim:
that his mercy endures for ever.
The Lord is my strength and my song:
and has become my salvation.
The sounds of joy and deliverance:
are in the tents of the righteous.
The right hand of the Lord does mighty things:
the right hand of the Lord raises up.
I shall not die but live:
and proclaim the works of the Lord.
The Lord has disciplined me hard:
but he has not given me over to death.
Open me the gates of righteousness:
and I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord:
the righteous shall enter it.
5I will praise you, for you answered me:
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected:
has become the head of the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing:
and it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day that the Lord has made:
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in
the beginning, and now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle 1 Corinthians 15. 19-26
Read at 8am by Lindsay Hosking and 10am by Judith Chapman
I f for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people
most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the
first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a
human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a
human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those
who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the
kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every
authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies
under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Hear the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Please stand for the Gradual Hymn
6Gradual Hymn ‘Jesus Christ is risen today’
Jesus Christ is risen today, alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, alleluia!
who so lately on the cross, alleluia!
suffered to redeem our loss, alleluia!
Hymns of praise then let us sing, alleluia!
unto Christ, our heavenly king, alleluia!
who endured the cross and grave, alleluia!
sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
But the pain that he endured, alleluia!
our salvation has procured; alleluia!
now exalted he is king, alleluia!
and the angels ever sing: alleluia!
Anon., Lyra Davidica 1708 alt. based on a 14th-cent. ms.
All remain standing for the reading of the Easter Gospel
Gospel Acclamation
Cantor: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
sung by all Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
Cantor: This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
sung by all Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
7The Holy Gospel according to St. John, Chapter 20, commencing at the
first verse. Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed
from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple,
the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord
out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then
Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two
were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached
the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings
lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the
cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but
rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the
tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not
understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the
disciples returned to their homes.
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent
over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where
the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.
They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them,
‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid
him.’ When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing
there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman,
why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ Supposing him to be
the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her,
‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!’ (which means
Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet
ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, “I am
ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your
God.” ’ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have
seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
8The Easter Sermon
The Vicar, The Revd. Dr. Peter A. French
allelujah’ from Messiah
Anthem ‘H Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
THE REAFFIRMATION OF BAPTISMAL VOWS
The priest addresses the congregation and invites all present to stand
and renew their baptismal vows
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
We give you thanks that at the beginning of creation your Holy Spirit
moved upon the waters to bring forth light and life. With water you
cleanse and replenish the earth; you nourish and sustain all living things.
Thanks be to God.
We give your thanks for your Son Jesus Christ: for his baptism by John,
for his anointing with the Holy Spirit.
Thanks be to God.
We give you thanks that through the deep waters of death, Jesus
delivered us from our sins and was raised to new life in triumph.
Thanks be to God.
We give you thanks for the grace of the Holy Spirit who forms us in the
likeness of Christ and leads us to proclaim your kingdom.
Thanks be to God.
And now we give you thanks that we are made one with Christ in his
death and resurrection. Pour out your Holy Spirit in blessing, that this
water may be a sign of our new birth in Baptism. May we continue
forever in Jesus Christ our Lord, in the unity of the Spirit, now and
forever. Amen.
9Dear friends, through the paschal mystery we have been buried with
Christ in his baptism, so that we may rise with him to new life. Now that
our Lenten observance is ended, let us reaffirm the promises we made in
baptism.
Do you turn to Christ? I do.
Do you repent of your sins? I do.
Do you renounce all that is evil? I do.
I ask you now to reaffirm as yours the faith of the Church.
Do you believe in God the Father?
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
Do you believe in God the Son?
I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, and is seated
at the right hand of the Father; from there he will come to judge the
living and the dead.
Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion
of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the
life everlasting. Amen.
This is the faith of the Church.
This is our faith. We believe in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Will you each, by God's grace, strive to live as a disciple of Christ, loving
God with your whole heart, and your neighbour as yourself, until your
life's end?
I will, with God's help.
God our creator, Rock of our salvation, has given us new birth by water
and the Spirit, and forgiven our sins through Jesus Christ our Lord. May
God keep us faithful to our calling now and for ever. Amen.
10Holy water is now sprinkled over the people as a sign of God’s blessing in baptism
and the renewal of our baptismal vows
The Prayers of the People kneeling
The prayers are lead at 8am by Vivienne Randall and at 10am by David Aspin
At 10am the prayers end with:
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord:
And + let light perpetual shine upon them.
Almighty God, you have promised to hear our prayers. Grant that what
we have asked in faith, we may by your grace receive, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Greeting of Peace standing
Christ is risen. Alleluia! He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
The peace of the risen Lord be always with you. And also with you.
All share with each other the sign of peace, customarily shaking hands with those around
them and saying, ‘Peace be with you.’
The Parish Notices please be seated. The parish notices are given by the Vicar.
The Offertory
During the singing of the next hymn, an offering will be taken for the life and ministry of St.
John’s church. Please do give generously, this church is entirely dependent upon the gifts of
all its members and friends for its presence and life.
11Offertory Hymn ‘Love’s redeeming work is done’
Love's redeeming work is done;
fought the fight, the battle won:
lo, our Sun's eclipse is o'er,
lo, he sets in blood no more.
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our glorious King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise;
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given:
thee we greet triumphant now;
hail, the Resurrection Thou!
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Receiving the Offertory
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we
have these gifts to share. Accept and use our offerings for your glory and
for the service of your kingdom. Blessed be God for ever.
12THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
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.
All glory and honour be yours always and everywhere, mighty
Creator, everliving God. We give you thanks and praise for your Son, our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who by the power of your Spirit was born of Mary
and lived as one of us. He is the true Paschal Lamb who was offered for
us and has taken away the sin of the world. And now we give you thanks
that you raised him in triumph from the dead. By his death, he has
destroyed death and by his rising to life again has restored us to eternal
life.
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:
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.
Lord God, you are the most holy one, enthroned in splendour and
light, yet in the coming of your Son Jesus Christ you reveal the power of
your love made perfect in our human weakness. Embracing our
humanity, Jesus showed us the way of salvation; loving us to the end, he
gave himself to death for us; dying for his own, he set us free from the
bonds of sin, that we might rise and reign with him in glory.
On the night he gave up himself for us all he took bread and gave
you thanks; he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying: ‘Take, eat; this
is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’
In the same way, after supper he took the cup and gave you thanks; he
gave it to them, saying: ‘Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new
13covenant which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
Therefore we proclaim the death that he suffered on the cross, we
celebrate his resurrection, his bursting from the tomb, we rejoice that he
reigns at your right hand on high and we long for his coming in glory.
As we recall the one, perfect sacrifice of our redemption, Father, by your
Holy Spirit let these gifts of your creation be to us the body and blood of
our Lord Jesus Christ; form us into the likeness of Christ and make us a
perfect offering in your sight. Look with favour on your people and in
your mercy hear the cry of our hearts. Bless the earth, heal the sick, let the
oppressed go free and fill your Church with power from on high.
Gather your people from the ends of the earth to feast with all your saints
at the table in your kingdom, where the new creation is brought to
perfection in Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, and
in whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory be yours,
almighty Father, for ever and ever.
Blessing and honour and glory and power
are yours for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour Christ has taught us, we are confident to pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom
come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever
and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of 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.
14Agnus Dei
Jesus, Lamb of God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of the world, grant us your peace.
Invitation to Communion
Come let us take this holy sacrament of the body and blood of Christ in
remembrance that he died for us, and feed on him in our hearts by faith
with thanksgiving.
Administration of Holy Communion
All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. If you do not wish to
receive communion and would like to receive a blessing, please come forward and indicate
your desire to do so by keeping your arms behind your back.
Communion Anthems sung by the choir
‘O death’ & ‘B
ut thanks be to God,’ from Messiah Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57
‘Come, ye faithful’ Reginald Sparshatt Thatcher (1888–1957)
1. Come, ye faithful, raise the strain 3. Now the queen of seasons, bright
of triumphant gladness; with the day of splendor,
God hath brought his Israel with the royal feast of feasts,
into joy from sadness; comes its joy to render;
loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke comes to glad Jerusalem,
Jacob's sons and daughters; who with true affection
led them with unmoistened foot welcomes in unwearied strains
through the Red Sea waters. Jesus' resurrection.
2. 'Tis the spring of souls today; 4. Neither might the gates of death,
Christ hath burst his prison, nor the tomb's dark portal,
and from three days' sleep in death nor the watchers, nor the seal
as a sun hath risen; hold thee as a mortal:
all the winter of our sins, but today amidst thine own
long and dark, is flying thou didst stand, bestowing
from his light, to whom we give thine own peace, which evermore
laud and praise undying. passeth human knowing.
Text St. John of Damascus, Translation John Mason Neale
15Post Communion Prayers kneeling
God of Life, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to
death on the cross, and by his glorious resurrection have delivered us
from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may
evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
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.
Post-Communion Hymn ‘Thine be the glory’
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu'ring Son:
endless is the vict'ry thou o’er death hast won;
angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay.
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu'ring Son;
endless is the vict'ry thou o’er death hast won.
Lo! Jesus meets thee, risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing,
for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting. Refrain
No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life;
life is naught without thee: aid us in our strife;
make us more than conqu'rors, thro' thy deathless love;
bring us safe thro' Jordan to thy home above. Refrain
Edmond Louis Budry 1854-1932 tr. Richard Birch Hoyle 1875-1939
16Blessing & Dismissal
The blessing of the Living God, who brings light out of darkness, be upon
you now and forever. Amen.
The blessing of the Risen Christ, who sends you as apostles into all the
world be upon you now and forever. Amen.
The blessing of the Holy Spirit, who fills the church with joy and praise,
be upon you now and forever. Amen.
The blessing of our God, the holy and glorious Trinity, be upon you and
remain with you now, and forever. Amen.
Go in the peace of Christ. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Postlude Fiat lux [12 Pièces nouvelles pour orgue]
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
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Cover Image
Piero della Francesca (1416-1492)
Resurrection (detail) 1463-65
Mural in fresco and tempera,
Pinacoteca Comunale, Sansepolcro.
roughton Books by E.J.Dwyer (Australia) Pty Ltd, Unit 13,
Order of Service from A Prayer Book for Australia 1995. B
Perry Park, 33 Maddox Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015. © 1995, The Anglican Church of Australia Trust Corporation.
With the Liturgical Psalter, Inclusive Language Version English text © 1995 by David L Frost, John A. Emerton,
Andrew A. Macintosh. Hymns from Together in Song Australian Hymn Book II. © The Australian Hymn Book Pty Ltd
2006. Registered Office 14 Martin Place (Level 17) Sydney 2000.
17Breakfast & Morning Tea
Join us for breakfast after the 8am service in the Guild Room and for morning tea
and coffee after the 10am service, generously provided this morning by Catherine
Soans and John Correa in Buxton Hall (immediately behind the church) or, weather
permitting, in the garden.
What’s Happening at St. John’s?
For the latest details on what is planned in the parish this year,
go to https://www.saintjohnstoorak.org/community-events/
Parish Notices
Easter Day Easter Egg Hunt, Egg and Spoon Race and Childrens Activities
As is our tradition at the 10am Service on Easter Day, the children are invited to
participate in a variety of activities and games both during the service and of course
afterward. We need volunteers to help facilitate this important part of Easter Day. Please
contact Sally in the parish office on 9826 1765 or enquiries@saintjohnstoorak.org to
be part of what is always a wonderful day. Thank you!
No Lunchtime Holy Communion Service this Thursday
Please note, there will be no Lunchtime Holy Communion service this Thursday 25
April due to the ANZAC Day public holiday.
Anglican Board of Mission/Aprons
The Annual Anglican Board of Mission Lenten appeal has one week to go,
presenting an ideal time to purchase for $25 one of our special St. John’s aprons, all
profits go to the Mission, approx. $600 to date, with your help, it would be great to
increase this to $1,000.
Oxfam’s ‘Walk against Want’
Parishioners Jenny Stengards and Barbara Brown will be doing the annual ‘Walk
Against Want’ again this year on Saturday 4 May. They will be at Morning Tea after
the 10.00am service on Sundays 21 and 28 April. If you would like to sponsor them,
donations, which are tax deductible, support self-help programs in many countries
around the world as well as Indigenous Australia. Many, many thanks!
Save the date! Parish Trivia Night, June 1
Our Parish’s major social activity and community fundraiser (again for the work of
BSL and local foodbanks) for the year will be a Trivia Night on Saturday 1st June,
commencing at 6pm. More details will be announced later, but please keep the date
and spread the word to all your friends and family. We are starting to collect prizes
for the raffle. If you are able to assist please contact Diana Saul, Jane Anderson,
Carmen Papageorge or the parish office.
18New Office Hours
Beginning in April, the office hours at St. John’s will be Monday to Thursday,
9.00am - 4.30pm. Any information for the pewsheet should be sent to the office by
Wednesday morning. If the office is unattended, please leave a message on the
answering machine. We welcome any communication (by email, as well) and will
reply as soon as we are able.
For Your Prayers
From the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Peace of Jerusalem and the People of the Land of the
Holy One; Diocese of Willochra (Bp John Stead, Clergy & People); Sparklit (Michael Collie,
National Director); All Saints' Ascot Vale (Andrew Esnouf); St Aidan’s Noble Park – Confirmation
Service (Bp Paul Barker); Bellarine Gateway Parish – parish visit (Bp Kate Prowd).
For all those who lead us in the Anglican Church, especially: Our Primate The Most Revd Philip
Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne, and our Bishop, The Right Revd Genieve Blackwell.
For Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: For Aboriginal
Anglican clergy and lay-leaders around Australia, their spiritual health and physical well-being,
and the people they care for. For Aboriginal and Government leaders and their work together.
The Toorak Ecumenical Movement: Our partner churches, St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church,
Toorak Uniting Church, and The Swedish Church.
For The Anglican Board of Mission, The Brotherhood of St. Laurence, and Anglicare.
For schools in our parish: Geelong Grammar School Toorak Campus, Head of Campus Rachel
George; St Catherine's School, Principal Michelle Carroll; and Toorak Primary School, Principal
Julie Manallack.
For the sick and all in need: David; Matthew; John Saunders; Alan; Paul Dalton; Grace; Rosemary
Griffith; Rhonda Cook; Philip; Sam; Sandra, John; Julia Jones; Mary; Christopher Morgan; Maggie
Perkins; Helen Kent; Elizabeth Haes; Jacob Henriss-Anderssen; Rhonda Ritchie; Augustus and
Victoria; Sean and Valerie; Gordon D’Rosario; Audrey Leeton; Brenda Mouritz and Annette B.
For those in aged care and those who are housebound: Randall Watt; Teri Lawrence; Janet Field;
and Beverley Joyce.
Give thanks for those whose Anniversary of Death is this week: Angus Armstrong; Bruce
Morgan; Robin Trim; Timothy Connell; Konstantina Freeman; Anthony Luxton; Lucy McCallum;
Jan Quail; Judith Williams and Barbara Grainger.
The prayer petitions above follow closely the daily prayer regimen of the Anglican Church of
Australia, which you can follow everyday here:
http://www.melbourneanglican.org.au/faith/CallingMelbourne2Prayer/Pages/
Prayer-resources.aspx How about making this part of your daily prayers?
19THIS WEEK
Sunday 21st April Easter Day
8am Service of Holy Communion
First Reading: Acts 10.34-43, read by Cindy Kalai
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 15.19-26, read by
Lindsay Hosking
Gospel Reading: John 20.1-18
Intercessor: Vivienne Randall
Celebrant: The Revd Elizabeth Murray
Preacher: The Revd Dr Peter French
Breakfast: Sarojini Maclarn & Jenny Garner
10am Service of Holy Communion 86 Clendon Road, Toorak 3142
First Reading: Acts 10.34-43, read by Andrew 9826 1765 www.saintjohnstoorak.org
Ankers
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15.19-26, read by Vicar The Revd Dr Peter French
Judith Chapman vicar@saintjohnstoorak.org
Gospel Reading: John 20.1-18 Wardens Ms Helen Ballantyne,
Intercessor: David Aspin
Celebrant: The Revd Elizabeth Murray Mr Jonathan Mortimer,
Preacher: The Revd Dr Peter French Mr Anthony Mannering
Morning Tea: Catherine Soans & John Correa
Parish Council Mrs Amanda Bagot,
Monday 22nd April Mr Dougal Colhoun, Mrs Claire Morgan,
Easter Monday - parish office closed Mr Harrison Young
Wednesday 24th April
7pm Holy Communion, Angel Chapel, Assistant Curate The Revd Elizabeth
with refreshments in the vestry following Murray curate@saintjohnstoorak.org
Thursday 25th April Ordinands Dr Kelly Shang and
Anzac Day - parish office closed
Cancelled for t oday 1 2.15pm Holy Communion,
Ms Keiron Jones
Angel Chapel Director of Music/Organist
NEXT WEEK Mr Christopher Cook
Sunday 28th April Second Sunday of Easter accook2001@yahoo.com.au
8am Service of Holy Communion WG Price Organ Scholar
First Reading: Acts 5.27-32, read by Sam
Mr Hanford Lam
Shepherd
Second reading: Revelation 1.4-8, read by Cindy Parish Administrator/Child Safe
Kalai Compliance
Gospel Reading: John 20.19-31 Mrs Sally Robertson
Intercessor: Volunteer required
enquiries@saintjohnstoorak.org
Celebrant: The Revd Dr Peter French
Preacher: The Revd Elizabeth Murray Office Hours: 9.00am-4.30pm, Mon-Thurs
Breakfast: Helen Ballantyne & Greg Robb Parish Child Safe Officer
10am Service of Holy Communion
Beverley Haig
First Reading: Acts 5.27-32, read by Jenny Smith
Second Reading: Revelation 1.4-8, read by Head Server & Prayer Chain Co-ordinator
Jonathan Mortimer Mrs Annette Wilson 9822 8968
Gospel Reading: John 20.19-31 annettelouisewilson@gmail.com
Intercessor: Volunteer required
Celebrant: The Revd Dr Peter French Sunday School Leaders
Preacher: The Revd Elizabeth Murray Ms Jane Anderson and Mr Clive Wright
Morning Tea: Anne Bottomley, Barbara George & Archivist Professor Geoff Quail OAM
Jonathan Mortimer
geoffrey.quail@monash.edu
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