All Hallows Church Pew Sheet
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information, please go to our website:
www.allhallowstwick.org.uk
or contact the Parish Office (details overleaf)
The Feast of the Epiphany
5th January 2014
This morning we welcome Rafferty Greenway and
James Winters as they are baptised during the service
First Reading
Second Reading
Gospel Reading
Intercessions
Chalice
Isaiah 60.1-6 Stephen Gregson
Ephesians 3.1-12 Ruth Pink
Matthew 2.1-12
Alan Green
Alison Benz & Otto Benz
OFFERTORY HYMN
1. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
2. Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining;
low lies his head with the beasts of the stall;
angels adore him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all.
3. Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
odours of Edom, and offerings divine,
gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mine?
4. Vainly we offer each humble oblation,
vainly with gifts would his favour secure:
richer by far is the heart’s adoration,
dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
OPENING HYMN
1. We three kings of Orient are,
bearing gifts we traverse afar
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star:
5. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid;
star of the east, the horizon adorning,
guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
O Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
COMMUNION HYMN
1.Earth has many a noble city;
Bethl’em, thou dost all excel:
out of thee the Lord from heaven
came to rule his Israel.
2. Born a King on Bethlehem plain,
gold I bring, to crown him again,
king for ever, ceasing never
over us all to reign:
2.Fairer than the sun at morning
was the star that told his birth,
to the world its God announcing,
seen in fleshly form on earth.
3. Frankincense to offer have I,
incense owns a deity nigh;
prayer and praising, gladly raising,
worship him, God most high:
3.Eastern sages at his cradle
make oblations rich and rare;
see them give in deep devotion
gold and frankincense and myrrh.
4. Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
sealed in a stone-cold tomb:
4.Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
incense doth their God disclose,
gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
myrrh his sepulchre foreshows.
5. Glorious now behold him arise,
king and God and sacrifice.
Heaven sings: ‘Alleluia’,
‘Alleluia’, the earth replies:
5.Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped
at thy glad Epiphany,
unto thee with God the Father
and the Spirit glory be.
GRADUAL HYMN
1. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness;
bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness,
kneel and adore him; the Lord is his name.
RECESSIONAL HYMN
1. As with gladness men of old
did the guiding star behold,
as with joy they hailed its light,
leading onward, beaming bright;
so, most gracious Lord, may we
evermore be led to thee.
2. Fear not to enter his courts in the slenderness
of the poor wealth thou wouldst reckon as thine:
truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
these are the off’rings to lay at his shrine.
3. These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
he will accept for the name that is dear;
mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
trust for our trembling and hope for our fear.
2. As with joyful steps they sped,
Saviour to thy lowly bed,
there to bend the knee before
thee whom heaven and earth adore;
so may we with willing feet
ever seek thy mercy-seat.
Next Sunday: The Baptism of Christ
First Reading: Isaiah 42.1-9 Gill Shepherd Second Reading: Acts 10.34-43 Peter Collins
Intercessions: David Brown Gospel Reading: Matthew 13.13-end
Chalice: Charlotte Ryton & Robert Irvine
3. As they offered gifts most rare,
at thy cradle rude and bare,
so may we with holy joy,
pure and free from sin's alloy,
all our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to thee our heavenly King.
4. Holy Jesus, every day
keep us in the narrow way,
and, when earthly things are past,
bring our ransomed souls at last
where they need no star to guide,
where no clouds thy glory hide.
5. In the heavenly country bright
need they no created light;
thou its light, its joy, its crown,
thou its sun which goes not down;
there for ever may we sing
alleluias to our King.
Mother Nicola’s Last Service at All Hallows
Mother Nicola’s last Sunday at All Hallows will be 12th January
2014. That day there will be one service at 10.00am, followed by
a bring and share lunch party for everyone. The sign up list for
lunch is in the Narthex.
Welcomer…
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
The Sick: The Wain Family, Mary Champion, Saima Menassa, Jill
Skilton, Eve Todd, Helen & Barry Burden, Ed Jones, Alan
Freeman, Stephen Durst, Cora Mitchell, Maritess Centino, Martyn
Miskelly, baby Gregory, Fr Andrew Williams, Mary Bray, Tina
Tejuoso, Chris Coleman, Ena Parker, Alan Rhodes, June
Beardmore, Myra York, Miriam Morris, Victoria Stone, Stephanie
Potter, Alan Oliver, Geoff Rowe, Chris Van der Vat, Justine Billett,
John White, Amanda, Michael Sykes
Year’s Mind: Brian Vickers, Monica Kaye, Ellen Chapman, Edith
Cross, Freda Morgan, Jane Burge, Ellen McKay, Mary Read, Elsie
Bell
PLEASE NOTE: If you would like any prayers added to this section
in our Service Sheet, please tell the staff (preferably written
down!). Names will normally be left on for one month and then
removed, unless they are ‘renewed’.
Do you think you would be able to take on the very important
role of Welcomer at All Hallows. This invaluable task involves
getting to church a little earlier on a Sunday morning to ready the
service sheets and hand out to people as they come to the service.
Also keeping an eye that all is well with everybody during the
service. For more information please speak to the clergy or to
Verena Stephen
Help with the sound system
Quiz Night
Saturday 18th January
A General Fun and Easy Quiz - £10 per ticket, which includes a
fish and chip supper, at half time. Please bring your own ‘bottle’.
Doors open at 6.30pm, Quiz begins at 7.15pm prompt. Tickets
must be bought in advance for this event and they are on sale
from Alex or Lee Oliver after this service – or from the Parish
Office.
We are looking to set up a rota for people helping to sit in the
churchwardens pew and keep an eye on the sound system during
the 10am service. If you think you could help out please speak to
Mother Nicola or Father Andrew or let Alex know in the Parish
Office.
100 Club winners
Many thanks to all of you who have supported this ‘lottery’
which creates much needed funds for our church. Please ensure
you pay for your 2014 numbers asap. If you would like a number
please contact Alex Oliver parishadmin@allhallowstwick.org.uk
All Hallows Church, 138 Chertsey Road, Twickenham TW1 1EW registered charity no: 1132111
Vicar: The Revd Nicola Stanley Tel: 020 8892 1322 Email: nvs@mosaicpublishing.co.uk
Curate: The Revd Andrew Williams Tel: 07824 310311 Email: andrew.williams.london@gmail.com
Churchwardens: Daniel Mackernan 07917 222313 Verena Stephen 020 8892 1625
Parish Administrator: Alex Oliver Tel: 020 8241 2345 Email: parishadmin@allhallowstwick.org.uk
www.allhallowstwick.org.uk