Download 29th January, 2017-EpiphanyIVA

Welcome to the Eucharist today.
We are delighted to meet visitors and newcomers after the service, when drinks will
be served in the Parish Hall. Wine or coffee is available for 1.5 euro: the coffee money
goes towards choir funds.
There is a parish lunch available today at 10 euros.
ST GEORGE’S, PARIS
Welcome
on Sunday, January 29th
Bienvenue à Saint-Georges. Nous vous invitons à prendre un verre de vin ou une
tasse de café (1.5 euro) après la messe dans la salle paroissiale, et si vous êtes de
passage dans notre église nous serons heureux de faire votre connaissance.
Il y aura un déjeuner aujourd’hui au prix de 10 euros.
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We welcome our new Archdeacon, the Venerable Meurig
Williams, as preacher at the 10.30 service.
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Candlemas – the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
– will be celebrated with the Blessing of Candles, Procession &
Sung Eucharist this Wednesday at 19.30, followed by a light
parish supper in the hall.
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There will be a piano recital by Maria Bundgård: "Le Son de
l'Eau" on Saturday, 4 February at 18.30. Music by Liszt, Ravel and
Debussy. Admission free. All welcome.
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The new rotas for Flowers on Sunday and Sunday Lunch are up on
the notice board. If you would like more information about how to help,
please speak to the clergy.
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Building Works are beginning soon: principally the installing of a
new disabled-friendly toilet at the top of the stairs. They will take
some weeks and will involve noise and disruption. Please be
patient.
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Opportunities for service: we are looking for more people to join the
team of servers at the 10.30 service – training is provided. And also to join
the team of those who welcome people at the door.
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Security in church: please can we ask you not to leave any bags
unattended in church. Any items donated for church sales should be brought
down to the Ali Baba store room.
Next Sunday: February 5th – 4th before Lent – 5th Sunday of the Year
08.30 Eucharist
10.30 Solemn Eucharist & Holy Baptism
16.00 Messe Malgache
EPIPHANY IV
Fourth Sunday of the Year
08.30 Said Eucharist
10.30 Solemn Eucharist
Harold Darke (1888-1976) – Communion Service in F
William Crotch (1775-1847) – Lo star-led chiefs
This week:
Tuesday 31st
18.00
18.30
Wednesday 1st
12 noon
19.30
Thursday 2nd
18.00
18.30
Saturday 4th
12 noon
18.30
Evening Prayer
Eucharist
Eucharist
Procession & Solemn Eucharist for the Eve of
the Feast of the Presentation of Christ –
Candlemas
Followed by parish supper
Evening Prayer
Eucharist
Eucharist
Piano Recital in church
St George’s Anglican Church
7, rue Auguste-Vacquerie, 75116 Paris.
tel: 01 47 20 22 51 e-mail: [email protected]
www.stgeorgesparis.com
Chaplain: Fr. Matthew Harrison
Assistant Chaplain: Fr. Andrew Bigg
Assistant Curate: Fr. Nicolas Razafindratsima
The ORDER OF SERVICE is in the cream booklets.
The HYMNS are 456, 341, 461 & 308 in the green hymnbook.
CREED – Missa de angelis on the white sheets.
THE COLLECT
God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of
darkness: we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness
of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all your people, and reveal the
knowledge of your glory in the face of Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and
reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
FIRST READING
I Kings 17:8-16
The word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and
stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” So he
went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks.
He called her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a
drink?” As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
“As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread –
only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to
take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it – and die.”
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first
make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then
make something for yourself and your son. For this is what the lord, the God of Israel,
says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the
Lord gives rain on the land.’”
She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for
Elijah and for the woman and her family. For the jar of flour was not used up and the
jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
PSALM 36:5-9
Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens : and thy faithfulness unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains : thy judgements are like the
great deep.
Thou, Lord, shalt save both man and beast; how excellent is thy mercy, O God : and the
children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house : and thou shalt give them
drink of thy pleasures, as out of a river.
For with thee is the well of life : and in thy light shall we see light.
SECOND READING I Corinthians 1: 18-31
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom
of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man?
Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish
the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom
did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to
save those who believe. Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but
we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but
to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the
wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the
weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were
wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But
God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things
of this world and the despised things – and the things that are not – to nullify the things
that are, so that no-one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in
Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God – that is, our righteousness,
holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the
Lord.”
THE HOLY GOSPEL John 2:1-11
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was
there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine
was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
“Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet
come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Nearby stood six
stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from
twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they
filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the
master of the banquet.” They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water
that had been turned into wine. He did not realise where it had come from, though the
servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests
have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He
thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER
Generous Lord, in word and eucharist we have proclaimed the mystery of your
love: help us so to live out our days that we may be signs of your wonders in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
All who are baptised and communicant members of one of the Christian churches are
welcome to receive communion with us. Those who are prevented from doing so by their
conscience, or the discipline of their Church, are most welcome to come to the altar for a
blessing at the time of communion.
In Your Prayers please remember those on our sick-list: Sarah, Amédée Randrianarisolo,
Lise Stenhoy, Thomas Jones, Jay Baran, Irene Hicks, Gregor Dallas, Ruth Taylor &
Caroline Cullinan.