St Luke’s Church Festival Eucharist 1999

ST LUKE’S CHURCH
HAVELOCK NORTH
1874-1999

FESTIVAL EUCHARIST

125TH YEAR CELEBRATION
FEAST OF ST LUKE
SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER
1999

Presiding Bishop:   Bishop Murray Mills
Address:   Bishop David Moxon
Organist:   Mr Vincent James

Everyone is warmly invited to a pot luck lunch in the parish lounge after this service

The copyright material taken from “A New Zealand Prayer Book – He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa’ is used with permission.
Copyright material reproduced from
‘Celebrating Eucharist’, DEFT @ Bosco Peters 1995
Music reproduced with permission LicenSing no. 5047

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125th Anniversary Festival Eucharist
Fanfare   Les Robertson
Introit from foyer.   “God is the One”   Colin Gibson
Processional Hymn   Christ is our Cornerstone

1.   Christ is our corner-stone,
on him alone we build;
with his true saints alone
the courts of heaven are filled;
on his great love
our hopes we place
of present grace
and joys above.

2.   With psalms and hymns of praise
this holy place shall ring;
our voices we will raise,
the Three-in-One to sign;
and thus proclaim
in joyful song
both loud and long,
that glorious name.

3.   Here, gracious God, draw near
as in your name we bow;
each true petition hear,
accept each faithful vow;
and more and more
on all who pray
each holy day
your blessings pour.

4.   Here may we gain from heaven
the grace which we implore;
and may that grace, once given,
be with us evermore,
until that day
when all the blessed
to endless rest
are called away.

Welcome.

Nancy Tanner Remembers

CALL TO WORSHIP

E te Whanau a te Karaiti,
welcome to this holy table;
welcome to you,
for we are Christ’s body,
Christ’s work in the world.
Welcome to you whose baptism makes you
salt of the earth and light to the world.
Rejoice and be glad.
Praise God who gives us forgiveness and hope.

Amen.

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The peace of Christ rule in our hearts.
The word of Christ dwell in us richly.

Collect for St. Luke’s Day
Almighty God,
you inspired Luke the physician to proclaim the love and the healing power of your Son;
give your church grace through his teaching to strengthen the afflicted,
to encourage the doubtful and bind up the broken hearted;
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Congregation sits.
The Readings

Old Testament Reading
Ecclesiasticus 44: 1-15 Heroes of Israel’s past.

The Liturgical Dancers. The Servant Song

The Epistle
Romans 10: 11-17 (Dramatised) Salvation is for all.

The Gradual Hymn Go Forth and Tell

1.   Go forth and tell! O church of God, awake!
God’s saving news to all the nations take;
proclaim Christ Jesus, saviour, Lord, and king,
that all the world his worthy praise may sing.

2.   Go forth and tell! God’s love embraces all;
he will in grace respond to all who call;
how shall they call if they have never heard
the gracious invitation of his word?

3.   Go forth and tell where still the darkness lies;
in wealth or want, the sinner surely dies:
give us, O Lord, concern of heart and mind,
a love like yours which cares for all mankind.

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4.   Go forth and tell! The doors are open wide:
share God’s good gifts – let no one be denied;
live out your life as Christ your Lord shall choose,
your ransomed powers for his sole glory use.

5.   Go forth and tell! O church of God, arise!
go in strength which Christ your Lord supplies;
go till all nations his great name adore
and serve him, Lord and king for evermore.

The Holy Gospel.   Luke 10: 1-9   “The harvest is plentiful …”

The Sermon   Bishop David Moxon

Choir Anthem   “Cry out with joy to the Lord.”   Richard Lloyd

THE PRAYERS

The Peace
The peace of Christ be always with you.
And also with you.
E te Whanau, we are the body of Christ.
By one Spirit we were baptised into one body.
Keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace
Amen. We are bound by the love of Christ.

(The sign of peace is exchanged)

Offertory Hymn God is Here as we His People

1.   God is here! as we his people
meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure
what it is in Christ we share:
here, as in the world around us
all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of his Spirit
into open minds and hearts.

2.   Here are symbols to remind us
of our lifelong need of grace;
here are table, font and pulpit,
here the cross has central place:
here in honesty of preaching
here in silence as in speech,
here in newness and renewal
God the Spirit comes to each..

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3.   Here our children find a welcome
in the Shepherd’s flock and fold,
here, as bread and wine are taken,
Christ sustains us as of old:
Here the servants of the Servant
seek in worship to explore
what it means in daily living
to believe and to adore.

4.   Lord of all, of church and kingdom
in an age of change and doubt,
keep us faithful to the gospel,
help us work your purpose out:
here, in this day’s dedication,
all we have to give, receive,
we, who cannot live without you,
we adore you! we believe!

THE PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

Blessed are you, 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 forever.

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

The Lord is here.
God’s Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to offer thanks and praise.

It is our duty and our joy
to give you thanks and praise, O God,
creator and sustainer of the universe.

We give you thanks
for sun and sea and sky, for bush and birds,
for phases of the moon, for stars at night,
and planets in their courses.
all you make is very good.

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For the universe we praise you
we worship and adore you.

We give you thanks
for our creation and our calling,
for friendship and community,
for love and laughter,
tears and pain of growth.

For your gift of life we praise you
We worship and adore you.

We give you thanks with those who went before us,
with the founders of this parish
and those who have worshipped and served you
over the last 125 years in this place
-that great cloud of witnesses who surround us on every side,
countless as heavens stars.

With all who stand before you in earth and heaven,
from every culture, land and tongue,
we praise you, giving voice to every creature,
as we join the never ending hymn:

Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the Highest

Blessed are you, most Holy, in Jesus Christ,
who came among us as a servant and a friend
to reconcile us to yourself.
We thank you for that life of love,
the good news of your reign,
and the promise of a banquet

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where all your children shall be free.

For your gift of Christ we praise you
we worship and adore you.

To you indeed be glory, almighty God,
because on the night before he died,
your Son, Jesus Christ, took bread;
when he had given you thanks,
he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said:
Take, eat, this is my body
which is given for you;
do this to remember me.

After supper he took the cup;
and when he had given you thanks,
he gave it to them and said:
this cup is the new covenant in my blood
poured out for you;
do this as often as you drink it
to remember me.

For new life in Christ we praise you
we worship and adore you

Therefore, loving God,
recalling now Christ’s death and resurrection,
we ask you to accept
this our sacrifice of praise.
Send your Holy Spirit upon us
and our celebration,
that we may be fed with the body and blood of your Son
and be filled with your life and goodness.
Strengthen us to do your work,
and to be your body in the world.
Unite us in Christ
and give us your peace.

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For the peace of Christ we praise you
We worship and adore you.

Through Christ our Redeemer
in the power of the Spirit,
we worship you, O God,
in songs of everlasting praise.

Blessing, honour, and glory be yours,
here and everywhere,
now and forever. Amen

Congregation kneels in prayer

As Christ teaches us we pray and sing
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 forever. Amen.

The bread is broken.
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.

We who are many are one body,
for we all share the one bread

Choir Agnus Dei with Liturgical dancers

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THE INVITATION
Draw near and receive the body and blood of our Saviour,
Jesus Christ in remembrance that he died for us.
Let us feed on him in our hearts by faith with thanksgiving

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

God of every generation,
your messengers have carried the Good News
of Christ to the ends of the earth;
grant that we who commemorate the builders of the church in these islands,
and remember those who have worshipped here over the last 125 years,
may know the truth of the gospel in our hearts
and build well on the foundations they have laid;
through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen

BENEDICTION

Final Hymn   The Kingdom of God is Justice and Joy

1.   The kingdom of God
is justice and joy;
for Jesus restores
what sin would destroy.
God’s power and glory
in Jesus we know;
and here and hereafter
the kingdom shall grow.

2.   The kingdom of God
is mercy and grace;
the captives are freed,
the sinners find place,
the outcasts are welcomed
God’s banquet to share;
and hope is awakened
in place of despair.

3.   The kingdom of God
is challenge and choice:
believe the good news,
repent and rejoice!
His love for us sinners
brought Christ to his cross:
our crisis of judgement
for gain or for loss.

4.   God’s kingdom is come,
the gift and the goal
in Jesus begun,
in heaven made whole.
The heirs of the kingdom
shall answer his call:
and all things cry ‘Glory!’
to God all in all.

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COMMITMENT AND DISMISSAL

Blessed be God who calls us together.
Praise to God who makes us one people.
Blessed be God who has forgiven our sin.
Praise to God who gives hope and freedom.
Blessed be God whose Word is proclaimed.
Praise to God who is revealed as love.
Blessed be God who alone has called us.
Therefore, we offer all that we are
And all that we shall become.
Accept, O God, our sacrifice of praise.
Amen. Accept our thanks for all you have done,
Our hands were empty, and you filled them.

Go now to love and serve the Lord – Go in peace.
Amen. We go in the name of Christ.

Organ Voluntary

Please remain in the pews until the procession has left.

The Ministry of Healing will be available in the chapel after the service.

Please join us for a light luncheon in the lounge.