sheffield

parish communion

st paul
wordsworth avenue

third sunday before advent

6 november 2011

this mornings service President Preacher Keith Crookes Sharon Wade

opening hymn

David Rennison is at St Leonards. We continue our series of sermons on the book Jonah At services other than baptisms, we are no longer passing round the collection plates. Please place you offering on the plate by the door.

Revive thy work, O Lord, thy mighty arm make bare; speak with the voice that wakes the dead, and make thy people hear. Revive thy work, O Lord, disturb this sleep of death; quicken the smould'ring embers now by thine almighty breath. Revive thy work, O Lord, create soul-thirst for thee; and hung'ring for the Bread of Life O may our spirits be. Revive thy work, O Lord, exalt thy precious Name; and, by the Holy Ghost, our love for thee and thine inflame. Revive thy work, O Lord, give pentecostal show'rs: the glory shall be all thine own, the blessing, Lord, be ours.
A MIDLANE 1825 - 1909 1858 Carlisle CHARLES LOCKHART 1745 - 1815

fwo envelopes As soon as the boxes of envelopes arrive well get them out to users.

st leonards patronal festival St Leonard falls today, and St Leonards are marking their Festival at their service this morning.

act of remembrance friday At 11.00 on Friday 11 November there will be an Act of Remembrance outside the new library learning centre.

peace and craft fair saturday Saturday 12 November Sheffield Town Hall 10.30 - 4.00 food, entertainment and gifts. Free.

remembrance sunday next sunday Our Act of Remembrance will be included in the 10.00 service.

collect Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Bombs in Iraq's Mosul kill five, injures 22 police

MOSUL, Iraq | Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:40pm IST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - At least five people were killed, including three Iraqi soldiers, and another 22 wounded when two car bombs and a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, hospital and police sources said. Explosives packed into a parked car went off near an army patrol, killing three soldiers and wounding four passersby in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, police sources said. Another car bomb detonated nearby, killing two people and wounding 18 others, while a roadside bomb went off in the same area, injuring two street cleaners, the sources said. Violence has subsided sharply in Iraq since the sectarian strife in 2006-07, but Sunni Islamist insurgents and Shi'ite Muslim mlitias still commit daily bombings and assassinations.

nineveh - mosul Mosul is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some 400 km (250 mi) northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. The majority of its population is now Arab (with Assyrians, Armenian, Turcoman and Kurdish minorities). It is Iraq's third largest city after Baghdad and Basra. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named after this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. In 1987, the city's population was 664,221 people; the 2002 population estimate was 1,740,000, and by 2008 was estimated to be 1,800,000. The city of Mosul is home to the University of Mosul, one of the largest educational and research centres in Iraq and the Middle East. The city is also a historic centre for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah.

11 killed in attacks on Iraq security forces

Africasia Friday 4 November

Bomb and gun attacks against police and anti-Qaeda militiamen killed 11 people and wounded 38 across Iraq on Thursday, security officials said. .... Also on Thursday, a policeman was shot dead by unknown gunmen at his home in Mosul in north Iraq, while two other police were wounded by a roadside bomb that targeted their patrol in the city, a police lieutenant said.

from Wikiopedia

first reading

psalm Psalm 85 Jonah 3

A reading from the book of Jonah

conversion of nineveh The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you. So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days walk across. Jonah began to go into the city, going a days walk. And he cried out, Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown! And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth. When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human being or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water. Human beings and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands. Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God

Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.

Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other; Truth shall spring up from the earth and righteousness look down from heaven. L Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. The Lord will indeed give all that is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness shall go before him and direct his steps in the way. L Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.

But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will pluck you up from the land that I have given you; and this house, which I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God

Lord, you were gracious to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the offence of your people and covered all their sins. You laid aside all your fury and turned from your wrathful indignation. L Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. Restore us again, O God our Saviour, and let your anger cease from us. Will you be displeased with us for ever? Will you stretch out your wrath from one generation to another? Will you not give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. L Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. I will listen to what the Lord God will say, for he shall speak peace to his people and to the faithful, that they turn not again to folly. Truly, his salvation is near to those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. L Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.

gradual hymn

Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the kings house; all that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the LORD and in his own house he successfully accomplished.

To this temple, where we call thee, come, O Lord of Hosts, today; second reading with thy wonted loving-kindness A reading from the Second Book of Chronicles hear thy servants as they pray, and thy fullest benediction 2 Chronicles 7:11-20 shed within its walls alway. Here vouchsafe to all thy servants what they ask of thee to gain, what they gain from thee for ever with the blessd to retain, and hereafter in thy glory evermore with thee to reign. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Then the LORD appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that my name may be there for ever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time. As for you, if you walk before me, as your father David walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, then I will establish your royal throne, as I made covenant with your father David saying, You shall never lack a successor to rule over Israel.

Latin, before 9 century Tr J M NEALE 1818 - 1866 and A&M Compilers Westminster Abbey adapted from an anthem by HENRY PURCELL 1659 - 1695

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gospel
in our prayers

offertory hymn

during the giving of communion

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Glory to you. O Lord Luke 11:29-32` When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgement with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here! This is the Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, O Christ

neighbours in

Wheata Road Hillside Avenue

church and community

Karl Ley in Afghanistan St Leonards Bishops senior staff

among those who are unwell

We turn to Christ anew who hear his call today, his way to walk, his will pursue, his word obey. To serve him as our King and of his kingdom learn, from sin and every evil thing to him we turn. We trust in Christ to save; in him new life begins: who by his cross a ransom gave from all our sins. Our spirits strength and stay who when all flesh is dust will keep us on that final day, in him we trust. We would be true to him till earthly journeys end, whose love no passing years can dim, our changeless friend. May we who bear his name our faith and love renew, to follow Christ our single aim, and find him true.
TIMOTHY DUDLEY-SMITH b 1926
Timothy Dudley-Smith CCL Licence No 244236

O thou, before the world began ordained a Sacrifice for man, and by the eternal Spirit made an Offering in the sinner's stead; our everlasting Priest art thou, pleading thy Death for sinners now. Thy offering still continues new before the righteous Father's view; thyself the Lamb for ever slain, thy Priesthood doth unchanged remain; thy years, O God, can never fail, nor thy blest work within the veil. O that our faith may never move, but stand unshaken as thy love! Sure evidence of things unseen, now let it pass the years between, and view thee bleeding on the Tree, my Lord, my God, who dies for me.
C WESLEY and others Das neugeborne Kindelein M VULPIUS c1560 - 1616 Harmony by J S BACH 1685 - 1750

Beverley Cross Douglas Doherty Grace Hendy Madge Hinchliffe Janeke Hoek Matthew Jennings Kenneth Leech Joan Mullins Roger Peacock Beaty Poyntz

Priest

among those who have died

post communion prayer God of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom and restored the broken to wholeness of life: look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your healing power make whole both people and nations; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen

Elsie Vera Bemrose Harold Parker Else

8 November 1985

May they rest in peace and rise in glory

Leoni Hebrew melody noted by THOMAS OLIVERS 1725 - 1799

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

final hymn

words and music The Alleluias at the end of the gradual hymn are what Purcell set at the end of his anthem O God thou art my God, the source of the tune we know as Westminster Abbey. Abbey The key of the anthem is too high for most people, so it is transposed down today. Youll note that the first two verses have alternating lines of 8 and 7 syllables, whereas the Alleluias make all lines 8 syllables. So there has to be a quick snatch to get them to fit, compared with what we are used to. Two slurred notes, which go to one syllable in the earlier verses have to be split.
before the service

preachers Our preacher on 27 November will be Adrian Bateman Bateman. Adrian goes to his local panel to assess his call to Self Supporting Ministry on 17 November. The Rev Diane Kershaw will preaching on 4 December. Diane is being appointed joint assistant curate of St Paul's and St James and Christopher Shiregreen. The Rev David Dean-Revill at Shiregreen will supervise her training in baptism, weddings, funerals, but she will look to develop her ministry of prayer and mission within St Paul's parish at least. Diane will initially live in her own home in city centre but hopes to move into the parish.

Change your church, O God to be more the church you long to see, more the people you have claimed, more the children you have named! Change your Church! Renew us, Lord, till we all reflect your Word! Make of us a shining light ever pleasing in your sight! God, revive us by your love; send your Spirit to reprove! Take away sins awful blight, help us all to do the right! Cultivate us, God, so we, grafted to your vine, may be, thriving best, within your care, blossoming, your love to share. God, review our urgent schemes! Guide our vision, mold our dreams! As we, toward your future move, all our being, God, improve! May we, by Christs love, be warmed! Bless your church, by faith reformed; hastened by your Spirits pace: God renew us by your grace.
JOHN ALLAN DALLES 1954 Gott sei dank J A FREYLINGHAUSEN 1670 - 1739 in his Geistreiches Gesangbuch Halle 1704

celebration of sport 14 november The Rev Peter Allen, Chaplain for Sport in the Diocese, invites all interested to a Celebration of Sport Service, Monday 14 November 7.30 pm in the Cathedral

the cross at yew lane 16 November 7.30 - 8.15

16 november

Prayer for healing

meet the author! 1 december A chance to meet Graham Shepherd, Steve Bush and David Blunkett all local authors sharing experiences of growing up in the 50-60s in Sheffield. The film Sheffield City on the Move will also be shown. Thursday 1 December 7.00 at the new Library Learning Centre. Booking essential, tickets 6.50 and 5.50 at the library.

Faith

DUNCAN MACLEOD

DUNCAN MACLEOD was a pseudonym of SAMUEL BALMFORTH WOOD 1896 - 1977. He came from a family immersed in music, and by the age of 5 had been taught to play the cornet; at 10 he performed in the Theatre Royal in Leeds; and he played the cornet seasonally at Ilkley and Morecambe when he was a young teenager. He was a prolific composer and arranger: he composed more than 2000 pieces of music, including fifty signature tunes. He had several noms de plume, DUNCAN MACLEOD being his favourite. His most famous piece is the march West Riding, written in 1943 for and dedicated to the Brighouse & Rastrick Band.
after the service

healthy U; develop U The healthy U course is free and people can start this Tuesday. The Develop U can also be started this Tuesday.

how can we make sheffield a better place for all? A seminar on Community Cohesion in Sheffield organised by the Sheffield Community Cohesion Advisory Group

thursday

the saints alive 2 december Saints Alive! Puppet team with magician Stephen Macbeth at the Montgomery Theatre 7.00 on Friday 2 December. Adults 5; children 2 Tickets
0114 272 0455

Thurs 10th November 1.00 - 4.15 at the Town Hall A chance for communities to explore what we think about how people in Sheffield live together and explore the priorities outlined in the Councils cohesion agenda. The Community Cohesion Advisory Group is a community-led initiative which comments on the Councils plans and proposals. It stems from the former Preventing Violent Extremism Advisory Group. With a changing agenda, both nationally and locally, and following a conference in March 2011, this is a further opportunity for communities to get involved with shaping local initiatives to meet the needs of Sheffield. The Advisory Group is looking to involve new members interested in shaping community cohesion from communities across the city.

margetson christmas market 3 december The Margetson Christmas Market will be held on Saturday, 3 December 12.00 - 4.00. To prevent the weather from spoiling the fun, the stalls will be indoors. Without the Parson Cross Library to spread the event out, the Market will be a scaled-down version held mainly inside the St Thomas More Community Centre. However, the FUN has not been scaled down! A variety of activities have been selected to make the event fun for the whole family, with a Fairground Ride, Hook-a-Duck, Santa's Grotto, Circus Workshops, and a Zumba demonstration. As we did last year, there will be therapists to give us some pampering, hopefully doing nail art and Indian head massage. Since we are still in the planning stages, there is much yet to be confirmed.

Prelude and Fugue in F BWV 556

formerly attributed to J S BACH 1685 - 1750

todays quiz question

A chocolate biscuit for anyone who can name the radio programme for which Faith was the signature tune.

after the service Refreshments in the Church Hall.

prayer meeting 4 december On Sunday 4 December there will be a Prayer Meeting at the home of Jim and Hilary Kennington 7.00 - 8.00. All are invited to this to pray and think how St Paul's might pray more, especially as the vacancy begins.

christmas sing 8 december The PXI - "Second Thursday" cafe church has its Christmas Special on Thursday 8 December at Mount Tabor 6.30 - 8.00. We'll be singing all your favourite Christmas songs and no doubt enjoying a mince pie or two! The event is in support of Christian Aid charity and is open to everyone.

healthy u course Healthy U is a 5-week course that is tailored to the individual and looks at how you can improve your health on a variety of levels. Course content includes many aspects of personal health and well-being, ranging from oral health and dept management/budgeting/employability to learning about daily recommended guidelines of fat, salt and sugar. Tuesdays 1 to 29 November St Thomas More Centre 9.30 - 11.30 Wednesdays 2 to 30 November Shirecliffe Community Centre 12.30 - 2.30 Thursdays 3 November to 1 December Foxhill Forum 9.30 - 11.30

develop u course This 5-week course is aimed at Raising self esteem Developing self confidence Developing communication skills Improving assertiveness Improving team working skills Tuesdays 1 to 29 November St Thomas More Centre 12.30 - 2.30

foundations of faith

Foundations of Faith is a discipleship course, taught as a

rolling programme across the Diocese, in three terms of eight evenings. It perhaps offers more than most parishes can normally provide, but is much less demanding than, for example, the School of Ministry.

Part One
Worship Using the Bible Christian Ethics and Church History

Part Two
Fridays 4 November to 2 December Longley 4 Greens 9.30 - 11.30 Claiming benefits? Good news! You can get this course for 10 (cost used to provide resources) note Christian Belief Ministry Mission and Spirituality

christmas fayre 10 december Our pre-Christmas fund-raising effort is on Saturday 10 December

Part Three an overview of the Bible in eight evenings.

Part One will be running on Tuesdays from 17 January to 20 March 2012, 7.30 - 9.15 at St Mary's, Bramall Lane.

The publicity material does not give the cost for those who are NOT on benefits

webstore The web-store site has changed its name to

www.spendandraise.com/sheffieldstpaul

used clothes If you have clothes of any condition please bring them to church or the hall. They can be used for a jumble sale or bagged up and sold as rags for our own funds.

up and coming tuesday 8 3.30 wednesday 9 9.30 thursday 10 11.00 to 4.15 friday 11 11.00 saturday 12 10.30 to 4.00
saints and martyrs of england

pauls praise

church hall
magery kempe

mystic 1440 bishop, teacher of the faith 461

holy communion
leo the great

making sheffield a better place

town hall
martin

bishop c 397

act of remembrance

outside library learning centre

peace fair

outside the town hall

sunday 13 10.00 monday 14 7.30 tuesday 15 3.30 wednesday 16 9.30 7.30 to 8.15

second sunday before advent

remembrance sunday
parish communion with act of remembrance
samuel seabury

bishop 1796

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

celebration of sport

cathedral
pauls praise
contact points
queen, philanthropist 1093 archbishop 1240
telephone email The Rev Ian Smith 0114 2468494 0781 8855727 ian.smith@sheffield.anglican.org The Rev Keith Crookes keith.crookes@mypostoffice.co.uk

church hall
margaret edmund rich

holy communion prayer for healing

cross at yew lane

email

rota and notices telephone email telephone David Rennison 0114 246 0349 david@stwand.plus.com John Roch 0114 2464369 0790 3694640 mail@jdroch.com A PDF version of the service paper is sent out by email each Saturday night. Please let JDR know of anyone who would like to receive it. webstore www.spendandraise.com/sheffieldstpaul We earn commission if you access your favourite on-line suppliers via this site. To receive the regular email updates, please contact JDR

sunday 20 10.00 tuesday 22 3.30 wednesday 16 9.30

christ the king parish communion and baptisms pauls praise

email

church hall
margaret edmund rich

queen, philanthropist 1093 archbishop 1240

holy communion