The New Fisherman Volume 666 April 6th, 2014

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St. Peter’s Parish Church with St. Nicholas Chapel Orange Street, Speightstown St. Peter Rock Dundo St. Peter

Anglican Diocese of Barbados (Consecrated 1837)

Rector: Rev. Canon Peter Haynes

Assistant Priests: Rev. Dr. Ian Rock , Rev. Graveney Bannister

Seminarian: Mr. Christopher Roberts

Church Officers: Wardens: Mrs. Juliette Hall, Mr. Gay Griffith

Organist: Julian Bowen Assistant Organist: Paul Brazant Sexton: Peter Bowen

MISSION AND MINISTRY

To proclaim the good news of the kingdom

To teach, baptize and nurture new believers

To respond to human need by loving service

To seek to transform the unjust structures of

society

To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation

and sustain and renew the life of earth

SERVICES

Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

8:00 a.m. Sunday School

9:15 a.m. Sung Eucharist and

Sermon;

10:15 a.m. Youth Church

7:00 p.m. Evensong

Wednesday: 9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Office Hour

Saturdays: 10:00 a.m.

Contact Information:

Rector: Home: (246) 432-9000; Fax: (246) 422-2181; E-mail: petros@caribsurf.com

Church: (246) 422-3599; Fax: (246) 422-3599; Day Care Centre: Tele (246) 422-0138

E-mail: thenewfisherman@yahoo.com; Facebook: St. Peter’s Parish Church, Barbados

Fifth Sunday in Lent: Passion Sunday Liturgical Colour: Purple Year A

Remember that the Gloria & Alleluias are omitted during Lent

ORDER OF SERVICE

OPENING PRAYER

COLLECT FOR PURITY - Page 101

OPENING SENTENCES - Page 97 - 100

INTROIT HYMN - 271

THE KYRIE - Page 102

THE COLLECTS - Fifth Sunday in Lent (Page 164 BCP)

Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners:

Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that

among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed

where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with

you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and ever. Amen.

Ash Wednesday (Page 163 BCP)

Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all

who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we, worthily

lamenting our sins and acknowledging our wretchedness, may obtain of you, the God of

all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives

and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

REFLECTION FIRST LESSON: In our opening reading the prophet had a vision of

the bones of a dead and hopeless people being restored to new life in their homeland.

1st LESSON: 7:30a.m. - Melissa Stevenson 9:15a.m. - Peter Bowen

FIRSTFIRSTFIRSTFIRST LESSON: (OLD TESTAMENT): LESSON: (OLD TESTAMENT): LESSON: (OLD TESTAMENT): LESSON: (OLD TESTAMENT): Ezekiel 37:1-3(4-10)11-14

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord, and

set me down in the midst of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me round among

them; and behold, there were very many upon the valley; and lo, they were very dry. And

he said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord God, thou

knowest." [Again he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, O dry bones,

hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause

breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause

flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall

live; and you shall know that I am the Lord." So I prophesied as I was commanded; and

as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together,

bone to its bone. And as I looked, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon

them, and skin had covered them; but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me,

"Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord

God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may

live." So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they

lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.] Then he said to me, "Son of

man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, `Our bones are dried up,

and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.' Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says

the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my

people; and I will bring you home into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am

the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I

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will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land;

then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, says the Lord."

REFLECTION THE PSALM: The psalmist calls to the merciful Lord and waits upon

God for forgiveness and redemption.

PSALM: PSALM: PSALM: PSALM: 130: (7:30a.m. - page 646

BCP)

1. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice.

2. O let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint.

3. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it?

4. For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.

5. I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust.

6. My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning

watch.

7. O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy : and with him is plenteous

redemption.

8. And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.

REFLECTION SECOND LESSON: This lesson teaches that by the grace of God

Christians are no longer slaves to sin but are obedient to the service of righteousness.

2nd LESSON: 7:30a.m. - Vincent Broomes 9:15a.m. - Men’s Fellowship

SECOND LESSON (EPISTLE): SECOND LESSON (EPISTLE): SECOND LESSON (EPISTLE): SECOND LESSON (EPISTLE): Romans 6:16-23

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are

slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience,

which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin

have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were

committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am

speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once

yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your

members to righteousness for sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free

in regard to righteousness. But then what return did you get from the things of which you

are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free

from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end,

eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ

Jesus our Lord.

REFLECTION THE GOSPEL: The Gospel is the story of Jesus’ raising of Lazarus

from the dead. This is the last and greatest of Jesus’ signs, and it points beyond itself to

the hope of new life after death for all. Only slowly do Jesus’ friends begin to understand

what he is saying to them and the deeper meaning of their own words. Soon the one who

has raised Lazarus will himself be put to death, and then become the way of resurrec-

tion to eternal life.

GRADUAL HYMN - 497

THE GOSPEL: THE GOSPEL: THE GOSPEL: THE GOSPEL: John 11:(1-17)18-44

[Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister

Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her

hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom

you love is ill." But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death; it is for

the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it." Now Jesus

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loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two

days longer in the place where he was. Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go

into Judea again." The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to

stone you, and are you going there again?" Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in

the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this

world. But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to

awake him out of sleep." The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will

recover." Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in

sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead; and for your sake I am glad that I

was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." Thomas, called the Twin,

said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." Now when Jesus

came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.] Bethany was near

Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to

console them concerning their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she

went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had

been here, my brother would not have died. And even now I know that whatever you ask

from God, God will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha

said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said

to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall

he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" She

said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is

coming into the world." When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary,

saying quietly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." And when she heard it, she

rose quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in

the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were with her in the house,

consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she

was going to the tomb to weep there. Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and

saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not

have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping,

he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled; and he said, "Where have you laid him?"

They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how he loved

him!" But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have

kept this man from dying?" Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a

cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the

dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four

days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the

glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,

"Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. I knew that thou hearest me always, but I

have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst

send me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." The

dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a

cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

THE SERMON

THE NICENE CREED - Page 104

Bidding Prayer

Let us pray to God whose word is the word of life.

As Thomas and the other disciples followed their Lord in faith, give to your people the

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Stephen Archer Dixon Benn Cynthia Blackman Lolita Bowen

Marjorie Edwards B. Gale Dorothy Haynes Marcia Haynes

Eugene Jackman Terrance Richards Kaye Springer Taylor Walcott

and all who request our prayers

trust in him that takes away all fear…As Mary and Martha saw with their human eyes his

power of resurrection, let your Church witness to his risen presence among us.

Have mercy on a world where many do not follow the way of life but choose the dark

way that leads to the death of hope…May those in high places know that their power is

limited and that all authority comes only from the Lord of life, the conqueror of death.

Bless our families, friends and neighbours when they are in distress and doubt…Keep us

faithful to one another and to our Lord…Help us to trust in his word and to obey his com-

mands even when the way forward is not clear to us.

Look with pity on those who mourn, especially those who feel no hope of resurrection…

Strengthen all who walk in fear but are loyal to their calling…Deal tenderly with those

who are at the point of death, and ease their passing.

God, in whom the dead are alive and shall never die again, receive the souls of the faithful

departed…As their bodies lie in the grave, grant them eternal life in Christ, whose word

they trusted in their time on earth.

We pray in the name of Christ, the Resurrection and the Life. Amen.

INTERCESSION:- 7:30a.m. - Peter Rochester 9:15a.m. - David Worrell

SICK AND SHUT-INS:

Let us pray for the Sick & Shut-ins of: Church Street, Golden Mile, Retreat, Heywoods:

Nelda Agard, Myran Babb, Rev. Vincent Belle, Alicia Busby, Gloria Bentham,

Thelma Challenor, Charmaine Walcott; Norma Weekes-Browne Our Community:

Men’s Fellowship Prayer

Almighty God , Father of every family, who through your son Jesus Christ, has poured

out your best gift of love to be the bond of perfectness among men, and the means of

bringing men together; bless, we beseech you, all Men’s Fellowship Organisations

throughout the world, and especially in this Diocese, let love and happiness ever be found

among us and may our faith in you grow stronger each day we live; through the same

Christ our Lord. Amen.

ACT OF PENITENCE - Page 123

THE ABSOLUTION - Page 124

THE GREETING OF PEACE - Pages 124-125

NOTICES

Welcome to all visitors worshipping with us today.

Sunday, 6th April:

7:30a.m. Holy Eucharist

8:00a.m. Sunday School

9:00a.m. Sung Eucharist & Sermon

10:15a.m. Youth Church

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5:30p.m. Deanery Mission Service – St. Andrew’s

Parish Church

AYPA Meeting after the 9:15a.m. Service

Monday, 7th April:

2:00p.m. Funeral Service for the late Vinston

Welch

No Mothers’ Union Meeting

7:30p.m. Church Army – St. Nicholas

Tuesday, 8th April:

7:00p.m. AA Meeting

7:30p.m. Mission Service at St. Peter –

Ushers & Readers Guild–Theme: “Renewal”

Wednesday, 9th April:

10:00a.m. Church Army Cottage Meeting

at the home of Alfred & Carmen Richards

12:00p.m. Midday Devotions –Speightstown

Methodist Church

7:30p.m. Bible Study

Thursday, 10th April:

2:00p.m. Funeral Service for the late Rosalind Russell

6:30p.m. Choir Practice

Saturday, 12th April:

9:00a.m. Office Hour

3:00p.m. Scout Practice

Sunday, 13th April: Palm Sunday Year A

7:30a.m. Holy Eucharist

No Sunday School

9:15a.m. Procession, Sung Eucharist & Sermon – Procession begins at the Jordans

Complex

No Youth Church

5:30p.m. Deanery Mission Service – St. Thomas Parish Church

All Organisations & persons who are interested in learning to make Palm Crosses are

invited on Friday 11th April at 6:00p.m. & Saturday 12th April, at 5:00p.m. as we make

our preparations for Palm Sunday.

Flowers for Easter

Persons interested in contributing to the flowers for Easter in memory of loved ones can

contact Mr. David Yearwood.

Condolences to the Russell family of Gilkes Village, St. James at the death of Rosalind

Russell.

Services for Holy Week and Easter

Sunday 13 April – Palm Sunday

7:30a.m. Procession, Holy Eucharist & Sermon

9:30a.m. Procession, Sung Eucharist & Sermon

5:30p.m. Deanery Mission Service – St. Thomas Parish Church

April Birthdays

7th Campbell Hope (90th)

Lucille Reid

8th Olympia DePeiza

9th Teddy Calderon

10th Jacqueline Moore

11th Mary Lamming

Velma Ifill

Melissa Cumberbatch

Aliyah Reid

April Anniversaries

9th Bernard & Donna Lamming

10th Teddy & Natalie Calderon

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Monday 14 April

7:30p.m. Cantata “Olivet to Calvary” – St. Peter’s Parish Church

Tuesday 15 April

7:30p.m. Mission Service

Wednesday 16 April

7:30p.m. Mission Service

Thursday17 April - Maundy Thursday

7:30p.m. Sung Eucharist

Friday 18 April – Good Friday

9:00a.m. Children’s Service

12:00p.m. Three Hour Devotions

Saturday 19 April – Holy Saturday

7:00a.m. Men’s Fellowship Breakfast

8:00p.m. Sung Eucharist

Sunday 20 April – Easter Day

7:30a.m. Holy Eucharist

9:30a.m. Procession, Sung Eucharist & Sermon

7:00p.m. Solemn Evensong – Featuring the Choir which sang at the Diocesan Service in

February. Clergy and Churches in the Deanery are all invited.

Tuesday Mission Services

Theme:- “Renew, Revive, and Rededicate.”

Mission Service 08 April - Ushers & Readers Guild – St. Peter

15 April – Youth – St. Peter

Wednesday in Lent - Midday Devotions

16 April Pastor Coral Richards St. Peter’s Church

Deanery Mission Services in Lent

Sunday 13 April – St. Thomas

Sunday 20 April – Easter Day - St. Peter’s Evensong

OFFERTORY HYMNS - 112, 208

THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS -Page 126

THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER - Page 126 - Page 143

THE LORD’S PRAYER - Page 144

THE BREAKING OF BREAD - Page 145

AGNUS DEI - Page 147

THE INVITATION - Page 145-146

COMMUNION HYMNS – 640, 266, 416

POST COMMUNION PRAYER - Page 147-148

Dedication Prayer Lord, be with us this day and throughout the week; Within us to purify us; Above us to

draw us up; Before us to lead us; Behind us to restrain us; Around us to protect us.

Amen.

BLESSING

RECESSIONAL HYMN - 114

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Readers & Intercessors for the 2nd Sunday in April (13th): Palm Sunday: Year A

7:30a.m. - Arlene Paul-Kellman Norma Springer Intercession: Ann Skinner

9:15a.m. - Youth Youth Intercession: Michael Walcott

Smile: "Take a bunch of flowers home for your wife, sir," urged the street vendor. "I haven't got a wife," replied the young man. "Then buy a bunch for your sweetheart." "I

don't have a sweetheart, either." "Well then, buy a couple of bunches to celebrate your

luck."

St. Peter’s Parish Church Choir And

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Augmented Choir

Present

A Sacred Cantata

OLIVET TO CALVARY John Henry Maunder

(1858 - 1920)

Organ Neil Grogan

Walter Forbes jr. Director

Julian Bowen

St. Peter’s Parish Church Speightstown, St. Peter

Monday April 14, 2014 at 7.30 p.m.

Programme: $25.00