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Holy Trinity Church, Thornhill Established in 1830 140 Brooke Street, Thornhill, ON L4J 1Y9 Phone: 905 889 5931 ● Fax: 905 889 5632 www.holytrinity - thornhill.ca ● info@holytrinity - thornhill.ca “ Something good is happening here!!” Feast of The Presentation February 2, 2014 International Day at Holy Trinity OUR MISSION & RULE OF LIFE We are a vibrant, welcoming Christjan community fmourishing on God’s love through fellowship, outreach, worship and spiritual growth, in an atmosphere of compassion and mutual respect. As members of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, we will try to  LIVE for God, our Church, and others  STUDY a passage of Scripture every day and ask “what is God calling me to be or to do today?”  PRAY at least twice a day  GIVE regularly to support the life and ministry of our Church OUR SERVICE SCHEDULE Sunday Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist & Homily 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 10: 0 0 a.m. Sung Eucharist & Sermon 3rd Sunday - Sung Eucharist, Sermon & Prayers for Healing 5 th Sunday - Choral Mattjns & Sermon

We extend a warm welcome to all visitors and newcomers. We invite our visitors to sign our “Visitors’ Book” and visit us again. Please keep any conversatjon you may have to a minimum as other worshippers prepare themselves for worship. All baptjsed members of the Christjan Church are invited to share in the sacrament of Holy Communion or to receive a blessing. All services are found in The Book of Alternatjve Services (BAS). If you have your smart phone or tablet please access the service at HTC - GUEST. Login info 9058895931 TODAY’S COLLECT & READINGS The Collect of the Day pg 401 1 st Reading Malachi 3:1 - 4 Bible pg 638 Psalm 84 pg 817 2 nd Reading Hebrews 2:14 - 18 Bible pg 219 Gospel Luke 2:22 - 40 Bible pg 59 TODAY’S MINISTERS Celebrant The Rev. Canon Stephen Fields Layreaders/Lectors (8:00) Pat Johnson, Edward Carter (10:00) Maurice Corbetu, Jane Winstanley, Lucy Fields, Eric Symes Eucharistjc Ministers Nancy Cutler (8:00), Brian Stapley, Susan Hogeboom, Anne Thomson Sidespersons (8:00) Alexander Smith (10:00) Dave Bezant, Ray Burton, Murray Hogeboom, Peter Paterson The fmowers in the Church today are given to the glory of God by:  Janet, Gale and Diane in memory of their mother, Rayma Springer  Dorothy Fisher, Cathy Bernardi (daughter) and Ted and TomIn (sons) in loving memory of George Fisher, forever remembered by wife . Our RULE OF LIFE…Readings for this week…. we contjnue reading the book of Psalms (see front cover for Rule of Life ) Mon. Ps 85 Tue. Ps 86:1 - 9 Wed. Ps 86:10 - 17 Thur. Ps 87 Fri. Ps 88:1 - 10 Sat. Ps 88:11 - 19 Canon Stephen’s Diary this week … Mon 3:00 pm Postulant Supervison Pastoral Visitations Tue 1:30 pm Tuesday Group 7:30 pm Wardens’ Meetjng Wed 10:30 am Holy Eucharist pm Visitatjons Sat 10:30 am Confjrmatjon Class NEXT SUNDAY… we will celebrate the retjrement of Ross & Bobbie Creber at the 10: 00 a.m. service. Our Annual Vestry Meetjng... will convene following the 10:00 a.m. Service 2

8:00 a.m. - HOLY EUCHARIST & HOMILY O PENING S ENTENCE This is a light to reveal God to the nations and the glory of his people Israel. Luke 2.32 T HE G ATHERING OF T HE C OMMUNITY (Pg 230) Celebrant: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. All: And with thy spirit. Almighty God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. T HE S UMMARY OF THE L AW Celebrant: Our Lord Jesus Christ said: hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it: thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. All: Lord, have mercy upon us, and write both these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. T HE G LORIA Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly king, God the Father almighty. O Lord, the only - begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sin of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 3

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. T HE C OLLECT Celebrant: Let us pray Silence Blessed are you, O Lord our God, for you have sent us your salvation. Inspire us by your Holy Spirit to recognize him who is the glory of Israel and the light for all nations, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T HE F IRST R EADING : Malachi 3:1 - 4 1 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the L ORD of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the L ORD in righteousness. 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the L ORD as in the days of old and as in former years. Reader: The Word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God P SALM 84 (Page 735) 1 How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! *My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 2 The sparrow has found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; *by the side of your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 3 Happy are they who dwell in your house! *they will always be praising you. 4 Happy are the people whose strength is in you! *whose hearts are set on the pilgrims’ way. 5 Those who go through the desolate valley will find it a place of springs, *for the early rains have covered it with pools of water. 6 They will climb from height to height, *and the God of gods will reveal himself in Zion. 4

7 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; *hearken, O God of Jacob. 8 Behold our defender, O God; *and look upon the face of your anointed. 9 For one day in your courts is better than a thousand in my own room, *and to stand at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. 10 For the Lord God is both sun and shield; *he will give grace and glory; 11 No good thing will the Lord withhold *from those who walk with integrity. 12 O Lord of hosts, *happy are they who put their trust in you! God of pilgrims, teach us to recognize your dwelling - place in the love, generosity, and support of those with whom we share our journey, and help us to worship you in our response to those who need our care; for all the world is your temple and every human heart is a sign of your presence, made known to us in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T HE S ECOND R EADING : Hebrews 2:14 - 18 14 Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. 16 For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. 17 Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. Reader: The Word of the Lord All: Thanks be to God. T HE G OSPEL Reader: The Lord be with you. All: And with thy spirit. Reader: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke (2:22 - 40) All: Glory be to thee, O Lord. 22 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), 24 and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle - doves or two young pigeons.’ 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. 26 It had been 5