ST. BARNABAS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS (a self-supporting Church)
In the The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf
Sunday, May 20th 2012
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We hope that you will
find peace and comfort worshipping here with us today at St Barnabas’ Church.
Those who receive Communion in their home Church are welcome to join us at the Lord’s Table, or, please ask for a blessing
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AGM Report by Chaplain 2012
What is an Anglican Church ideally and what is this particular Anglican Church in practice? [Much of this applies to any Christian Church; we happen to be an Anglican one]. An Anglican Church is a community formed by Word and Sacrament to be a place of welcome, a place of growth, a place for serving the Kingdom beyond our own community, a place of unity, a place of giving, a place of thinking through God’s revelation, a place set to do all these things in a particular context. Let’s look at St Barnabas April 2012 through this lens: Welcome is usually done well; we are making it the theme of our contribution to the diocesan calendar next year; we need to ask how much of it do we leave to Pam. Growth involves investment, investment of time, money and energy. Some signs of growth are Junior Church, Youth Church, Confirmation, Reader ministry, Lent Groups, House Groups, and Living Water Prayer Fellowship. Future challenges include Church Learning Group and the giving of recognition and release to Pissouri Anglican Group. Serving the community beyond ourselves is both individual in the scattered places where we live and corporate as a Church. How we give to the mission of Jesus Christ is a core part of being His followers. It includes money, but goes beyond it. It includes our care for those who request Baptism, Weddings and Funerals, plus those Churches and other groups who rent our premises. How do we express God’s love to them? Unity is easily confused with uniformity. I urge you to practice harmony in praying the Lord’s Prayer. Deliberately I encourage the use of many languages, including a variety of English translations. [Please don’t ask me to pray the original. I don’t speak Aramaic]. The aim is not to drown out those praying in different words; the aim is to pray to God in harmony with others praying the same prayer in different words. Those who have experience of singing in choirs in parts should find this easy. All of us should learn without too much trouble, and with the glorious benefits of practising unity in the very words of Jesus. What about our context? We are a highly mobile community, more often an oasis, than a place of settlement. We can usefully attend to the theology of exile and the theology of home. We are in a world devastated by recession. We are in a world of volatile exchange rates which never benefit all of us at the same time. We are set in a place which is a dream fulfilled for some, a nightmare prison for some, and something in between for most. We live on an island of unresolved conflict, in a region where dictators more and less benign have often ruled, and where turmoil, revolution and violence have erupted dramatically in the last 15 months. This context affects what is preached, what is prayed and what is lived in this particular Church. Constantly we seek to discover how God relates to this particular time, place and people. What does Christ’s good news, the Gospel, sound like here, look like here? For all who share in this enterprise in a multitude of ways, a heartfelt thank you! God bless you in our common task this coming year. Derek
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Second & Fourth Sundays at six
Join us at 6pm for an Anglican communion service at the amphitheatre Pissouri. All welcome.
Canon Derek Smith chaplain at St Barnabas Anglican Church Limassol 2536 2713 / 96612371 website: www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com
Sundays at 6pm:
May 13th and 27th (Pentecost) June 10th (with Bishop Michael) and 24th July 8th and 22nd
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What kind of Church?
St
Barnabas is an English speaking Church.
So, we are here for those who
speak English as a first language and for those who find English easier
than Greek.
We are a Christian Church open to all.
We are part of the Anglican
Communion, a network of Churches linked through the Archbishop of
Canterbury.
We try to value the Sacraments, an orthodox faith, a reformed emphasis
on the Bible and renewal in the Holy Spirit.
We see ourselves as a part, not the whole, of God’s people in Limassol,
as in the worldwide Church.
Intercessions/Prayer Requests
Should you wish the
‘intercessor’ or the weekday prayer leaders to include prayers
for a specific person or on a specific topic,
please enter
details in the small book kept in the porch and labeled ‘For
Whom we must Pray.
Last minute requests, please speak to the
intercessor, Chaplain or a Church warden, prior to the service.
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Order of Service: Family Eucharist 20th May 2012
(Angelos carrying the cross)
Greeting: Alleluia. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. Prayer pointers for today & the week Hymn 46 At the name of Jesus Collect for Purity, page 1
Confession: We have used our words selfishly. all touch our lips We are sorry. Lord have mercy. We have used our hands selfishly. all look at our open hands We are sorry. Christ have mercy. We have used our minds to think selfishly. all touch our heads We are sorry. Lord have mercy.
Absolution, Gloria, page 2 Collect for the day is on the front of the news sheet First Reading: Acts 1:12 – 26 (Ghivan family) Hymn: Tell me the stories of Jesus (words on sheet) Remain standing for the Gospel: John 17:6-19 Sermon Intercessions Isabella & Olivia Response to: Lord, we wait on you is: Fill us, Holy Spirit of God.
The Peace Offertory Hymn 480: The head that once was crowned with thorns Eucharistic page 6 Lord’s Prayer, Breaking of the Bread, Invitation pages 9 & 10 Administration of Communion – there will be 2 Communion Stations during which Hymns 361 and 69 are sung Post Communion Prayer and Blessing, pages 10 & 11 Notices Hymn 81: Christ triumphant
Dismissal
Tell me the stories of Jesus
1.
Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear;
2.
First let me hear
how the children stood round His knee,
3.
Into the city I’d
follow the children’s band,
4.
Tell me, in
accents of wonder, how rolled the sea,
5.
Show me that scene
in the garden, of bitter pain;
Living and strong and triumphant, mighty to save: And how He sends us all men to bring Stories of Jesus, Jesus their King.
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Welcome to St Barnabas’ Anglican Church in the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. Refreshments will be served in the Hall after the Service. Visitors please introduce yourselves to us and sign our Visitors’ Book. Remembering in Prayer We remember in prayer all those known to us who are ill or recovering: Labib Oueida, Amanda (Parker), Adam Dodd, Baby Griff, Bryan Tolladay, Barbara Clapham, Barbara Fisher, Clifford & Philip Tynan, Sandra, Alkis Alkiviadou, Jessica Fernando, Brian Cumming, Henrietta Dew, Sophia, James & Sandie Syme, Tony Hunt, Andri, Peter Viney, Catherine, Ruth’s brother-in-law, David. Pray for Nick and family and for Richard and family. Pray for those who are grieving, including the family of Dilys Walsh, brother of Brian and for the family of Tony Oakes buried on Wednesday. Pray for those who are involved in exams and awaiting results. Duties for next week (OT) Ezekiel37: 1 - 14 (page 614) Psalm 104: 24 – end (Mike Harries) (NT) Acts 2: 1- 21(page 771) (Geoff) (Gospel) John 15: 26 & 27, 16: 4b - 15 (page 765) Intercessions: Bob Day Sides Persons: Pam & Isobel Eucharistic Assts: Ann C, Chris C Hymns: 453, 356, 90, 454, 410, 393
Dates for your diary May 20th (Today) 10 a.m. Family Eucharist May 22nd (Tues) 9.30 a.m. Prayer Fellowship May 23rd (Wed) 9 a.m. Holy Communion May 26th (Sat) Car Rally (POSTPONED) May 27th (Sun) 10 a.m. Junior Church; Youth Church 6 p.m. Communion at Pissouri from 11 a.m. Global Day of Prayer, Limassol May 28th (Mon) 6.30 p.m. Church Learning Group in Church Hall June 4th (Mon) 5 p.m. Street Party (Kataklysmos) June 10th Visit of Bishop Michael
NB.
May
27th is
Pentecost/Whitsun; June 3rd is Trinity Sunday; June
10th marks St Barnabas’ Patronal at 10 a.m. and PAnG
Anniversry in Pissouri at 6 p.m.
UK Visitors,
who pay UK tax, please ask for a blue envelope to
enable you to gift-aid your collection by completing the
details. Parking - Please note, on Sundays, parking at the rear of the Church is designated for disabled and less mobile people. On Tuesdays, this area is reserved for parking for those attending the Prayer Fellowship. Table Top Sale – thank you to all who gave support for this event. Task awaiting one or two volunteers. Can you be the one to unlock the school car park by 9.30 on Sundays? Offers to Derek, Charles or Pam.
Global Day of Prayer Sunday May 27th. Many English-speaking and international churches will be taking part in this day. There are two venues: from 11 a.m. at the Emerald Conference Centre at the corner of Chrysorrogiatissis and Kolokotroni, behind the old library, St Andrew’s Street (there is no problem going after the service at St B’s – arriving at 12 noon is not a problem!). The second event, which may be in Greek, is at 7 p.m. at the Limassol Christian Fellowship at the corner of Makarios Avenue and Ioanni Kyriakidi Street (close to Similides traffic lights – diagonally opposite the fire station (above toy shop).
Mazi Mas – get out your pens (or computer) and write your next article for Mazi Mas please. Mary and Mano welcome your contributions NOW!
Vounteer needed to collect Yvonne and wheel chair from Griva Digheni while Brian is away please.
Ruby Wedding – Marvin and Sue celebrate 40 years of marriage on June 2nd – but will be doing so in the UK! Consequently, their card was only partly signed before their departure! However, they say thank you to one and all!
Christian Maid from Sri Lanka is looking for full-time employment. Valerie Tolladay can give you details.
Lania Lanes and courtyards of Lania are open for the annual event on Saturday and Sunday, 19th & 20th May 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
News Sheet: pamelak@cytanet.com.cy Information: stbac@spidernet.com.cy Derek the Chaplain: stbac@spidernet.com.cy Website: www.stbarnabas-cyprus.com Webmaster: barrie@stbarnabas-cyprus.com Church Bookings Secretary Margaret Yates 25315037
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