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The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul was built in 1931-32. Two congregations, St. Andrew’s founded in 1803, and St. Paul’sfounded in 1832, joined together in 1919. This is the Regimental Church of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)of Canada, whose colours hang in the sanctuary. The church organ is a four-manual 1932 Casavant (completely rebuilt in2000) with 112 ranks and 7000 pipes spread over eight divisions, located in the chancel and the gallery.

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The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt......................Minister The Rev. Ian Fraser.........Interim Associate MinisterDr. Jonathan Oldengarm ..............Director of Music Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée.........................Conductor Sharon Dworzak..............Director of Church School, Young Adult and Youth Programmes The Rev. J.S.S. Armour .................Minister Emeritus

Dr. Wayne Riddell, C.M..Director of Music EmeritusMichael Cristofaro...... .....................Clerk of SessionJay Hewlin .......................... Chair, Board of TrusteesSandra Steadman ............................. Office Manager Peter Sabourin (842-7225) ............... Church Officer Susan Knell.................................................Secretary

The Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, December 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Kirk Session Room. The Guild Executive will meet on Wednesday, December 19 at 10:00 a.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Stewardship Moment: We should travel light and live simply. Our enemy is not possessions, but excess. ––John Stott (b. 1921) Anglican clergyman

A Moment to Lead With Care: Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. ––Theodore Roosevelt Your offering envelopes for 2019 are available in the Memorial Tower today. If you would like a box of offering envelopes for 2019 please contact the Church Office at 514-842-3431. All boxes that are not claimed will be available in the office for pick-up.

Watch Us on YouTube! Are you a visitor here at The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul? Did you know that we livestream our worship services and choral events? Why not subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you can join us all year long from where ever you are? We also keep a full archive of recordings that you can enjoy at any time. Just go to YouTube.com/standrewstpaul and click on Subscribe. For more info, please contact communications@standrewstpaul.com. A&P Christmas cards are available for purchase at the Book Stall. New this year are cards with the photo of the Nativity block from the Bicentennial Quilt, as well as the one from last year with the photos of the chancel at Christmas. RAINBOW COMMUNION: a special LGBTQI listening committee of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. This committee is meant to be a confidential, safe, affirming and respectful space created for people to share their experiences, hurtful and restorative. Contact: 1-800-619-7301 ext. 300, rainbowcommunion@gmail.com, R. Communion, P.O. Box 40113, Waterloo Square, Waterloo, ON, N2J 4V1.

WELCOME - BIENVENUE ADVENT III

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 11:00 a.m.

The congregation is asked to please remain

silent during the prelude as a time of prayer and meditation.

PRELUDE:.......................................Scheidemann Magnificat Sexti toni

ENTRY OF THE BIBLE *PROCESSIONAL HYMN: 115 ........WINCHESTER NEW “On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry” The congregation will rise on the last line of the organ introduction to the hymn.

*CALL TO WORSHIP PRAYERS OF ADORATION, CONFESSION,SUPPLICATION and THE LORD’S PRAYER GREETINGS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIGHTING OF THE THIRD ADVENT CANDLE: Candle of Joy The third Advent candle will be lit by Kayla, Lukas and Nicolas Green with their parents Tania and Glenn. INTROIT:.....................................................Sirett Ecce concipies FIRST LESSON: Zephaniah 3: 14-20 *METRICAL PSALM: 25.................ABRIDGE “Praise waits for Thee in Zion, Lord” SECOND LESSON: Luke 3: 7-18 Our lessons this morning are read by Ruling Elder Sheila Jacob.

OFFERTORY ANTHEM…......................................................................Sheppard Verbum caro factum est *PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below: Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING, INTERCESSIONAND COMMEMORATION………..........…...........…..............…Choral “Amen” *HYMN: 413……………….............................................................FRANCONIA “Blest are the pure in heart”

SERMON..…………….............................................The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt “Pulling No Punches” PRAYER OF QUIET REFLECTION

*RECESSIONAL HYMN: 113...............................................ST. THEODULPH “Hail to the Lord’s Anointed”

BENEDICTION………………..………................................……Choral “Amen”

SILENT PRAYER *REMOVAL OF THE BIBLE

POSTLUDE:…........................................................................................Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149 *Indicates Congregation standing if able. * * *

The flowers in the Sanctuary are placed in loving memory of Ruling Elder Melvyn G. Angus, Mrs Ada

Angus Hout, Gillian Angus Coté and Jacqueline Angus.

WELCOME to The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. If you are a first-time worshipper here please sign our Welcome Book in the Narthex and make yourself known to us. There are envelopes in the hymn books for those who wish to know more about our church and its activities.

ELDERS ON DUTY: Mr. Robert KoffendUSHERS: Ms. Wylma Cobb, Mrs. Evelyne Jacobson, Mr. Michael Neil, Mrs. Ginger Petty, Mr. Armand de Mestral, Mrs. Rosalind Pepall

Coffee and Conversation will not be held this week.

Our Church School: We welcome all children from Nursery through High School as well as babies for our Crèche. Our Crèche and Nursery are open every Sunday. All children are welcome to join us! An open class will be held in Kildonan Hall today for grades K-1 through high school. Please ask one of the elders to direct you to the Church School if you are a first time worshipper. The A&P Youth Group welcomes all young people from grades 6 through high school to join their friendly, energetic group. Please contact Sharon Dworzak for information at 450-689-4379, or email grammy.shani@icloud.com.

Join us in worship at 11:00 a.m. Fourth Sunday of Advent Ordination of New Elders Sunday, December 23, 2018

Sermon by The Rev. Ian Fraser

“Elvis has left the building”

For more information on our services and programmes, please visit our website:

www.standrewstpaul.com.

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was the organist and treasurer (!) of the presti-gious St. Mary’s Church in Lübeck, one of the wealthy North German Hanseatic League cities. His reputation as a performer and composer drew the young J. S. Bach to walk 250 km, in order to learn from the great master. Praeludia for organ are multi-sectional, contrasting recit-like passages with stricter fugal sections. The Praeludium in g minor, BuxWV 149 is one of Buxtehude’s later works, and has an aura of great solemnity. The opening ostinato bass, as well as the use of stile antico fugal writing, reinforce this sense of gravity. -JO

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Today, Sunday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m.: 46th Carols by Candlelight. A tra-ditional service of lessons and carols, this solemn, joyous celebration of Christ-mas in Word and music is one of the many highlights of our church family’s Christmas celebration. Directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Oldengarm. The evening’s freewill offering supports the church’s music ministry.

Music in Worship: Third Sunday of Advent, December 16, 2018 Introit: Ecce concipiesMark Sirett (born 1952)

Ecce concipies et paries filium, et Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a vocabis nomen ejus Jesum. son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.Hic erit magnus, et filius Altissimi He shall be great and shall be called the vocabitur. Super solium David et son of the Most High. He shall sit super regnum ejus sedebit et upon the throne of David, and upon his regnabit in domo Jacob in kingdom and he shall reign in the aeternum et regni ejus non erit house of Jacob forever, and of his finis. kingdom there shall be no end. ––Luke 1: 31-33

Anthem: Verbum caro factum estJohn Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)

Verbum caro factum est And the Word was made flesh,Et habitavit in nobis and dwell among us,et vidimus gloriam ejus [or cuius and we beheld his glory, gloriam vidimus] the glory as of the only begotten of thegloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre Father,plenum gratiae et veritatis. full of grace and truth. ––John 1: 14

About this morning’s choral and organ music…

Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663) was one of the greatest organist-composers of his generation. A student of Sweelinck, he was famed as organist of St. Cather-ine’s Church in Hamburg, North Germany. The Magnificat (the Song of Mary, found at Luke 1: 46-55) is traditionally sung at the afternoon liturgy of Vespers, but is also strongly associated with the season of Advent and latterly, with social justice causes. Scheidemann’s Magnificat settings are intended for the ancient practice of alternatim singing, in which a choir, cantor or congregation sings a verse, and the organ plays an elaborated verse in response.

Mark Sirett is a prominent Canadian choral conductor and composer, whose work with the Cantabile choirs in Kingston, ON is justly renowned. Ecce concip-ies sets the mystical text of the Annunciation, in which the Angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that she will become the mother of Christ. John Sheppard was associated with both Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Chapel Royal. He was instrumental in Mary Tudor’s restoration of the Sarum rite to the Chapel, and following the introduction of the Book of Common Prayer in 1549 also contributed significantly to the repertoire of English-language liturgical music. His music has a luminous, otherworldly quality that immediately sets it apart from his equally gifted contemporaries Thomas Tallis and William Byrd.

ADVENT CHAPEL SERVICES

Join us for our last midweek worship during the 2018 season of Advent. A Bible discussion takes place at 11:00 a.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Chapel Services are held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Light lunch to follow in the Iona Room for a nominal cost. All are welcome!

December 20 - The Rev. Dr. Dale Woods, Principal, the Presbyterian College

2018 CHRISTMAS SERVICES

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT: Today, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. A traditio-nal service of lessons and carols, this solemn, joyous celebration of Christmas in Word and music is one of the many highlights of our church family’s Christmas celebration. Directed by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with organist Jonathan Olden-garm. The evening’s freewill off ering supports the church’s music ministry.

THE LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE: Wednesday, December 19 at 6:00 p.m. A service of hope, comfort and prayer in the depths of winter for those experien-cing loss, and for anyone seeking a time for refl ection and commemoration amid the Christmas festivities.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE: Sunday, December 23, 2018, 11:00 a.m. followed by the Christmas Family and New Elders Reception in Kildonan Hall at 12:15 p.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE: Monday, December 24 at 4:00 p.m., proceeds given to “Elisabeth House”.

CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Monday, December 24 at 11:00 p.m. The special off ering at this service goes to Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS & D), the overseas relief and development arm of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.

The Longest Night

In the depths of winter, a service of hope, comfort and prayer.

For those experiencing loss—and for anyone seeking a time of refl ection and commemoration

amid the Christmas festivities.

Wednesday, December 19, 20186:00 p.m.

Young Adult Group: All Students are invited to join us here today, De-cember 16, at 4:30 p.m. for a special evening. Come and enjoy a short presentation by Dr. Jonathan Oldengarm, our Director of Music, followed by dinner in the Iona Room hosted by our Young Adults Group. After dinner and a Church Tour, you’re invited to the Carols by Candlelight service. Seating will be reserved for you. Please RSVP Sharon at youn-gadults@standrewstpaul.com or phone 514-755-0313, to reserve your spot and indicate any food restrictions.