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3415 Redpath Street, Montreal, QC H3G 2G2Tel.: (514) 842-3431 Fax: (514) 842-3433Music Department Tel.: (514) 842-9991info@standrewstpaul.com

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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WELCOME – BIENVENUE Third Sunday in Advent

December 17, 2017 11:00 a.m.

The congregation is asked to please remain silent during the prelude as a time of

prayer and meditation. PRELUDE.....................................Karg-Elert Advent Chorales from op. 65 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 INTROIT:......................................MacMillan O Radiant Dawn FIRST LESSON: 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24 COMMISSIONING OF STEPHEN LEADER *CAROL: (see insert)...............BESANÇON People, look East

The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt......................MinisterThe Rev. Dr. Kay Diviney .............Associate MinisterDr. Jonathan Oldengarm ..............Director of Music Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée.........................Conductor Sharon Dworzak ............Church School CoordinatorThe Rev. J.S.S. Armour .................Minister Emeritus

Dr. Wayne Riddell, C.M..Director of Music EmeritusDonald Walcot...... ............................Clerk of SessionJay Hewlin .......................... Chair, Board of TrusteesTiago Chiavegatti ............................. Office Manager Peter Sabourin (842-7225) ................Church Officer Susan Knell.................................................Secretary

Badminton will resume on Monday, January 8, 2018, 6:30 p.m. in Kildonan Hall. Everybody is welcome. For more information please contact Margarita Medina-Ibanez at maggiemedina@hotmail.ca. The Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, December 19 at 5:00 p.m. in the Kirk Session Room. The Guild Executive will meet on Wednesday, December 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the Kirk Session Room. Leading with Care: As you prepare for this Service, please note the nearest exit from where you are seated. This message from the Leading with Care Committee is part of the Church’s strategy of keeping everyone safe. Stewardship Moment: Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

–Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-American artist, poet Offering envelopes for 2018 are in the Memorial Tower. If there is no box with your name and you wish to receive envelopes for 2018, please contact the Church Office at 514-842-3431. Please pick up your envelopes before you leave today.

Now available at the Book Stall: Christmas cards (blank inside) featuring 4 different photographs of the chancel, taken by Brian Merrett last Christmas. The proceeds from the sale of the cards go to The Guild. Each set is $10.00.

LIGHTING OF THE THIRD ADVENT CANDLE—Candle of Joy The third Advent candle will be lit by Rowan Chestnutt, with his parents The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt and Dr. Hannah Chestnutt. SECOND LESSON: John 1: 6-8, 19-28 Our lessons this morning are read by Ministry Student Edythe Arnott. OFFERTORY ANTHEM:..........................................................................Gabrieli Hodie Christus natus 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, INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION………………...........….............….Choral “Amen”

*CAROL: (see insert)…...….…...…….........….............GABRIEL’S MESSAGE “The Angel Gabriel from heaven came”

SERMON…..............................................................The Rev. Dr. Glenn Chestnutt “Hiding in Plain Sight”

ASCRIPTION OF PRAISE

*RECESSIONAL HYMN: 110........................................................RICHMOND “Hark the glad sound!”

*BENEDICTION..........................................................................Choral “Amen”

SILENT PRAYER

*REMOVAL OF THE BIBLE

POSTLUDE:….............................................................................................Carter Toccata on Veni Emmanuel

*Indicates Congregation standing if able. * * * The flowers in the Sanctuary are in loving memory of Ruling Elder Melvyn G. Angus, Mrs Ada Angus Hout, Gillian Angus Cote and Jacqueline Angus.

The flowers on the Communion Table are in loving memory of Mr. Kamal Soliman.

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Large print bulletins are available on the Narthex tables or from one of our ushers. ELDER-ON-DUTY: Dr. Jake V. Th. KnoppersPORTE-COCHÈRE: Mr. Michael Neil USHERS: Ms. Marlene Gregory, Mrs. Mervin Philip,Sheldon Philip, Mrs. Ginger Petty, Mr. John Wilson, Mrs Caroline Riches WELCOME to The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul. If you are a first-time worshipper, 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.

This morning, we welcome Mrs. Diane Aikens as a Stephen Leader. The Church School has a supervised Crèche for babies up to twenty-four months and classes from Nursery through High School. Please ask one of the ushers to direct you to the Church School.

The A&P Youth Group welcomes all young people from grades 6 through High School. Contact Sharon or Art Dworzak for information, at 450-689-4379 or email grammy.shani@sympatico.ca.

Our Youth Group is participating in “The Coldest Night of the Year” in support of the St-James Drop-in Center on February 21, and are asking for sponsors. You can find our team on the “Coldest Night of the Year website-Montreal downtown” and locate the A&P Youth Group Team. You can choose to donate to the team or to an individual. Thank you in advance for your support.

Coffee and Fellowship will be not take place today.

Thursday Bible Study. “1 Corinthians: Urban Christians Then and Now” concludes this week as we consider Chapter 16 (“Do Everything with Love”). Thursday, December 21, 11:00 a.m. in the Session Room.

Now available!!! LUX!! Recorded this past February, this beautiful recording features many favourites known and loved from the CBC Sing-In, Carols by Candlelight and Christmas Eve services. Copies are available from the Church office for $20 - or buy several as the ideal stocking-stuffers for your friends and family!

Music in Worship: 3rd Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2017 Introit: O Radiant Dawn (James MacMillan, b. 1959)O Radiant Dawn, splendour of eternal Light, Sun of Justice: come, shine on those who dwell in darkness, and the shadow of death.Isaiah had prophesied, “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone.”

–Antiphon for December 21

Anthem: Hodie Christus natus est (Giovanni Gabrieli, 1557-1612)Hodie Christus natus est Gloria in excelsis Deo, alleluja.hodie Salvator apparuit: Today is Christ born;hodie in terra canunt Angeli, today the Saviour has appeared;laetantur Archangeli: today the Angels sing,hodie exsultant justi, dicentes: the Archangels rejoice; today the righteous rejoice, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia! –Gregorian antiphon for Christmas

About this morning’s organ and choral musicThis morning’s choral music is distinctly Christmas rather than Advent in tone, and provides a little preview of this evening’s Carols by Candlelight service, one of the highlights of our church’s musical year! James MacMillan is one of today’s more significant choral composers. His Strathclyde Motets (from which this morning’s introit is drawn) set traditional texts from the Church Year; “O Radiant” is one of the “Great O” antiphons prop-er to the seven days prior to Christmas. Giovanni Gabrieli’s works are the apogee of the Venetian polychoral school. As Director of Music at St. Mark’s Basilica, Gabrieli continued the received tradi-tion of composing for multiple choirs of instrumentalists and singers placed in the various galleries within that magnificent church. The effect is otherworldly: in Hodie Christus natus est, we truly feel that we are hearing choirs of angels proclaiming Christ’s birth from heaven itself. Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)’s 66 Choral Improvisations, op. 65 represent a wealth of colour and invention. They include all the traditional chorale prelude genres of trio, fugue, free fantasia, motet-style, etc., adding the composer’s typi-cally eccentric twists to each. Andrew Carter (b. 1939) began his career as a professional singer at York Min-ster, before moving into conducting and composing. His works are well-written yet accessible; the Toccata on Veni Emmanuel is based on the French symphon-ic toccata tradition, in which the theme is presented in longer notes, with virtuo-sic accompanimental figures. -JO Next in Music at St. Andrew and St. Paul…THIS EVENING, Sunday, December 17 at 7:00 p.m.: 45th Carols by Can-dlelight. A traditional service of lessons and carols, this solemn, joyous celebra-tion 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 Oldengarm. The evening’s freewill offering supports the church’s music ministry.

ADVENT CHAPEL SERVICES

Join us for midweek worship during the 2017 season of Advent. Chapel Services are held on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. Light lunch to follow in the Kildonan Hall for a nomi-nal cost. All are welcome!

December 21 - The Rev. J.S.S. Armour

2017 CHRISTMAS SERVICES

FAMILY CHRISTMAS RECEPTION: Sunday, December 17 after the ser-vice, hosted by the Guild, with the help of the A&P Youth Group.

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT: Sunday, December 17 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 offering supports the church’s music ministry.

THE LONGEST NIGHT SERVICE: Wednesday, December 20 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.

CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING SERVICE: Sunday, December 24 at 11:00 a.m.

CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE: Sunday, December 24 at 4:00 p.m. The special offering at this service goes to Presbyterian World Service & Deve-lopment (PWS & D), the overseas relief and development arm of the Presbyte-rian Church of Canada.

CANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE: Sunday, December 24 at 11:00 p.m. The special offering at this service goes to Presbyterian World Ser-vice & 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 20, 20176:00 p.m.

Join us in worship at 11:00 a.m.Fourth Sunday in Advent

December 24, 2017

Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Kay Diviney“Time and Again“

For more information on our services and programs, please visit our website: www.standrewstpaul.com.

Syrian Sponsorship Update On October 11, Hanan and Fadia Zidan and their families were interviewed at the Canadian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, for the final stage of the acceptance process. They have met the requirements for resettlement and they will be coming to Canada! This is, indeed, wonderful news! The slight downside is that it could be another four to six months before they actually get here! There are still papers to verify and sign, and flights to arrange with the IOM (International Organization for Migration, an inter-governmental UN agency).

In January we will be meeting with Action Réfugiés Montréal and Salam Zidan (the sister living in Laval) to discuss a timeline for the search for apartments, furniture, clothing and the many household items. We have paperwork to be completed as well as finding sources of assistance for the young son who has developmental issues.

We are very pleased that, back in 2015, so many of you made commitments to offer assistance in the fields of education, furniture and housing, transportation, employment, friendship and greeting, medical expertise and translation. The delays in getting to this stage have been disheartening, considering the hardships our families are enduring, but we thank you for your ongoing interest and concern. We will be reaching out to you again very soon for help in all these areas. And a note to ask that, if you have, or will have furniture and household items to donate, please hang on to them! We can’t store things at the moment but they will be needed soon!

As well, we will post Sunday bulletin lists of immediate and long-term needs. Please be open to offering your help and expertise to this humanitarian effort on the part of The Church of St Andrew and St Paul.

Thank you. The Refugee Sponsorship Core Committee

A & P Church School Annual Retreat

January 12-14, 2018 Villa St. Martin

9451 boul. Gouin ouest

Pierrefonds PQ

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“DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONAL

STRENGTHS”

All young people in Grades 6 through 11 are invited to join us for a weekend of fun and fellowship

Cost: $80 each ($40 each for additional siblings) Includes all meals and activities for the weekend, including Cross Country Skiing and equipment.

To register or for more information, please contact

Sharon Dworzak at (450) 689-4379 Email: grammy.shani@sympatico.ca