THIS WEEK:
Today’s Charity (10.30) – Bishop’s Lent Appeal
The Menedékház Foundation, Budapest, Hungary, founded in 2005 on the outskirts of Budapest, helps homeless families with children reintegrate into the workplace and society at large. Menedékház, means shelter. Funds are being raised for comprehensive renovation of the family washrooms, providing individual cabins or cubicles for family groups to change, wash, and shower.
Tonight: Student Movie Night: The Miracle Maker will be shown at the Parsonage at 5pm – all students welcome for fellowship, enjoying the movie and beer and pizza. Have a rest from your Lenten disciplines and be refreshed!
This Tuesday: Student Bible Study:“On the third day he rose again from the dead” Students will continue their series on the Creed beginning with supper – please contact Erik: 06 287 591 09
This Mon to/Wed 26-28 March – Other Bible Studies
For Utrecht Study Group: contact Danielle Los: ☎ 030 – 236 85 72 or
Xander van Asperen:
☎ 030 – 273 16 52
For Houten Study Group Kloostertuin 15, 3994 ZJ, Houten, contact: Susette Fink Jensen:
For DeBetuwe Study GroupContact Hans Baars for the changing locations:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
4 April Tuesday–STUDENT ALPHA – Each week at 6:30pm all students are welcome for dinner followed by a discussion with students of the Alpha Course Talk 2: Why did Jesus die?
AGM - Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) takes place on Sunday 23rd April at 12.15pm. This meeting is for the whole chaplaincy.
Pilgrimage to Taize 7th – 16th July:All young adults (15-29) of the Anglican congregations in Utrecht and Amersfoort are invited. For more information please contact Angela Berben (, 0651937672) or Andre van der Werk (,0621158958)
Holy Trinity DirectoryVan Hogendorpstraat 26,
3581 KE Utrecht
The Bishop of Gibraltar
Robert Innes (+44 20 7898 1160)
Chaplain
David Phillips (06 124 104 31)
Amersfoort Chaplain
Grant Crowe (06 29 97 23 03)
Chaplaincy Administrator
HannahKoolstra:
06 287 591 09
Coordinator of Student Ministry
Erik Heemskerk: 06 311 845 90
Lay Pastoral Assistants:
Harry Barrowclough
Danielle Los 030 236 8572
Master of the Choir and Organist
Henk Korff (06 53 13 00 86)
Warden:
Rosemarie Strengholt
Treasurer
Sandra Sue:
Sacristan
Frank Boneschanscher:0620061558
Altar Guild
Maria Koppenol: or at 06 45 49 47 17 / Worship Schedule
Every Sunday
9:00 Sung Holy Communion
( 2nd & 4th in Dutch)
10:30 Sung/Choral Communion
(English)
2nd Sunday of the month
14:30 Choral Evensong
3rd Saturday of the month
19:30 Evening Prayer & Praise Contemporary Gospel worship
(not in April)
Quarterly Healing Services
The next Healing Service in
23 April 2017
Mid-week Worship
Wednesdays
7pm Holy Communion
Daily Offices:
Tuesday to Friday
8:00am Morning Prayer
5:30pm Evening prayer
Saturdays
9:00am Morning Prayer
5:00pm Evening Prayer
Daily Bible Lessons- Lent 4 – 26th March to 1st April
Morning Prayer / Evening PrayerMon / Ex. 24 / John 7:1-24 / Ex. 25:1-22 / 1 Tim. 1:1-17
Tues / Ex 28:1-4, 29-41 / Jn. 7:25-end / Ex. 29:38--30:16 / 1 Tim 1:18-2 end
Wed / Ex. 32 / Jn. 8:1-30 / Ex. 33 / 1 Tim. 3
Thurs / Ex. 34 / Jn. 8:31-end / Ex. 35:20--36:7 / 1 Tim. 4
Fri / Ex. 40:17-end / Jn. 9 / Lev. 6:8-end / 1 Tim. 5
Sat / Lev19:1-18, 30-end / Jn. 10:1-21 / Lev. 25:1-24 / 1 Tim. 6
Welcome to worship!
HOLYTRINITY
ANGLICAN CHURCH UTRECHT
The FourthSunday in Lent
also known as
Mothering Sunday
10:30 am, 26th March, 2017 AD
Ecclesia, Illustrated Manuscript, 14thcentury
JERUSALEM which is above is free; which is the mother of us all… Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians 4:26…5:1
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Opening Hymn: 536 O God of Bethel, by whose hand [Tune 1: Martyrdom]
Worship continues on page 1 of the liturgy booklets.
The Collect:Grant, we beseech you, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of your grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.Amen.
Almighty and everlasting God, who hates nothing that you have made, and forgives 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.Amen.
First reading: Exodus 16:2-7a
Psalm 122
IWAS glad when they said ’ unto ’ me : We will ’ go into the ’ house of the ’ Lord.
* 2 Our ’ feet shall ’ stand ’ in thy ’ gates : ’ O Je’rusalem.
3 Jerusalem is ’ built as a ’ city : that is at ’ unity ’ in it’self.
4 For thither the tribes go up, even the ’ tribes of the ’ Lord : to testify unto Israel, to give thanks ’ unto the ’ Name of the ’ Lord.
2nd Part 5 For there is the ’ seat of ’ judgement : even the ’ seat of the ’ house of ’ David.
6 O pray for the ’ peace of Je’rusalem : they shall ’ prosper that ’ love ’ thee.
7 Peace be with’in thy ’ walls : and ’ plenteousness with’in thy ’ palaces.
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8 For my brethren and com’panions' ’ sakes : I will ’ wish ’ thee pros’perity.
9 Yea, because of the house of the ’ Lord our ’ God :
I will ’ seek to ’ do thee ’ good.
Glory be to the Father ’ and to • the ’ Son : and ’ to the ’ Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning is ’ now and • ever ’ shall be : world without ’ end. A ’ — ’ men.
New Testament Lesson: Galatians 4:21-31
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labour! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”
Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman.” So, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gradual Hymn:481 Jerusalem, my happy home [Tune: #222 Dundee]
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The Gospel:St John 6:1-14
After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!”
After the Gospel we sing: Praise to you, O Christ
Sermon
Offertory:482 Jerusalem the Golden
Your offerings will be received during this hymn.
The basket is to support the work of this chaplaincy.
The blue bag is for Charitable Giving. More info on the back of the bulletin.
Communion Hymn:
Lent Prose
277 All for Jesus
Closing Hymn: 455 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer