1. St. Barnabas (Chester) Anglican Church
The Church in the Marketplace
Embracing the Community
10:30 AM
EARTH DAY
Easter 3
Sunday, April 22, 2012
361 Danforth Ave., Toronto M4K 1P1
416-463-1344
www.stbarnabas-toronto.com

2. Let us faithfully witness to the Risen Jesus, giving generously of
our lives and substance for the relief of the poor and the sharing
of the Gospel, bringing encouragement to all.
(From the COLLECT for ST. BARNABAS)
Welcome to St. Barnabas (Chester)Anglican Church
The Church in the Marketplace
Embracing the Community
Our 10:30 AM Worship Service begins on page 185 of the green
Book of Alternative Services. The hymns can be found in the
blue Book of Common Praise.
Organ Prelude In Springtime - Alfred Hollins
The Gathering of God’s People
Processional Hymn 427 “All beautiful the march of days”
(Forest Green)
Greeting and Collect for Purity p. 185
The Gloria p. 186
Collect of the Day: O God, your Son made himself known to
his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our
faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who is
alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and for ever. Amen.
Children’s Focus
A READING FROM THE BOOK OF ACTS 3: 12–19
Read by Dr. Neville Reid
Peter addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder
at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power
or piety we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors

3. has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and
rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to
release him. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and
asked to have a murderer given to you, and you killed the
Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are
witnesses. And by faith in his name, his name itself has made
this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is
through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence
of all of you. And now, friends, I know that you acted in
ignorance, as did also your rulers. In this way God fulfilled what
he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would
suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may
be wiped out.”
Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.
Thanks be to God.
PSALM 4 (Tone II.1)
Answer me when I call O God / defender of my cause; *
you set me free when I am hardpressed / have mercy on
me and hear my prayer.
“You mortals how long will you dishonour my glory; *
how long will you worship dumb idols and run after false
gods?”
Know that the LORD does wonders for the faithful; *
when I call upon the LORD he will hear me.
Tremble then and do not sin; *
speak to your heart in silence upon your bed.
Offer the appointed sacrifices *
and put your trust in the LORD.
Many are saying “Oh, that we might see better times!” *
Lift up the light of your countenance upon us O LORD.
You have put gladness in my heart, *
more than when grain and wine and oil increase.

4. I lie down in peace / at once I fall asleep; *
for only you LORD make me dwell in safety.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son:
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be:
world without end Amen.
A READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF JOHN 3: 1-7
Read by Jenny Reid
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called
children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world
does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are
God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed.
What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like
him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have this hope in
him purify themselves, just as he is pure. Everyone who
commits sins is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You
know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is
no sin. No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has
either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive
you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is
righteous.
Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Alleluia
Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Choir: Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
therefore, let us keep the feast.

5. All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Gospeller: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Gospeller: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke 24: 36b-48.
All: Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus himself stood among the disciples and said to them,
“Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and
thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them, “Why
are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me
and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see
that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his
hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and
still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to
eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and
ate in their presence. Then he said to them, “These are my words
that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything
written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the
psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to
understand the scriptures, and he said to them, “Thus it is
written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on
the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be
proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from
Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.”
Gospeller: The Gospel of Christ
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Homily
Anthem For the beauty of the earth - Andrew Carter
Affirmation of Faith p. 188
Prayers of the People led by Sue Ann Elite

6. Confession and Absolution p. 191
We Share the Peace of Christ
We Offer Our Gifts to God
Offertory Hymn 428 “God who gives to life its goodness”
(Abbot’s Leigh)
Prayer over the Gifts: Creator of all, you wash away our sins
in water, you give us new birth by the Spirit, and redeem us
in the blood of Christ. As we celebrate the resurrection,
renew your gift of life within us. We ask this in the name of
Jesus Christ the risen Lord. Amen.
The Eucharist: God’s Spirit Transforms Our Gifts
“People of all ages and denominations who are baptized into Christ are
invited and encouraged to share in communion. If you will not be receiving
bread and wine, we would be pleased if you would join us at the Lord’s Table
for a blessing.”
Eucharistic Prayer 1 p. 193
The Lord’s Prayer (said) p. 211
The Breaking of the Bread
Celebrant: Lord, we died with you on the cross
All: Now we are raised to new life.
Celebrant: We were buried in your tomb.
All: Now we share in your resurrection.
Celebrant: Live in us, that we may live in you.
Communion Hymn 409 “Before the earth had yet begun”
(Craigleith)
Prayer after Communion: Author of life divine, in the breaking
of bread we know the risen Lord. Feed us always in these
mysteries, that we may show your glory to all the world. We ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

7. Sharing God’s Love in the World
The Doxology p. 214
Announcements
Recessional Hymn 387 “All praise to thee” (Sine nomine)
Dismissal
Organ Postlude Forest Music - G. F. Handel
We welcome all who are new or visiting today. If we can serve
you or you wish to know more about the church, please fill out
a visitors envelope, available in pews or at back of church.
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The flowers at the altar are dedicated to the
Glory of God in loving memory of Graham Bonnell,
a gift of Kathleen Callaghan.
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Today’s Liturgical Team:
Celebrant: The Rev. Dr. Harold Shepherd
Guest Speaker: Stephen Scharper
Communion Minister: Janet Booker
Children’s Focus: Emma Connell
Organist & Choirmaster: Neil Houlton
Sidespeople: (Team 3) Captain – Michael Miller;
Bill Strain, Doug Inniss, Jane Smith, Lester Miller
Chancel Guild: Joyce Connell, Winifred Dottin

8. Today we remember in our Prayers:
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer, Huronia Deanery
Deanery Cycle of Prayer, St. Andrew’s
Parish Cycle of Prayer, Our Book Club Ministry
SJAC, Philip Aziz Centre, Toronto & The Primates World Relief
& Development Fund
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Music Notes
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) was a blind-from-birth Yorkshire
organist and composer, although he lived in Scotland for most of
his life. Late in the nineteenth century he became organist of
Free St. George’s Church in Edinburgh, whose founding
minister had virulently opposed the installation of the ‘kist of
whistles’ into his church. He regarded it definitely as the thin
edge of the wedge – to the sacramental system of popery and the
work of the very devil himself! Fortunately, a more enlightened
assistant minister persuaded the elders to move with the times
and install an organ and appoint Alfred Hollins as organist.
Hollins was a prolific composer. He wrote much for the organ –
there are some fifty-five pieces, one of which is the very
pastoral and evocative “In Springtime”, today’s organ prelude.
Recognized as the best known and one of the most highly
regarded preachers in the Anglican Church, Herbert O'Driscoll
(born 1928) is a former Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in
Vancouver, and former Warden of the College of Preachers at
Washington National Cathedral. He is the author of 30 books,
including A Doorway in Time, a reflection of his own Celtic
spirituality,and Emmanuel, written during a visit to the Holy
Land. O'Driscoll is at once a brilliant scholar and mesmerizing
Irish storyteller. He has also written several hymns, one of

9. which is our communion hymn this morning – “Before the earth
had yet begun”.
In November 1741 Georg Frederic Handel (1685-1758) visited
Dublin, Ireland where he had been asked by the Governors of
Mercer's Hospital, and of the Charitable Infirmary, to compose
something “special” in aid of the Dublin sick. That ‘something
special’ was Messiah, which Handel composed in England in
just three weeks and completed on September 14, 1741.
Between November 1741 and April of 1742 when Messiah
received its first performance, he participated in concerts of
several of his other works, and his Irish visit ended in June with
a second Messiah performance. Handel was very taken with
Ireland and its folk music, and this influence can be heard in
Forest Music, composed in Ireland in 1742 for a German lady
friend – it is this morning’s organ postlude.
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LIFE AND MINISTRY OF OUR COMMUNITY
Welcome
Today we are pleased to welcome as our guest speaker Stephen
Bede Scharper, Associate Professor of Anthropology and the
Environment, UofT. His research interests are environmental
ethics, environmental worldviews, liberation theology and
ecology, religions and environmentalism and his current
Research Project is Religion and Ecology: Exploring the
Interconnection of Liberationist and Ecological Theologies. The
integration of liberation theology and newer religious

10. approaches to environmental questions examine the new
cosmology of Thomas Berry and the religious responses that
take issues of class, race, gender, poverty and justice seriously.
Stephen is also a columnist at the Toronto Star.
Meeting today
The members of the Discernment Committee are asked to
please stay after the 10:30 service today for a meeting with Bill
Benson in the rector’s study.
No Bible study this week
There will be no Monday night Bible study this week because
Grace will be on vacation It will resume at 7:00 PM in the
rector’s study on Monday, May 14th.
Appreciative Enquiry meeting
A chance for you to voice your opinions and suggestions for the
future of our parish and help in choosing our new priest -
Sunday, May 6th, following the 10:30 service, there will be a
meeting in the Upper Hall to hear your views on what you
would like to see in our future. A light lunch will be served. We
encourage all members of the Parish to set aside roughly three
hours to attend this very important meeting led by Bishop Yu’s

11. facilitator, Bill Benson. The information gathered will be
crucial to the decision of the Discernment Committee – we
need your help! Please note: There will only be ONE service
on May 6th – at 10:30 AM!
A Conference at Wycliffe
Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence: Covenant,
Communion, and the Future of Global Anglicanism – Thursday,
May 10th and Friday, May 11th. For full conference details visit
www.wycliffecollege.ca/covenant. There are several application
forms at the back of the church.
Looking ahead - the Book Club
Just to remind you - the St. Barnabas Book Club will not be
meeting in May. This gives you more time to read the book that
will be discussed on June 6th: Rowan’s Rule by Rupert Shortt.
(The book for July 4th will be Girls Fall Down by Maggie
Helwig.)
Date change for St. Barnabas Day
Please note that we will be celebrating St. Barnabas Day on
Sunday, June 10th this year, not on June 17th as was noted in
our worship schedule.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?
Thursday, April 26th 12 noon Holy Eucharist
In the Chancel

12. Thursday, April 26th 7:45 PM Choir Practice
In the downstairs choir room
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 26th 12 noon Holy Eucharist
In the Chancel
Sunday, April 29th Easter 4
9:00 AM Said Eucharist
10:30 AM Morning Prayer
Readings: Acts 4: 5-12; Psalm 23
1 John 3: 16-24; John 10: 11-18
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13. CLERGY The Rev. Dr. Harold Shepherd
HONORARY ASSISTANT Fr. David Hoopes, OHC
DEACON The Rev. Grace Caldwell-Hill
LEADERSHIP TEAM Gary Davenport, Jane Smith
Lyn Inniss, Everod Miller,
Jan Booker
ORGANIST & CHOIRMASTER Neil Houlton
PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Mary Roycroft Ranni
ORGANIST EMERITUS Dr. Eugene Gates