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Dear Friends,

Our warm good wishes to you all, along with our prayers, as we continue in this strange, but gradually more familiar situation. We hope you are all well and able to manage the restrictions we all live with.

You are very much in our thoughts. For each service we conduct, the clergy are acutely aware of the privilege we have in being able to still engage in worship within the Cathedral walls. Each day as the staff gather via Zoom for our prayers, some at the Cathedral and some at home, we pray for you by name.

This weekend we move from Mandy Thursday, through Good Friday, to the joy of Easter Day and the celebration of new life through Christ’s resurrection from the dead. You are warmly invited to join us for the services online, as listed below. We expect that some of the services will be shown on channel 31, so you can watch there too.  

Thank you to all of you who have been tuning in to take part in the services. We are aware that some do not have the technology to watch the services online, and others do not have sufficient data allowances to watch. If that is you, please get in touch and we will endeavour work out a way to enable you to take part in our services and catch-up times with other congregants.

Following the Easter celebrations, both the Dean and I will take some days off, and will be back on deck on Sunday 19 April. Our services will be covered by our other clergy and some Canons.

From all of us we wish you a happy and holy Easter.

Grace and peace,

Heather.
If you haven't had a chance to hear Canon Robert's reflection on 'Waiting'
from Psalm 40, you can listen here.
Holy Week & Easter Services

Maundy Thursday (9th April)
12.15pm Holy Eucharist
Presiding & Preacher: The Precentor
Watch here: https://youtu.be/Asoo6JtVmMM

6pm Sung Eucharist
Presiding: The Dean & The Precentor
Preaching: The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/YN2FOq36HUI
Click here to download the Service Sheet
 

Good Friday (10th April)
10am Liturgy of the Cross
Presiding: The Dean & The Precentor
Preaching: The Archbishop of Melbourne
Watch here: https://youtu.be/Z6gWPPYtfg0
Click here to download the Service Sheet

Way of the Cross - Online
The Melbourne City Churches in Action have created an online version of this annual for event for you to use at home this Good Friday.
Click here to access it: http://www.mccia.org.au/way-of-the-cross/


Easter Day (12th April)
8am BCP Eucharist
Presiding: The Dean & The Precentor
Preaching: The Dean 
Watch here: https://youtu.be/4RpFsYGyIEQ
Click here to download the Service Sheet

9:15am Zoom Coffee Morning
Join us in an online Coffee Morning prior to our 10am service. You will need a Zoom account to access this - there is instructions here for making one: Zoom Beginners Guide
Once you have your account setup, you can join the Coffee Morning via this link: https://zoom.us/j/952145017. Make sure you have your cup of tea or coffee ready too!

10am Sung Eucharist
Presiding: The Dean & The Precentor
Preaching: The Archbishop of Melbourne
Watch here: https://youtu.be/xJ4HnzLApE4
Click here to download the Service Sheet

This service will also be re-broadcast on Channel 31 at 2.30pm
(it may appear be Channel 44 on your television)

11:15am Zoom Bible Study
Join us in an online Bible Study following our 10am service, reflecting on the Palm Gospel. You will need a Zoom account to access this - there is instructions here for making one: Zoom Beginners Guide
Once you have your account setup, you can join the Bible Study via this link: https://zoom.us/j/363665592

Click here for copies of the Bible Readings and Study Notes.

2:00pm Mandarin Worship 華語崇拜
Led by our Cathedral Mandarin Ministry Team.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/INOGxFcqtqs

These services will also be available via our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/StPaulsCathedralMelbourne

Tips for joining in our Easter Worship at home:

  • Be ready to go 10 minutes before the service is starting with your computer, iPad or TV set up and connected and volume turned up. The livestream will appear a few minutes before the service is scheduled to begin.
  • If you have a printer, you may want to print the Order of Service in advance and have it ready, otherwise you can follow along on another device. Do join in the responses and hymns as you normally would.
  • If there is problem with the Livestream technology, don't worry! We will record all our services and make them available as soon as possible after.
  • You can make a donation online as part of the offertory, click the link here to do so: www.cathedral.org.au/donate.
We have also made available online our recorded Easter Services from 2019, including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day for any who may like to watch
Click here to watch our Easter Services from 2019
Services this coming Week

Monday & Thursdsay
12.15pm Holy Eucharist
Presiding & Preaching:  
The Revd Canon Dr Bob Derrenbacker,
Associate Priest & Canon of the Cathedral
 
Click here to watch previous webcasts of services
Next Sunday - 'Low' Sunday

Sunday 19th April

9:15am Zoom Coffee Morning
Join us in an online Coffee Morning prior to our 10am service. You will need a Zoom account to access this - there is instructions here for making one: Zoom Beginners Guide
Once you have your account setup, you can join the Coffee Morning via this link: https://zoom.us/j/952145017. Make sure you have your cup of tea or coffee ready too!

10:00am Sung Eucharist 
Presiding: The Precentor
Preaching: The Dean
Link to watch and Service Sheet will be available next week.
 

11:15am Zoom Bible Study
Join us in an online Bible Study following our 10am service, reflecting on the Palm Gospel. You will need a Zoom account to access this - there is instructions here for making one: Zoom Beginners Guide
Once you have your account setup, you can join the Bible Study via this link: https://zoom.us/j/363665592

2:00pm Mandarin Worship 華語崇拜
Led by our Cathedral Mandarin Ministry Team.
Link to watch and Service Sheet will be available next week.


Our services will also be available our Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/StPaulsCathedralMelbourne
Worship at Home

Online Resources


Don't forget our 'Worship at Home' page on our website which has lots of useful information including prayers resources, daily reflections and other ways to pray at home. We are updating this serveral times a week with new resources -
Holy Week at Home - Click here to download
Bishop Brad Billings, Assistant Bishop, has prepared Prayers, Readings & Devotions that you may like to use at home over the coming days.  
Please share with those as well who you think would benefit from this, and let us know what resources you are using at this time. 
Click here to access all our 'Worship at Home' Resources

Read the Bible With Us

You may like to use these readings, which the Cathedral Clergy and Staff use for daily prayer, as part of your personal devotions throughout the week

Monday: Ps 16, Matthew 28.8-15
Tuesday: Ps 33.4-9, John 20.11-18
Wednesday: Ps 105.1-7, Luke 24.13-35
Thursday: Ps 8, Luke 24.35-48
Friday: Ps 118.21-29, John 21.1-14
Saturday: Ps 118.14-19, Mark 16.9-15

An order for Morning and Evening Prayer with Readings can be found here
Pray with us for

The ministry team of St Paul’s Cathedral has been meeting electronically for morning prayer, during which they remember each member of our electoral roll and other parishioners by name over the course of the week. Know that we are holding each and every one of you in our prayers.

And we invite you to do the same. Share your prayers with us at parishprayer@stpaulscathedral.org.au

Prayer Points for the Week

The World
Wisdom for world leaders and health officials as COVID-19 continues spreading, protection for those particularly at risk, sustaining of health workers, adequate support of those working on a vaccine; our federal and state governments and health authorities in their important work of responding to community needs at this time, particularly for the frail and vulnerable people in our community; for peace in the Middle East, in Syria, Israel, Iraq; care and protection of refugees around the world with the complexities added by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Anglican Communion 
The Peace of Jerusalem and the People of the Land of the Holy One.
 
The Australian Anglican Church 
The Diocese of Armidale (Bp Rick Lewers, Clergy & People).

The Diocese of Melbourne
Spiritual Health Victoria Council (Cheryl Holmes, CEO); St Stephen's and St Mary's Church Mount Waverley (Dianne Sharrock, Greg Wong).

Those in Sickness or Need
Joan Woodhouse, Beryl Coombe, Robyn & David Forbes, Judy and Frank Clift, Andrew, Lucilia & Carlota Soares, Janet Marsden, Pam Sullivan, Martin Devine, John, Evonne Paddison, Seila, Mark Rostoks, Henri-Felix Vinson, Sum Vita, Maria Vonn, Brian, Rose, Kathleen & Samuel Hodgson, Nancy Paterson, Martin Chin, Naomi Nayagam, Paul Jeya Sorga Kumar, Laurie Savage, David Ormerod, Helen.

Year’s Minds
12 Theodore Charles Benoni Stretch (Canon) 1899, Robin Lorimer Sharwood, (Lay Canon) 2015; 13 Foundation stone of Cathedral laid 1880; 14 Jessie Campbell Nicholson (Congregation) 2009; 16 Margaret Hollis (Congregation) 2008
Keeping Yourself Occupied
You may be finding it difficult to keep yourself occupied during this time, we hope to use this space to share some suggestions of ways to keep yourself mentally and physically active. 

If you have got any suggestions, please let us know!
For keeping yourself active
Simple Chair Stretches for Pain Relief, Relaxation, Joint Health, Flexibility, Stress
For listening and reflection
Resurrection: A Good Easter (click above to watch)
The Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely (UK), gives a talk on the nature and theology of the resurrection as part of St Paul's Cathedral London's series exploring the seasons that make up the church's year.

Passion: A Good Holy Week
by The Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell (Archbishop-designate of York) is also a good one to listen too and reflect on. You can watch that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lh6acveRpU
Keeping in Touch
We care for you and would like to check that you are all right in this difficult time. Please keep in touch with us and each other through emails, phone calls and social media.

If you are having trouble accessing our Services, Zoom Gatherings or any other information, please do get in touch with us.

Phone 9653 4220 or Email welcome@stpaulscathedral.org.au

We will make sure your messages is passed on to the appropriate person

 
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