19 October 2014 S. Luke No cellphones or cameras please 8.00am HOLY COMMUNION Presiding Priest: Preacher: Reader: Prayers: Revd Canon Rosalie Hoddinott Revd Canon David Morrell Hilary King Maralin Dunn 10.00am CHORAL EUCHARIST Presiding Priest: Preacher: Liturgical Assistant: Verger: Music: Director of Music: Cathedral Asst Organist: 5.00pm Revd Canon Rosalie Hoddinott Revd Canon David Morrell Taidhg Fraser Chris Oldham The Cathedral Choir Brian Law Nick Sutcliffe CHORAL EVENSONG Officiant: Verger: Music: Director of Music: Cathedral Asst Organist: Nicky Lee Peter Williams The Cathedral Choir Brian Law Nick Sutcliffe www.transitionalcathedral.co.nz or www.christchurchcathedral.co.nz WHAT’S HAPPENING Welcome to the Transitional Cathedral today. We are glad you have chosen to worship with us today. If you’re a long way from home, we hope you are enjoying your time in Christchurch. The flowers today are donated by Nicky Lee, in memory of Graeme, her husband and faithful Cathedral Regular, who died ten years ago this week. You may notice that the floor has not been polished! Due to an equipment breakdown, the job could not be completed. The work will now be done next month. Acting Dean Nick is now away, completing his sabbatical. We will welcome him back in a month. Ven Ross Allen will be Acting Dean in his absence. Any pastoral care issues should be taken to Canon Rosalie Hoddinott. The Friends of the Cathedral have their AGM this Tuesday evening at the Cathedral Grammar School. Members will have received notification. The Association of Anglican Women have their annual Festival Communion Service this Wednesday in the Cathedral at 7.30pm. The Choir will be giving a recital at St Mary’s Church Halswell (329 Halswell Rd) on Wednesday 19 November at 6pm, with wine and cheese to follow. All welcome. Tickets $20, available from Parish Office 329 Halswell Road, or maryalls@xtra.co.nz 03 322 6095 or at the door. Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: Please remember in your prayers today the parish of PAPANUI (Vicar, Andy Carley); CBMNZ (formerly Christian Blind Mission International); The University of Canterbury and its Council and the Tertiary Chaplaincy Board. Confirmation classes will be held early next year. If anyone is interested in joining or would like further information please see Acting Dean Nick. Confirmation is open to all who are baptised and is a taking on of the promises made by godparents at baptism. It is an adult commitment, usually for those 16 and older. THIS WEEK AT THE TRANSITIONAL CATHEDRAL: 20 - 26 OCTOber Tuesday 12.05pm: Holy Communion with prayers for healing 5.30pm Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir Wednesday 12.05pm: Holy Communion in the Celtic tradition 5.30pm Choral Evensong sung by the Cathedral Choir 7.30pm The AAW Festival Communion Service Thursday 12.05pm: Holy Communion in te Reo No service of Choral Evensong today Friday 12.05pm: Holy Communion 4.30pm Choral Evensong sung by the choristers of the Cathedral Choir Sunday 26 OCTOber 2014 - PENTECOST 20 8.00am Holy Communion Presiding Priest & Preacher: Ven Ross Allen 10.00am Choral Eucharist Presiding Priest: Ven Ross Allen Preacher: Mr Simon Leese, Headmaster of Christ’s College Music: The Cathedral Choir 5.00pm Choral Evensong Officiant: Jill Kerr, Precentor Music: The Cathedral Choir WORSHIP IN THE TRANSITIONAL CATHEDRAL SUNDAYS 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Choral Eucharist 5.00pm Choral Evensong WEEKDAY SERVICES Holy Communion at 12.05pm Monday (NZPB), Tuesday (NZPB, with prayers for healing), Wednesday (Celtic tradition), Thursday (in te reo Maori) Friday (NZPB) Choral Evensong at 5.30pm (during school terms) Tuesday & Wednesday (with the full Choir); Thursday (with the gentlemen of the Choir) Friday at 4.30pm (with the Cathedral choristers) POSTSCRIPT According to information given us by Paul in his letters, Luke was a Gentile, a physician, a dear friend of Paul (Colossians 4:14), and at one point apparently Paul’s only companion in prison (2 Timothy 4:10,11). The New Testament tells us no more about Luke directly, but since the time of the Muratorian Canon (c.180) tradition has recognised Luke as the author of the anonymous third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Since parts of Acts (16:10-18; 20:5-15; 27:27-28:16) purport to be narrated by an unidentified travelling companion of Paul, this tradition may come from an intelligent deduction from the references to Luke in the epistles combined with the account in Acts. The general location of these “we” passages may also suggest that Luke came from Macedonia, but another tradition associates him with Antioch in Syria. The narrated sections are stylistically homogeneous with the rest of Acts, tending to confirm that the author was himself the companion of Paul. But questions arise when the theological standpoint of Luke-Acts is compared with that of the Pauline letters. The author seems to know nothing of some of the key elements in Pauline theology. The cross is understood as part of the whole exemplary career of Jesus, rather than as the means of salvation from the power of sin. The struggle over the Law, which preoccupied Paul in his letters, is completely absent from his speeches in Acts. The two-volume narrative of Luke-Acts takes as its major emphasis the story of the transition of the gospel from the home of the Jewish religion, Jerusalem, to Rome, the heart of the imperial world. It is a gospel for all: for the poor, for foreigners, for women, for all who might have thought their disadvantage denied them salvation. Jesus is the first Christian, his example followed by the heroes of the early church. His example and theirs are recorded for us to follow in our world. What happened to Luke after the death of Paul in Rome is not known, though according to one tradition he wrote his Gospel and Acts in Greece and died at the age of 84 in Boeotia in Greece. From “All the Saints” Requests for Prayer If you have prayer requests for people or situations known to you, please contact Rev Rosalie Hoddinott ph. 332 2516 or rg.hoddy@xtra.co.nz Prayer requests are written down and placed on the altar during the Tuesday midday Healing Service and included in the prayer time. Names and situations are not spoken aloud. I would like to know more about the Cathedral’s worshipping community. I would like to receive the monthly Cathedral newsletter, “Extra” by post (if you would like to receive it by email please go to www.christchurchcathedral.co.nz) NAME ADDRESS PHONE EMAIL Date Please drop this slip into the offertory bag or give to the Verger PO Box 855 Christchurch New Zealand | Tel +64 3 3660046 admin@christchurchcathedral.co.nz | www.christchurchcathedral.co.nz