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St Francis Theological College
Brisbane
Commencement Service
Evensong
First Sunday in Lent
22nd February 2015
6pm
President
The Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall
Officiant
The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt
Preacher
The Reverend Dr Steven Ogden
Evensong sung by
Cathedral Trebles
Organist Mr Andrej Kouznetsov
Conductor Mr Graeme Morton
Music before the service: Première Fantaisie – Jehan Alain
The congregation stands for the entrance of the choir and ministers.
The Introit
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:
Such a Way, as gives us breath:
Such a Truth, as ends all strife:
Such a Life, as killeth death.
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:
Such a Light, as shows a feast:
Such a Feast, as mends in length:
Such a Strength, as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
Such a Joy, as none can move:
Such a Love, as none can part:
Such a Heart, as joyes in love.
Text: ‘The Call’, George Herbert (1593-1633)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), from Five Mystical Songs
Recognition of Graduates
During the Commencement Service, we recognise those who have graduated from their academic
programs with the CSU School of Theology during the previous year. Some graduates will have attended
the School of Theology Graduation Ceremony in Canberra or Sydney. The Academic Dean, the Rev’d Dr
Gregory Jenks, will acknowledge the graduating cohort with a brief statement. He will then present
graduates to the Archbishop.
The Graduates come forward.
The Archbishop: Let us pray
God of all truth,
teach us to love you with heart and mind.
Bless our schools, colleges and universities,
especially Charles Sturt University and St Francis Theological College, that they may be
lively centres for sound learning,
new discovery, and the pursuit of wisdom.
May all who teach and all who learn
seek and love the truth,
and in humility look to you,
the source of all wisdom and understanding.
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Preces
O Lord, open thou our lips.
O God, make speed to save us.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost;
Praise ye the Lord.
Peter Aston
And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be:
world without end. Amen.
The Lord’s Name be praised.
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the
good news.
(Mark 1.15)
The Psalm 26 (sit)
sung by the choir
Be thou my Judge, O Lord, for I have walked innocently:
my trust hath been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me:
try out my reins and my heart.
For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes:
and I will walk in thy truth.
I have not dwelt with vain persons:
neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful.
I have hated the congregation of the wicked:
and will not sit among the ungodly.
I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord:
and so will I go to thine altar;
That I may shew the voice of thanksgiving:
and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house:
and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
O shut not up my soul with the sinners:
nor my life with the blood-thirsty;
In whose hands is wickedness:
and their right hand is full of gifts,
But as for me, I will walk innocently:
O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.
My foot standeth right:
I will praise the Lord in the congregations.
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. Amen.
The First Lesson
Jeremiah 2.1-13
Read by: Sue Wilton, Senior Student
The word of the Lord came to me, saying: Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem,
Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you
followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. Israel was holy to the Lord, the first
fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it were held guilty; disaster came upon them, says the
Lord. Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of
Israel. Thus says the Lord: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far
from me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves? They did
not say, “Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the
wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land
that no one passes through, where no one lives?” I brought you into a plentiful land to
eat its fruits and its good things. But when you entered you defiled my land, and made
my heritage an abomination. The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?” Those who
handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets
prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit.
Therefore once more I accuse you, says the Lord, and I accuse your children’s children.
Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and examine with care; see if there
has ever been such a thing. Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit. Be appalled,
O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate, says the Lord, for my people have
committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and dug out
cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.
The Magnificat (stand)
Long in F
My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me and holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations.
He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel as he promised to our
forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
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. Amen.
The Second Lesson
Mark 14.1-25
It was two days before the Passover and the festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief
priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him; for
they said, “Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people.”
While he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman
came with an alabaster jar of very costly ointment of nard, and she broke open the jar
and poured the ointment on his head. But some were there who said to one another in
anger, “Why was the ointment wasted in this way? For this ointment could have been
sold for more than three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor.” And they
scolded her. But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a
good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness
to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she
could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the
good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in
remembrance of her.”
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to
betray him to them. When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give
him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples
said to him, “Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the
Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a man
carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the
owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, Where is my guest room where I may eat the
Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready.
Make preparations for us there.” So the disciples set out and went to the city, and found
everything as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover meal.
When it was evening, he came with the twelve. And when they had taken their places
and were eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating
with me.” They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, “Surely, not
I?” He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the bowl with
me. For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son
of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.”
While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it
to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he
gave it to them, and all of them drank from it. He said to them, “This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly I tell you, I will never again drink of the
fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
The Nunc Dimittis (stand)
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation;
Long in F
Which thou hast prepared: before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
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. Amen.
The Creed (said by all, facing East)
I believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his
only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell;
The third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
right hand of God the Father almighty;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints;
The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
The Responses
The Lord be with you.
Let us pray.
Peter Aston
And with thy spirit.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our
trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil. Amen.
O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
O Lord, save the Queen.
Endue thy ministers with righteousness.
O Lord, save thy people.
Give peace in our time, O Lord.
O God, make clean our hearts within us.
And grant us thy salvation.
And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.
And make thy chosen people joyful.
And bless thine inheritance.
Because there is none other that fighteth for
us but only thou, O God.
And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.
The Collect for the Day
O Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: Give us grace to use such
abstinence, that, our flesh beginning subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly
motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and
reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Collect for Peace
O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give
unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be
set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear
of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus
Christ our Saviour. Amen.
The Collect for Aid against All Perils
Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all
perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Anthem (sit)
Rejoice, O my spirit, be comforted now,
From Death, by thy Saviour, redeemed art thou,
The fury of Hell and Satan is past,
No more his dark shadows can Death o’er us cast.
Against all defiance thus shall I stand fast.
Rejoice, O my spirit, and sing with full heart,
To worship thy Saviour, redeemed thou art,
Now glory is filling the whole world with light,
The sun is full risen, there is no more night.
For God is among us in pow’r and in might.
Text: possibly by Christoph Helm (d. 1748)
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), from Cantata BWV 15
The Prayers
Led by: The Reverend Dr Cathy Thomson, Director of Formation
Creator God, thank you for our world and for our senses by which we appreciate its
diversity. In the challenge of exploration and the discipline of stillness we are refreshed
and re-created. Teach us to use our awareness to care for this earth that sustains and
nurtures the world’s peoples and its flora and fauna, now and into the future.
Renew our wonder, awaken our concern,
Loving God in your mercy,
Hear our Prayer
Redeemer God, we give thanks for your Church, and for the opportunity that we have to
offer our gifts in the body of Christ. We pray for our Archbishop, for the bishops, clergy
and lay people of our diocese, and especially we pray for the life and witness of this
Cathedral Church. May those we encounter in our daily lives find healing through your
love and grace.
Renew our wonder, awaken our concern,
Loving God in your mercy
Hear our Prayer
Sustainer God, we give thanks for St Francis College, and for Charles Sturt University. For
those who teach and those who learn. We thank you for the blessing of knowledge,
wisdom, reflection, and for your grace which guides Christian formation in all its
expressions. Thank you for those who have tonight graduated with theological
qualifications. We honour them as Christians more fully equipped to do your will.
Transform our learning into godly living and ethical action, for the sake of this world that
you sustain in love.
Renew our wonder, awaken our concern,
Loving God in your mercy,
Hear our Prayer
In the spirit of St Francis and St Clare, renew our passion for mission and service, so that,
along with those who have faithfully gone before, we may be advocates of justice and
peace, agents of reconciliation and hope, and servants to those in need.
Renew our wonder, awaken our concern,
Loving God in your mercy,
Hear our Prayer.
Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common
supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together
in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of
thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of
thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.
The Grace
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
The Hymn TiS 650 (stand)
tune: Servant Song
Richard Gillard, Arr. Betty Pulkingham 1928-
Brother, sister, let me serve you,
let me be as Christ to you;
pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant too.
I will hold the Christ-light for you
in the night-time of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
speak the peace you long to hear.
We are pilgrims on a journey
and companions on the road;
we are here to help each other
walk the mile and bear the load.
I will weep when you are weeping;
when you laugh I’ll laugh with you;
I will share your joy and sorrow
till we’ve seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven
we shall find such harmony,
born of all we’ve known together
of Christ’s love and agony.
Brother, sister, let me serve you,
let me be as Christ to you;
pray that I may have the grace to
let you be my servant too.
Richard Gillard 1953Words and music by permission Integrity Music (Aust)
The Sermon (sit)
The Reverend Dr Steven Ogden
Commitment to Ministry and Learning
All students of the College are asked to stand.
The Principal: Archbishop, I present to you those students who will participate in
theological education, ministry formation or postgraduate studies at St Francis
Theological College this year.
The Archbishop: Will you commit yourself to undertake your studies with diligence and
seek to integrate your learning with your faith and life?
I will, with God's help.
In the College and in places where you may be appointed to minister, will you serve as
leaders of Christ’s church striving to advance God’s mission of justice, compassion and
reconciliation?
I will, with God's help.
Will you continue to devote yourselves to study that your lives and teaching may be
shaped by the life of Christ.
I will, with God’s help.
May God who has given you the will to do these things give you the grace and power to
fulfil them, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Archbishop: I invite St Francis Theological College faculty, staff, and all who are
involved as supervisors, examining chaplains, and the families of students to stand.
Will you pray for and encourage these students in their learning and formation? Will you
care for them, challenge, teach and guide them for Christ’s sake?
We will, with God’s help.
May God who has begun a good work in you bring it to completion, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
The Hymn TiS 665 (stand) during which a collection is taken
tune: Noël Nouvelet
French melody arr. Lawrence Francis Bartlett 1933
Jesus Christ is waiting,
waiting in the streets;
no-one is his neighbour,
all alone he eats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I am lonely too.
Make me, friend or stranger,
fit to wait on you.
Jesus Christ is raging,
raging in the streets,
where injustice spirals
and real hope retreats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I am angry too.
In the Kingdom's causes
let me rage with you.
Jesus Christ is healing,
healing in the streets;
curing those who suffer,
touching those he greets.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I have pity too.
Let my care be active,
healing just like you.
Jesus Christ is dancing,
dancing in the streets,
where each sign of hatred
he, with love, defeats.
Listen, Lord Jesus,
I should triumph too.
Where good conquers evil
let me dance with you.
Jesus Christ is calling,
calling in the streets,
'Who will join my journey?
I will guide their feet.'
Listen, Lord Jesus,
let my fears be few.
Walk one step before me;
I will follow you.
John L. Bell 1949Words by permission Wild Goose Publications
The Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you:
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you:
the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen.
Music after the service: Fantaisie in A – César Franck
The congregation stands as the ministers depart. Please feel free to stay a while in prayer.
This service is taken from the historic Book of Common Prayer (1662) as published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Crown in the
United Kingdom. It constitutes part of the rites sanctioned by the authorities of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is approved for use in St
John’s Cathedral Brisbane from Advent 2006 onwards.
Faculty 2015
The Rev’d Dr Steven Ogden, Executive Director, Ministry Education Commission and
Principal, St. Francis Theological College
The Rev’d Dr Gregory Jenks, Academic Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies
The Rev’d Dr Cathy Thomson, Director of Formation and Lecturer in Theology
The Rev’d Canon Richard Tutin, Chaplain and Senior Tutor
Mr Jonathan Sargeant, Lay Education Officer
Ms Eve James, Library Manager
Mrs Suzie Anthonisz, Registrar
Sessional Lecturers & Tutors 2015
Father Anastasios Bozikis
The Rev’d Dr Malcolm Coombs
Major Marie-Louise Craig
Helen Crain-Wesby
The Rev’d Canon Dr Marian Free
Dr Jeremy Hall
The Rev’d Dr Carol Anne Hebron
The Rev’d Dr Jonathan Inkpin
The Rev’d Dr Catherine Laufer
The Rev’d Canon Dr Nigel Leaves
Dr Anthony Rees
The Rt Rev’d Dr Doug Stevens
Graduates 2014
Diploma of Theology
Denise Smart
Bachelor of Theology
David Adams
Frank Harrison (with Distinction)
Gregory Henderson (with Distinction)
Claye Middleton
Mary-Anne Rulfs
Steffan van Munster
Rodney Wolff (with Distinction)
Bachelor of Theology with Honours
Biju George
Graduate Certificate in Theology
Alan Campbell
David Eke
David Ellis
Nicholas Johnstone
Geoff McLay
William Reuter
Mark Sly
Graduate Diploma of Theology
Nadine Garraway (with Distinction)
Master of Theology
Helen Paget
Joyce Welham (with Distinction)
Grad Certificate in Religious and Values Education
Murray Ellson
Kelli Green
Awards and Scholarships 2015
Biblical Hebrew Prize
Nadine Garraway
Robert Wilshire Theology Prize
Frank Harrison
Mary Anne Rulfs
Rodney Wolff
Mothers Union Scholarship for CPU
Karen Allen
Christopher Bate
Jamee Lee Callard
Formation Students 2015
Karen Allen
David Browne
Jamee-Lee Callard
Heather Dearden
Pauline Harley
Peter Jeffery
Stephen Monseigneur
Imelda O’Loughlin
Debra Tedman
Christopher Bate
Zoe Browne
Aaron Coates
Rosemary Gardiner
Daniel Hobbs
Rebecca King
Tim Nicholson
Trevor Sketcher
Suzanne Wilton