Sunday, October 30, 2016

All Souls', Remembrance - November 6, 2016

  • Prelude: Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 2, No. 1 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) (Nora Klemencic, piano; Konrad Harley, organ)
  • Opening Hymn: 528 O God, Our Help in Ages Past
  • Psalm: 116:1-8 (Anglican Chant)
  • Gradual Hymn: 593 O God of Every Nation
  • Russian Kontakion of the Departed
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy Saints:
where sorrow and pain are no more;
neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Thou only art immortal, the Creator and Maker of man:
and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and unto earth shall we return:
for so thou didst ordain, when thou createdst me, saying,
Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return.
All we go down to the dust;
and, weeping o’er the grave, we make our song:
alleluya, alleluya, alleluya.
  • Offertory Hymn: 567 Eternal Father, Strong to Save
  • Anthem: Grant Us Thy Peace – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Grant us Thy peace, Almighty Lord,
Thou Source of ev’ry blessing!

Feeble and frail, trust we Thy word,
All things in Thee possessing.
In Thee is our hope and safety. 
  • Communion Hymn: 558 God, When I Stand, No Path Before Me 
  • Closing Hymn: 573 O Day of Peace 
  • Postlude: Air varié for piano and organ - Clifford Demarest (1874-1946) (Nora Klemencic, piano; Konrad Harley, organ) 
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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Pentecost 24 - October 30, 2016

  • Organ: Prelude (from Suite brève, Op. 6, No. 1) – Rachel Laurin (1961-) 
  • Opening Hymn: 5 Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies 
  • Psalm: 119:137-144 (Plainsong) 
  • Gradual Hymn: 445 God the Creator 
  • Offertory Hymn: 434 The Love of Jesus Calls Us 
  • Anthem (quartet): Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord (from Elijah, Op. 70) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee; He never will suffer the righteous to fall: He is at thy right hand. Thy mercy, Lord, is great; and far above the heavens. Let none be made ashamed, that wait upon Thee!
  •  Communion Hymn: 547 I Sought the Lord 
  • Closing Hymn: 551 My Faith Looks Up to Thee 
  • Organ: Voluntary in C Major – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Pentecost 23 - October 23, 2016

  • Organ: Variations on “Gläubige Seel” (Faithful Soul) – Ernst Pepping (1901-1981)
  • Opening Hymn: 474 Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet 
  • Psalm: 65 (Plainsong) 
  • Gradual Hymn: 261 God, Whose Farm Is All Creation 
  • Offertory Hymn: 619 Fairest Lord Jesus 
  • Anthem: Thou Visitest the Earth – Maurice Greene (1696-1755) 
    Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it:
    And crownest the year with Thy goodness.

    (Text based on Psalm 65:9, 11) 



  • Communion Hymn: 69 We Who Live by Sound and Symbol 
  • Closing Hymn: 468 To Abraham and Sarah 
  • Organ: Toccata in the Aeolian Mode (from Baroque Suite) – Reginald Dixon (1904-1985)
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    Sunday, October 9, 2016

    Pentecost 22 - October 16, 2016

    • Organ: Pastorale in E Major, Op. 19 – César Franck (1822-1890) 
    • Opening Hymn: 538 Nearer, My God, to Thee 
    • Psalm: 119:97-104 (Anglican Chant) 
    • Gradual Hymn: 458 Seek Ye First 
    • Offertory Hymn: 385 Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness 
    • Anthem: Teach Me, O Lord – Thomas Attwood (1797-1838) 
    Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes,
    and I shall keep it unto the end.
    (Text from Psalm 119: 33
    • Communion Hymn: 521 Dear Shepherd of Your People, Hear 
    • Closing Hymn: 575 Let Streams of Living Justice 
    • Organ: Postlude on Song 22 (a Theme of Orlando Gibbons), Op. 105 – C. V. Stanford (1852-1924)
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    Sunday, October 2, 2016

    Harvest Festival - October 9, 2016

    • Prelude: “Hilf, Gott, dass es uns gelingt” (Help, God, that we succeed), from Cantata No. 194 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750), arr. for trumpet and organ by Michel Rondeau
      Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ 
    • Opening Hymn: 262 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 
    • Psalm 126: Hymn 583 When God Restored Our Common Life 
    • Gradual Hymn: 403 Let All Things Now Living 
    • Offertory Hymn: 260 As Saints of Old 
    • Anthem: Oh Blessed Is that Land of God (Harvest Anthem) – John Stainer (1840-1901) 
    Oh blessed is that land of God, Where Saints abide for ever;
    Where golden fields spread far and broad, Where flows the crystal river:
    The strains of all its holy throng With ours today are blending;
    Thrice blessed is that harvest-song Which never hath an ending. 
    • Communion Hymn: 263 Praise to God, Immortal Praise 
    • Closing Hymn: 258 We Plough the Fields and Scatter 
    • Postlude: “Wie will ich mich freuen” (My spirit be joyful), from Cantata No. 146 – J. S.
      Bach (1685-1750), arr. for trumpet and organ by Kenton Parton
      Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ
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