Sunday, February 28, 2016

Lent 4 – March 6, 2016

  • Organ: Concerto in D Minor, RV565/BWV596, IV. Largo e spiccato – Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), transcribed by J. S. Bach (1685-1750) 
  • Opening Hymn: 434 The Love of Jesus Calls Us 
  • Kyrie: 703 (Andrew) 
  • Psalm: 32 
  • Offertory Hymn: 592 Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life 
  • Solo: Pie Jesu (from Requiem, Op. 47) – Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), sung by Andrew Gilchrist (accompanied by Konrad Harley) Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem sempiternam. (Pious Lord Jesus, grant them everlasting rest.)
  • Sanctus and Benedictus: Plainsong 
  • Agnus Dei: Plainsong 
  • Hymn during Communion: 410 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace 
  • Closing Hymn:  474 Jesus, Where'er Thy People Meet     
  • Organ: Concerto in D Minor, RV565/BWV596, V. Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi (1678- 1741), transcribed by J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Lent 3 - February 28, 2016

Substitute organist: Eileen Best

  • Organ: TBA 
  • Opening Hymn: 620 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds 
  • Kyrie: Merbecke 
  • Psalm: 63:1-8 
  • Offertory Hymn: 619 Fairest Lord Jesus 
  • Anthem: To Thee, O Lord – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) To thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul, my God I trust in thee. 
  • Sanctus and Benedictus: Merbecke 
  • Agnus Dei: Merbecke Hymn during Communion: 607 Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God 
  • Closing Hymn: 468 To Abraham and Sarah 
  • Organ: TBA

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Lent 2 - February 21, 2016

  • Organ: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (From God shall naught divide me) – J. L. Krebs (1713-1780) 
  • Opening Hymn: 508 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say 
  • Kyrie: 703 (Andrew)
  • Psalm: 27 
  • Offertory Hymn: 520 The King of Love My Shepherd Is 
  • Anthem: O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee – Konrad Harley (Tune: Canonbury by Robert Schumann) 
O Master, let me walk with Thee In lowly paths of service free; Tell me Thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care. Help me, the slow of heart, to move by some clear winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way. -Washington Gladden (1836-1918) 
  • Sanctus and Benedictus: Plainsong 
  • Agnus Dei: Plainsong 
  • Hymn during Communion: 523 We Sing to You, O God 
  • Closing Hymn: 565 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 
  • Organ: Prelude in A Minor, BWV 543 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750) – Lent

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Lent 1 - February 14, 2016

  • Organ: Adagio in A Minor, BWV 564 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750) 
  • Opening Hymn: 564 Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us 
  • Kyrie: 703 (Andrew) 
  • Psalm: 91:1-2, 9-16 
  • Offertory Hymn: 180 Giver of the Perfect Gift 
  • Anthem: Come, Let Us Worship – Giovanni da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Come, let us worship and fall down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 
  • Sanctus and Benedictus: Plainsong 
  • Agnus Dei: Plainsong 
  • Hymn during Communion: 177 A Spendthrift Lover Is the Lord 
  • Closing Hymn: 577 God of Grace and God of Glory • Organ: Psalm Eighteen – Benedetto Marcello (1686-1738)

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Ash Wednesday - February 10, 2016

  • Opening Hymn: 175 Forty Days and Forty Nights
  • Psalm: 103:8-18
  • Offertory Hymn: 176 By the Holy Spirit Sent
  • Sanctus and Benedictus: Plainsong
  • Agnus Dei: Plainsong
  • Hymn during Communion: 605 Have Mercy, Lord, on Us
  • Communion Motet: O Kind Creator, Bow Thine Ear – Konrad Harley (Tune: Babylon's Streams by Thomas Campion)
O kind Creator, bow Thine ear to mark the cry, to know the tear Before Thy throne of mercy spent in this Thy holy fast of Lent. Our hearts are open, Lord, to Thee: Thou knowest our infirmity; Pour out on all who seek Thy face abundance of Thy pardoning grace. Our sins are many, this we know; spare us, good Lord, Thy mercy show; And for the honour of Thy name our fainting souls to life reclaim. -Gregory the Great (540-604), tr. Thomas Alexander Lacy (1853-1931)
  • Closing Hymn: 24 Abide with Me