Baptism of the Lord - Sunday, January 7, 2018

• Organ: Pastorale in A Major – Carlo Monza (1680-1739)
• Opening Hymn: 163 When Christ’s Appearing Was Made Known
• Psalm 29 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 622 How Bright Appears the Morning Star
• Offertory Hymn: 158 Earth Has Many a Noble City
• Anthem: The Golden Carol – R. Vaughan Williams, arr. Walter MacNutt
• Communion Hymn: 65 Here, Lord, We Take the Broken Bread
• Closing Hymn: 155 From East to West, from Shore to Shore
• Organ: Psalm 19 (“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God”) – Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739), arr. by Paul Weckhoven

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First Sunday after Christmas Day; New Year’s Eve - Sunday, December 31, 2017

Lessons and Carols Service with Eucharist (no choir)

• Organ: La Nativité (Poèmes évangéliques, Op. 2, No. 2) - Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
• Opening Hymn: 123 Once in Royal David’s City
• Psalm 148 (Metrical Version): Hymn 420 Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him
• Gradual Hymn: 148 See Amid the Winter’s Snow
• Offertory Hymn: 140 It Came upon the Midnight Clear
• Communion Hymn: 146 ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
• Closing Hymn: 135 Shepherds in the Field Abiding
• Postlude: Toccata – Alphonse Mailly (1833-1918)

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Christmas Day Service - Monday, December 25, 2017

(Led by Fiona Strachan)

• Carol: 139 The First Nowell
• Carol: 135 Shepherds in the Field Abiding
• Carol: 122 In the Bleak Midwinter
• Carol: 153 Good Christians All, Rejoice

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Christmas Eve, 10:00pm Choral Eucharist - Sunday, December 24, 2017

• Prelude: A la venue de Noël (from Suite No. 1 of Livre de noëls pour Orgue) - Michel Corrette (1707-1795), arr. for trumpet and organ by Michel Rondeau (Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)
• Opening Hymn: 118 O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Psalm 98 (Metrical Setting): Hymn 316 New Songs of Celebration Render
• Gradual Hymn: 125 Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
• Offertory Hymn: 132 Of Eternal Love Begotten
• Anthem: All This Night – R. S. Thatcher
• Communion Hymn: 117 Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
• Like Silver Lamps in a Distant Shrine

Like silver lamps in a distant shrine,
The stars are sparkling bright;
The bells of the city of God ring out,
For the Son of Mary is born tonight.
The gloom is past,
And the morn at last
Is coming with orient light.

The stars of heaven still shine as at first
They gleamed on this wonderful night;
The bells of the city of God peal out,
And the angels' song still rings in the height,
And love still turns
Where the Godhead burns,
Hid in flesh from fleshly sight.

Faith sees no longer the stable floor,
The pavement of sapphire is there,
The clear light of heaven streams out to the world,
And the angels of God are crowding the air,
And heaven and earth,
Through the spotless birth,
Are at peace on this night so fair.

                              –  W. C. Dix (1867)

• Closing Hymn: 138 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
• Postlude: A minuit fut fait un réveil (from Suite No. 4 of Livre de noëls pour Orgue) - Michel Corrette (1707-1795), arr. for trumpet and organ by Michel Rondeau (Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)

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Christmas Eve, 4:00pm Family Carol Service - Sunday, December 24, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Adagio in D Minor – Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1743), transcribed for organ by Willard Irving Nevins
• Opening Hymn: 91 People, Look East! The Time Is Near
• Canticle: Song of Mary, Luke 1:47-55 (Russian Chant): Common Praise 756
• Gradual Hymn: 109 When the King Shall Come Again
• Offertory Hymn: 95 O Come, Divine Messiah
• Anthem: Ring Out, Wild Bells – Edgar Bainton
• Communion Hymn: 96 Creator of the Stars of Night
• Closing Hymn: 362 Tell Out, My Soul
• Organ: Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Fourth Sunday of Advent - Sunday, December 24, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Adagio in D Minor – Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1743), transcribed for organ by Willard Irving Nevins
• Opening Hymn: 91 People, Look East! The Time Is Near
• Canticle: Song of Mary, Luke 1:47-55 (Russian Chant): Common Praise 756
• Gradual Hymn: 109 When the King Shall Come Again
• Offertory Hymn: 95 O Come, Divine Messiah
• Anthem: Ring Out, Wild Bells – Edgar Bainton
• Communion Hymn: 96 Creator of the Stars of Night
• Closing Hymn: 362 Tell Out, My Soul
• Organ: Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Third Sunday of Advent - Sunday, December 17, 2017

Service Music: Schubert

• Prelude: Fantasia in C Major for Trumpet and Organ - Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)(Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)
• Opening Hymn: 102 Prepare the Way, O Zion
• Psalm 126 (Metrical setting): Hymn 583 When God Restored Our Common Life
• Gradual Hymn: 97 Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring
• Offertory Hymn: 103 On Jordan’s Bank, the Baptist’s Cry
• Anthem: The Truth from Above – English traditional carol, arr. Robert Gower

This is the truth sent from above, The truth of God, the God of love,
Therefore don’t turn me from your door, But hearken all both rich and poor.
The first thing which I do relate Is that God did man create;
The next thing which to you I’ll tell – Woman was made with man to dwell.

Thus we were heirs to endless woes, Till God the Lord did interpose;
And so a promise soon did run That he would redeem us by his Son.
And at that season of the year Our blest Redeemer did appear;
He here did live, And here did preach, and many thousands he did teach.
Thus he in love to us behaved, To show us how we must be saved;
And if you want to know the way,
Be pleased to hear what he did say.

                              –  Text: English traditional carol, Public Domain

• Closing Hymn: 110 “Sleepers, Wake!” A Voice Astounds Us
• Postlude: A minuit fut fait un réveil (from Suite No. 4 of Livre de noëls pour Orgue) - Michel Corrette (1707-1795), arr. for trumpet and organ by Michel Rondeau (Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)

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Second Sunday of Advent - Sunday, December 10, 2017

Service Music: Schubert

• Prelude: Liturgical Meditations for Flute and Organ: No. 8: Noël à la nuit; No. 9: Noël à l’enfant – Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Fiona Strachan, flute; Konrad Harley, organ)
• Opening Hymn: 116 “Your Kingdom Come” -- On Bended Knee
• Kyrie Eleison: 705 (Schubert)
• Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 105 Where Jordan Cuts the Wilderness
• Offertory Hymn: 111 Herald! Sound the Note of Judgement
• Solo: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! -- 15th c. French melody, adapted by Thomas Helmore (1811-1890), edited and arranged by Patrick M. Liebergen (Andrew Gilchrist, baritone; Fiona Strachan, flute; Konrad Harley, piano)
• Sanctus: 735 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord (Schubert)
• Our Father (Schubert)
• Agnus Dei: 747 Jesus, Lamb of God (Schubert)
• Communion Hymn: The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow

The Lord will come and not be slow; his footsteps cannot err;
before him righteousness shall go, his royal harbinger.
Mercy and truth that long were missed, now joyfully are met;
Sweet peace and righteousness have kissed, and hand in hand is set.

Truth from the earth, like to a flower, shall bud and blossom fresh,
And justice from her heav’nly bower look down on mortal flesh.
Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might; this wicked earth redress;
For thou art he who shalt by right the nations all possess.

The nations all whom thou hast made shall come, and all shall frame
To bow them low before thee, Lord, and glorify thy name.
For great thou art, and wonders great by thy strong hand are done:
Thou in thy everlasting seat remainest God alone.
                              –  John Milton (1608-1674)

• Closing Hymn: 88 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
• Postlude: Liturgical Meditations for Flute and Organ: No. 11: Noël aux oiseaux – Jacques
• Berthier (1923-1994) (Fiona Strachan, flute; Konrad Harley, organ)

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First Sunday of Advent: Sunday, December 3, 2017

Advent Carol Service at 10:30 am

• Opening Hymn: 89 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!
• Children’s Hymn: Light One Candle
• First Reading: Isaiah 40:1-8
• Choir: All Praise to Him Who Came to Save – Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608), harmonized by Georg Gottfried Wagner (1698-1756)

All praise to Him who came to save,
Who conquer’d death and scorned the grave:
Each day new praise resoundeth
To Him, the Life who once was slain,
The Friend whom none shall trust in vain,
Whose grace for aye aboundeth;
Sing then, ring then, tell the story of His glory,
Till His praises
Flood with light earth’s darkest places.
                              – Text: Public Domain

• Second Reading: Jeremiah 23:5-6
• Hymn: 106 There’s a Voice in the Wilderness
• Third Reading: Zechariah 9:9-10
• Choir: Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding – Eric Thiman
• Fourth Reading: Haggai 2:6-9
• Hymn: 101 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
• Fifth Reading: Isaiah 35:1-6
• Gospel Reading: Luke 1:26-35, 38
• Offertory Hymn: 108 Hark, a Herald Voice is Sounding
• Concluding Hymn: 114 Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
• Organ: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 549 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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Last Sunday after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ - Sunday, November 26, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke 

• Organ: Chaconne in F Major – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
• Opening Hymn: 384 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
• Psalm 100 (Metrical Version): Hymn 351 Rejoice in God, All Earthly Lands
• Gradual Hymn: 458 Seek Ye First
• Offertory Hymn: 385 Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
• Anthem: King of Glory, King of Peace – J. S. Bach (Tune by J. R. Ahle), arr. by W. H. Harris
• Communion Hymn: 61 As We Gather at Your Table
• Closing Hymn: 322 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
• Organ: Rigaudon (From Holberg’s Time, Op. 40, No. 5) - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), transcribed for organ by Konrad Harley

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Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, November 19, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong - David Hurd

• Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd
• Organ: Overture to “Ode to St Cecilia” – Handel
• Opening Hymn: 474 Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet
• Psalm 123
• Gradual Hymn: 453 Living Lord of Love’s Dominion
• Offertory Hymn: 507 Blest Be the Tie that Binds
• Solo: A Glory Gilds the Sacred Page – Konrad Harley

A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun:
It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.

The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,
They rise, but never set.

Let everlasting thanks be thine,
For such a bright display,
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

My soul rejoices to pursue
The steps of him I love,
Till glory break upon my view
In brighter worlds above.

-Words by William Cowper, c. 1770
Sung by Virginia Wright, alto; accompanied by Konrad Harley

• Communion Hymn: 410 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace
• Closing Hymn: 444 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided
• Organ: Prelude (“Harp”), Op. 12, No. 7 – Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), transcribed for organ by Konrad Harley

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Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, November 5, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong - David Hurd

• Organ: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (My faithful heart rejoices), Op. 122, No. 4 – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
• Opening Hymn: 7 New Every Morning Is the Love
• Psalm 43
• Gradual Hymn: 420 Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him
• Offertory Hymn: 454 Revive Thy Work, O Lord
• Anthem: While Yet the Morn Is Breaking – J. S. Bach
• Communion Hymn: Break Now the Bread of Life

Break now the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As once you broke the loaves beside the sea.
Beyond the sacred page I seek you, Lord;
My spirit waits for you, O living Word.

Bless your own word of truth, dear Lord, to me,
As when you blessed the bread by Galilee.
Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall;
And I shall find my peace, my All in all!

You are the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
Your holy Word the truth that rescues me.
Give me to eat and live with you above;
Teach me to love your truth, for you are love.

O send your Spirit now, dear Lord, to me,
That he may touch my eyes and make me see.
Show me the truth made plain within your Word,
For in your book revealed I see you, Lord.

- Words: st. 1-2 Mary A. Lathbury, 1877; st. 3-4 Alexander Groves (1842-1909)

• Closing Hymn: 391 Sing Ye Praises to the Father
• Organ: Prelude in Classic Style - Gordon Young (1919-1998)

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Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost: "Instructed Eucharist" - October 29, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong - David Hurd

• Prelude: Allegro from Sonatina in G Major, Op. 44, No. 1 – Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832); Andantino con grazia from Sonatina in D Major, Op. 45, No. 5 – Anton André (1775-1842)(Nora Klemencic and Konrad Harley, piano)
• Opening Hymn: 354 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
• Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 (said responsively)
• Gradual Hymn: Blessed Assurance

Blessed assurance; Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Saviour all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Saviour all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Refrain

Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Saviour am happy and blest;
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love. Refrain
- Fanny Crosby, 1873

• Offertory Hymn: 505 Be Thou My Vision
• Anthem: Come, My Soul, ‘Tis Time for Waking (from Lauda Sion, Op. 73) – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Charles C. Hirt
• Communion Hymn: 470 Seek Not in Distant, Ancient Hills
• Closing Hymn: 565 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
• Postlude: Andantino con moto from Sonata in C Major, Op. 67, No. 1 – Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760-1812) (Nora Klemencic and Konrad Harley, piano)

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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, October 22, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Trio super “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend” (Lord Jesus Christ, Turn to Us), BWV 655 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 350 Stand Up and Bless the Lord
• Psalm 96:1-9 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 335 How Shall I Sing That Majesty
• Offertory Hymn: 617 Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
• Anthem: Cantate Domino – Giovanni Croce (1557-1609)

Cantate Domino canticum novum:
cantate Domino omnis terra.
Cantate Domino et benedicite nomini ejus:
annuntiate de die in diem salutare ejus.

- Text based on Psalm 96

• Communion Hymn: 52 O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near
• Closing Hymn: 522 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
• Organ: Toccata in D Minor – Gaston Bélier (1863-1938)

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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, October 15, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Meditation (from Sonata in B Minor, Op. 86, No. 6) – Alexandre Guilmant (1837- 1911)
• Opening Hymn: 468 To Abraham and Sarah
• Psalm 23: Metrical Version: My Shepherd, You Supply My Need (Tune: Resignation)

My Shepherd, you supply my need; most holy is your name.In pastures fresh you make me feed, beside the living stream.
You bring my wand’ring spirit back when I forsake your ways,
and lead me, for your mercy’s sake, in paths of truth and grace. 

When I walk through the shades of death, your presence is my stay;
one word of your supporting breath drives all my fears away.
Your hand, in sight of all my foes, does still my table spread;
my cup with blessings overflows, your oil anoints my head. 

The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days;
oh, may your house be my abode and all my work be praise.
Here would I find a settled rest, while others go and come;
no more a stranger or a guest, but like a child at home.

-Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

• Gradual Hymn: 555 O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand
• Offertory Hymn: 300 Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
• Anthem: O Come, Ye Servants of the Lord – Christopher Tye (1500-1572)

O come, ye servants of the Lord, and praise his holy name;
From early morn to setting sun his might on earth proclaim.
His laws are just, and glad the heart; He makes his mercies known:
Ye princes come, ye people too, and bow before the throne.

• Communion Hymn: 58 O Christ Was a Good Guest
• Closing Hymn: 570 Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing
• Organ: Litanies (JA 119) – Jehan Alain (1911-1940)

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Thanksgiving; Harvest Sunday - Sunday, October 8, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Chaconne in F Major – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
• Opening Hymn: 399 Now Thank We All Our God
• Psalm 19: Metrical Version: Hymn 413 The Stars Declare His Glory
• Gradual Hymn: 260 As Saints of Old
• Offertory Hymn: 426 The Spacious Firmament on High
• Anthem: A Grace (Canon) – Vincent Novello (1781-1861)

Give thanks to God, and praise His Name for ever.
O praise the Lord our God for all His loving kindness and goodness,
Ever praise His Holy Name, for all His tender mercy unto us.

• Communion Hymn: 261 God, Whose Farm Is All Creation
• Closing Hymn: 403 Let All Things Now Living
• Organ: Rigaudon (From Holberg’s Time, Op. 40, No. 5) - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), transcribed for organ by Konrad Harley

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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, October 1, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Prelude and Fugue in F# minor, BuxWV 146 – Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
• Opening Hymn: 388 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 447 Lord, We Hear Your Word with Gladness
• Offertory Hymn: 334 Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Anthem: God, Your Glorious Presence – arranged for SATB, flute, and keyboard by Konrad Harley (based on the Largo from Concerto in D Major, RV 95, by Antonio Vivaldi, and the hymn tune Arnsberg by Joachim Neander) (Fiona Strachan, flute)

God, your glorious presence draws us to adore you, and with awe appear before you.
In your holy temple all keep mystic silence, prostrate lie with deepest reverence.
You alone God we own, your our God and Saviour: praise your name forever.

- Text by Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769); tr. Frederick William Foster (1760-1835), John Miller (1756-1810), and William Mercer (1811-1873), alt.

• Communion Hymn: 85 Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless
• Closing Hymn: 536 Singing Songs of Expectation
• Organ: Allegro giocoso (Improvisation Op. 150, No. 7) – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, September 24, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (All Glory Be to God on High), BWV 676 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 565 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
• Psalm 145: 1-8 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 394 Eternal, Unchanging
• Offertory Hymn: 292 We Cannot Measure How You Heal
• Anthem: Jesu, Lead My Footsteps Ever – J. S. Bach, ed. W. Gillies Whittaker

Jesu, lead my footsteps ever,
Ever all my senses guide;
From all ills my doings sever.
Put all else than Thee aside!
Jesu, let thy grace attend me;
From all evil e’er defend me.

- Words translated by Charles Sanford Terry (1864-1936)

• Communion Hymn: Let Us Break Bread Together

Let us break bread together on our knees;
Let us break bread together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me. 

Let us drink wine together on our knees;
Let us drink wine together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me. 

Let us praise God together on our knees;
Let us praise God together on our knees.
When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sun,
O Lord, have mercy on me. 

- African American spiritual 

• Closing Hymn: 503 Fight the Good Fight with All Thy Might
• Organ: Allegro from Concerto Grosso in C Minor – G. F. Handel (1685-1759), arr. Willard Irving Nevins

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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, September 17, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Prelude: Rondo Capriccioso for Piano, Op. 14 – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Opening Hymn: 381 Praise, My Soul
• Psalm 103:8-13 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 397 Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
• Offertory Hymn: 487 Where Charity and Love Prevail
• Anthem: God of Mercy – Healey Willan (based on the tune Heathlands by Henry Smart)

God of mercy, God of grace, Show the brightness of Thy face:
Shine upon us, Saviour, shine, Fill Thy church with light divine;
And Thy saving health extend Unto earth’s remotest end.

Let the people praise Thee, Lord;Be by all that live adored:
Let the nations shout and sing,Glory to their Saviour King;
At Thy feet their tribute pay,And Thy holy will obey.

Let the people praise Thee, Lord;Earth shall then her fruits afford;
God to man His blessing give,Man to God devoted live;
All below, and all above,One in joy, and light, and love. 

- Words by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)

• Communion Hymn: 54 Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken
• Closing Hymn: 226 Through the Red Sea Brought at Last
• Postlude: Chaconne in C Major, BuxWV 137 – Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, September 10, 2017 – First Choral Sunday

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Prelude: Cantilène, Op. 43, No. 1 and Fugue “Circulaire,” Op. 43, No. 8 – Rachel Laurin (1961-)
• Opening Hymn: 349 All People that on Earth Do Dwell
• Psalm 119:33-40 (said responsively)
• Gradual Hymn: 480 Lord, Be Thy Word My Guide
• Offertory Hymn: 645 Come Down, O Love Divine
• Communion Hymn: 71 Jesus, the Joy of Loving Hearts
• Closing Hymn: 386 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• Postlude: Toccatina (No. 2 from Twelve Short Pieces, Op. 43) - Rachel Laurin (1961-)

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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, September 3, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Gavotte avec 6 Doubles – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
• Opening Hymn: 431 Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
• Gradual Hymn: 541 As Longs the Hart for Flowing Streams
• Offertory Hymn: 455 Dear God, Compassionate and Kind
• Closing Hymn: 347 The God of Abraham Praise
• Organ: Voluntary in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 8 – John Stanley (1712-1786)

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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, August 27, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Prelude: Sonata No. 6 in A Major – Pier Domenico Paradies (1707-1791)
• Opening Hymn: 391 Sing Ye Praises to the Father
• Gradual Hymn: 434 The Love of Jesus Calls Us
• Offertory Hymn: 380 O Worship the King
• Closing Hymn: 317 Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah
• Postlude: Presto in F Minor (“Pantalon et Colombine”) from Carnaval, Op. 9 – Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, August 20, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Prelude: Partita on Jesu, meine Freude (Jesus, My Joy) – Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748) (melody by Johann Crüger [1598-1662])
• Opening Hymn: 508 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
• Gradual Hymn: 647 Spirit of the Living God
• Offertory Hymn: 378 Crown Him with Many Crowns
• Closing Hymn: 353 My God, How Endless Is Your Love
• Postlude: Prelude in G Major - Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697)

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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, August 13, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Prelude: Sonata No. 6 in C Minor (Siciliano) – Gaetano Valeri (1760–1822)
• Opening Hymn: 363 My Soul Proclaims Your Glory, Lord
• Gradual Hymn: 309 Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet
• Offertory Hymn: 385 Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness
• Closing Hymn: 388 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• Postlude: Sonata in C Major – Quirino Gasparini (1721-1778)

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The Transfiguration of the Lord - Sunday, August 6, 2017

Peter Dunphy, guest organist
Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Messe Basse pour tous les Temps: 1. Prélude Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)
• Opening Hymn: 320 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
• Gradual Hymn: CP 410 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace
• Offertory Hymn: 505 Be Thou My Vision
• Closing Hymn: 379 Rejoice, the Lord is King
• Organ: Fantasia in C Major, BWV 570 - J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, July 30, 2017

Eileen Best, substitute organist
Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: TBA
• Opening Hymn: 482 Come and Journey with a Saviour
• Gradual Hymn: 361 Surely It Is God Who Saves Me
• Offertory Hymn: 617 Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
• Closing Hymn: 540 Just As the Deer
• Organ: TBA

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Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, July 23, 2017

Eileen Best, substitute organist
Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: TBA
• Opening Hymn: 350 Stand Up and Bless the Lord
• Gradual Hymn: 604 Your Word, O God, a Living Sword
• Offertory Hymn: 583 When God Restored Our Common Life
• Closing Hymn: 414 God of the Sparrow
• Organ: TBA

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Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, July 16, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Prelude: Andante in D Minor from Water Music, HWV 348 – G. F. Handel, arr. Pierre Gouin (Nora Klemencic, Piano; Konrad Harley, Organ)
• Opening Hymn 533: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
• Gradual Hymn 478: Almighty God, Thy Word Is Cast
• Offertory Hymn 431: Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
• Closing Hymn 435: Take My Life, and Let It Be
• Postlude: Allegro in F Major from Water Music – G. F. Handel, arr. Pierre Gouin (Nora Klemencic, Piano; Konrad Harley, Organ)

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, July 2, 2017

Rev. David Bowring celebrating (Rev Jeanette on vacation)
Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Prelude on “Rhosymedre” (from Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes) – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Melody by J. D. Edwards, 1805-1885)
• Opening Hymn373: This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made
• Gradual Hymn557: Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ
• Offertory Hymn 412: O God, Beyond All Face and Form
• Closing Hymn 619: Fairest Lord Jesus
• Organ: Toccata pour Grand Orgue (1912) – Gaston Bélier (1863–1938)

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Third Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, June 25, 2017

The Rev. David Hoopes celebrating (Rev Jeanette on vacation)
Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Overture in C Major, KV 399 (385i) – W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
• Opening Hymn 474: Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet
• Gradual Hymn 361: Surely It Is God Who Saves Me
• Offertory Hymn 482: Come and Journey with a Saviour
• Closing Hymn 378: Crown Him with Many Crowns
• Organ: Toccata and Fugue in B Flat Major – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

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Second Sunday after Pentecost - Sunday, June 18, 2017

Deacon Grace celebrating (Rev Jeanette on vacation)
Service Music: Morning Prayer

• Organ: Toccata No. 5 in C Major - Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762)
• Opening Hymn: 3 Morning Has Broken
• Psalm 116:1, 10-17 (read responsively)
• Gradual Hymn 12: We Bless You, God of Israel
• Offertory Hymn 486: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
• Closing Hymn 323: Ye Holy Angels Bright
• Organ: Voluntary on the Doxology (Old 100th) – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

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St Barnabas Day / Trinity Sunday - Sunday, June 11, 2017

Bishop Kevin Robertson Preaching & Celebrating
Latvian congregation in attendance with Anita & Ivars Gaide

Service Music: A Community Mass (1971) – Richard Proulx

• "Gaisma aust!'' - Eriks Esenvalds (Anita Gaide, Piano)
• Opening Hymn 1: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
• Psalm 112
• Gradual Hymn 498:  How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
• Offertory Hymn 304: All Things Are Thine
• Anthem: He, Watching Over Israel – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps.
Shouldst thou, walking in grief, languish,
He will quicken thee;
He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps.

• Communion Hymn 301: How Blessed Is This Place
• Closing HymnToccata (Moto perpetuo) – Alex Rowley (1892-1958): Praise, My Soul
• Organ: Toccata in A Minor – Achille Philip (1878-1959)

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Day of Pentecost - Sunday, June 4, 2017

Service Music: A Community Mass (1971) – Richard Proulx

• Organ: Concerto in A Minor, III. Allegro – Antonio Vivaldi, transcribed for organ by J. S. Bach (as BWV 593)
• Opening Hymn: 637 Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
• Psalm 104:25-35, 37
• Gradual Hymn: 250 Soaring Spirit, Set Us Free
• Offertory Hymn: 254 O God, the Holy Ghost
• Anthem: I Waited for the Lord – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (Soloists: Fiona Strachan, soprano; Virginia Wright, alto)

I waited for the Lord,
He inclined unto me, and heard my complaint.
O bless’d are thy that hope and trust in the Lord.

• Communion Hymn: 635 Like the Murmur of the Dove’s Song
• Closing Hymn: 643 Holy Spirit, Come with Power
• Organ: Komm, heiliger Geist (Come, Holy Ghost), BWV 651 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Easter 7 - Sunday, May 28, 2017

Service Music: A Community Mass (1971) – Richard Proulx

• Organ: “Heut’ triumphiret Gottes Sohn” (Today the Son of God triumphs), BWV 630 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 246 Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus
• Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36
• Gradual Hymn: 238 God’s Love Bursts into Bloom
• Offertory Hymn: 222 All Shall Be Well
• Anthem: O How Glorious (No. 2 of Six Motets) – Healey Willan

O how glorious is the kingdom wherein all the saints rejoice with Christ; clothed in white robes they follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth.

• Communion Hymn: 219 The Glory of Our King Was Seen
• Closing Hymn: 212 Alleluia! The Strife Is O’er
• Organ: Hymn Prelude on “Llanfair” (“Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise”) - Peter Pindar Stearns (1931-2016) (Hymn tune by Robert Williams, 1817)

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Easter 6 - Sunday, May 21, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Chorale and Four Variations on “Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele” (Rejoice greatly, O my soul) - Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
• Opening Hymn: 319 Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs
• Psalm 66:7-18
• Gradual Hymn: 208 Thou Hallowed Chosen Morn of Praise
• Offertory Hymn: 215 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain
• Anthem: See What Love Hath the Father Bestow’d on Us in His Goodness (from St. Paul) - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

See what love hath the Father bestow’d on us in his goodness,
that we should be called God’s own children.

    - (Text based on 1 John iii. 1)

• Communion Hymn: 241 Christians, to the Paschal Victim
• Closing Hymn: 371 To God Be the Glory
• Organ: Concerto in G Major, III. Presto - Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar, transcribed for organ by J. S. Bach (as BWV 592)

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Easter 5 - Sunday, May 14, 2017

Service Music: A Community Mass (1971) – Richard Proulx

• Organ: “Christ ist erstanden” (Christ is risen), BWV 627 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 220 Christ Is Risen, Christ Is Risen
• Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
• Gradual Hymn: 235 Myrrh-Bearing Mary
• Offertory Hymn: 225 Come Away to the Skies
• Anthem: Sunset to Sunrise Changes Now – Stanisław Moniuszko, arranged by Konrad Harley

Sunset to sunrise changes now, for God doth make the world anew;
On the Redeemer’s thorn-crowned brow the wonders of that dawn we view.
Even though the sun withholds its light, lo! a more heavenly lamp shines here,
And from the cross on Calvary’s height gleams of eternity appear.
Here in o’erwhelming final strife the Lord of life hath victory,
And sin is slain, and death brings life, and earth inherits heaven’s key.

    - Text by Clement of Alexandria (170-220);
      paraphrased by Howard Chandler Robbins (1876-1952)

• Communion Hymn:  234 Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary
• Closing Hymn: 226 Through the Red Sea Brought at Last
• Organ: “Erstanden ist der heil’ge Christ” (Risen is the holy Christ), BWV 628 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Easter 4 - Sunday, May 7, 2017

Service Music: A Community Mass (1971) – Richard Proulx

• Prelude: Norwegian Dance in D Major, Op. 35, No. 4 - Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) (Mike Angell, piano primo; Konrad Harley, piano secondo)
• Opening Hymn: 205 The Day of Resurrection
• Psalm 23: Hymn 519: The Lord's My Shepherd
• Gradual Hymn: 216 Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem
• Offertory Hymn: 224 Awake, Arise, Lift Up Your Voice
• Anthem: Easter Joy – German Folk Song arr. Richard L. Phelps

Joy dawned on Easter Day,
The sun shone with bright ray,
When to their longing eyes restored,
The apostles saw their risen Lord.
Your voices raise with one accord
To praise your risen Lord.

His flesh with radiance glowed,
His hands and face He showed,
Those scars their silent witness gave
That Christ was risen from the grave.
Your voices raise with one accord
To praise your risen Lord.

O King of gentleness,
Do Thou our hearts possess,
And we to Thee will ever raise
The tribute of our grateful praise.
Your voices raise with one accord
To praise your risen Lord.

    - Text from Latin, tr. John Mason Neale

• Communion Hymn: 209 Walk Softly in Springtime
• Closing Hymn: 239 Jesus Lives! Thy Terrors Now
• Postlude: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, II. Adagio – Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) (Mike Angell, piano; Konrad Harley, organ)

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Easter 3 - Sunday, April 30, 2017

Service Music: Taizé (led by Fiona Strachan)

• Alleluia 7
• The Lord is risen
• Be not afraid
• Bless the Lord
• The Lord is my light
• This is the day
• In the Lord
• Kyrie Eleison 13
• My Peace
• Ubi Caritas

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Easter 2 - Sunday, April 23, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Variations on “Herr Jesus hat ein Gärtchen” (King Jesus Hath a Garden), Op. 39, No. 10 - Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
• Opening Hymn: 231 That Eastertide with Joy Was Bright
• Psalm 16
• Gradual Hymn: 223 Christ Is Risen
• Offertory Hymn: 207 At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
• Anthem: For the Beauty of the Earth – Andrew Carter

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Father, unto thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light:
Father, unto thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and brain’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight:
Father, unto thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild:
Father unto thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.

For each perfect gift of thine
To our race so freely giv’n,
Graces human and divine,
Flow’rs of earth and buds of heav’n:
Father unto thee we raise
This our joyful hymn of praise.

    - Text by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1837-1917)

• Communion Hymn: 240 Retell What Christ’s Great Love Has Done
• Children’s Hymn
• Closing Hymn: 211 Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
• Organ: Toccata in E Minor – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

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Easter Day - Sunday, April 16, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Prelude: 

1. The Queen’s Dolour, Z. 670 – Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
(Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)
2. Old Easter Melody (O filii et filiae) with Variations for Organ – John E. West (1863- 1929)

• Opening Hymn: 203 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
• Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
• Gradual Hymn: 237 Now the Green Blade Rises
• Offertory Hymn: 206 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
• Anthem: Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound (from Samson, HWV 57) – G. F. Handel (1685-1759), arr. Patrick M. Liebergen

Awake the trumpet’s lofty sound!
We hail this joyful day for God is crowned!
Come forth to hear the mighty praise resound!

   -  (with Matthew Benenson, trumpet)
      Words by John Milton and Patrick M. Liebergen

• Communion Hymn: 229 Who Is There on This Easter Morning
• Communion Motet: Christ Is Arisen – Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)

“Christ is arisen!” Angelic choirs are singing,
Are singing “Alleluia!”
Through all the world hosannas are ringing. Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ is risen, Christ is risen. Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesu, may we rise with thee! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
On high he reigneth in majesty supernal; O sing ye “Alleluia!”
All men may share that glory eternal. Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ is risen, Christ is risen. Alleluia, alleluia!
Lord Jesu, may we rise with thee! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

    - (English Text by John Cozens)

• Closing Hymn: 210 Yours Be the Glory, Risen, Conquering Son
• 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 Michel Rondeau (Matthew Benenson, trumpet; Konrad Harley, organ)

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Good Friday (Stations of the Cross) - Friday, April 14, 2017

• Anthem: Ave Verum – Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine.
Vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine.
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit cum sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.
Amen. 

English translation:
Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary,
Who truly suffered, sacrificed on the cross for humankind,
Whose pierced side overflowed with water and blood,
Be for us a foretaste in the trial of death.

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Maundy Thursday (6pm) - Thursday, April 13, 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by
Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Deck Thyself, My Soul, with Gladness), Op. 122, No. 5 – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 78 Deck Yourself, My Soul, with Gladness
• Psalm 116:1, 10-16
• Gradual Hymn: 76 Thee We Adore, O Hidden Saviour, Thee
• Offertory Hymn: 202 There Is a Green Hill Far Away
• Anthem: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, adapted by A. F. Halpin (Soloist: Karina Frost, alto)

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the cross of Christ, my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a tribute far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

• Communion Hymn: 74 For the Bread Which You Have Broken

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Palm Sunday - Sunday, April 9, 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: Fantasia chromatica – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
• Processional Hymn: 181 All Glory, Laud, and Honour
• Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (read responsively)
• Gradual Hymn: “Praise to You, O God, Creator” (Tune: Nettleton)

Praise to You, O God, Creator,
Pour Your blessings from above.
Praise to You, O Son, Redeemer,
Wash me in Your precious Blood.

Praise to You, O God, Sustainer,
Give your Grace so I’m set free.
Praise to You, Lord Jesus, Saviour,
Died for me upon the Tree.

Praise to you, O Holy Spirit,
Comforts, heals, my guiding Friend.
With your loving presence heal me,
Make me truly whole again.

When in life I’m weak and weary,
Hope has gone and I’m forlorn.
When relationships are hurting,
Fraught with trouble, worn and torn,

Then You come, O blessed Spirit,
Then you breathe new life in me.
Set my feet where I must travel,
Set my eyes your Love to see.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Stay within this heart of mine.
Close to You in Love and Action,
Through Your Trinity Divine.

    - Written in Lent 2016 by Hilda Robinson Bell 
       (formerly of St. Barnabas; sister of Helen Taylor)

• Offertory And Can It Be (Tune: Sagina)

And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Saviour's blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Refrain: Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me!

He left His Father's throne above
(so free, so infinite His grace),
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam's helpless race;
'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it reaches me! [Refrain]

Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray;
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light.
My chains fell off, my heart was free;
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. [Refrain]

No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach th'eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own. [Refrain]

    - Text by Charles Wesley, 1739

• Anthem:  Stabat mater – Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacrimosa,
dum pendebat Fílius.

Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et doléntem
pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflícta
fuit illa benedicta,
mater Unigeniti!

Quae moerebat et dolebat,
pia Mater, dum videbat
nati poenas inclyti..

At the cross her station keeping,
stood the mournful mother weeping,
close to her son to the last.

Through her heart, his sorrow sharing,
all his bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed.

O how sad and sore distressed
was that mother, highly blest,
of the sole-begotten one.

Christ above in torment hangs,
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious son.

    - Text by Sir H. Baker (from the Latin)

• Communion Hymn: 51 Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling
• Closing Hymn: 602 Lift High the Cross
• Organ: Fugue in D Minor, BWV 539 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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The Fifth Sunday in Lent - 2 April 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (I cry unto thee, Lord Jesus Christ), BWV 639 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 620 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
• Psalm 130 (metrical setting): Hymn 542 Out of the Depths
• Gradual Hymn: 178 Restore in Us, O God
• Offertory Hymn: 613 We Lay Our Broken World
• Anthem: Jesu, Grant Me This I Pray – C. H. Kitson (based on Gibbon’s “Song 13”)

Jesu, grant me this I pray,
Ever in Thy heart to stay:
Let me evermore abide
Hidden in Thy wounded side.
If the evil one prepare,
Or the world, a tempting snare,
I am safe when I abide
In thy heart and wounded side.
If the flesh, more dangerous still,
Tempt my soul to deeds of ill,
Naught I fear when I abide
In Thy heart and wounded side.
Death will come one day to me;
Jesu cast me not from Thee:
Dying let me still abide
In Thy heart and wounded side.
    - Text by Sir H. Baker (from the Latin)

• Communion Hymn: 611 Our Father, We Have Wandered
• Closing Hymn: 455 Dear God, Compassionate and Kind
• Organ: Grand Jeu – Pierre Dumage (1674-1751)

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The Fourth Sunday in Lent - 26 March 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Récit de Tierce en taille – Nicolas de Grigny (1671-1703)
• Opening Hymn: 607 Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God
• Psalm 23: Hymn 520 The King of Love My Shepherd Is
• Gradual Hymn: 605 Have Mercy, Lord, on Us
• Offertory Hymn: 603 Holy Spirit, Storm of Love
• Anthem: “Ah, Thou Poor World,” Op. 110, No. 2 – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Ah, thou poor world, thou cheatest me,
That I confess unfeignedly,
Yet in thee seek my pleasure.
False world, thou art but idle show,
Thy splendour fades, as well I know,
Thy joys have briefest measure.
Thy wealth, thine honours manifold,
In need, in death, no comfort hold,
Thy gold is naught but tinsel gold,
Be thou, O Lord, my treasure.

• Communion Hymn: 608 Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy
• Children’s Hymn
• Closing Hymn: 507 Blest Be the Tie That Binds
• Organ: “Jesu, meine Freude” (Jesus, My Joy), BWV 610 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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The Third Sunday in Lent - 19 March 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: Chorale Prelude on “Herzlich tut mich verlangen” (My heart is ever yearning) – Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) (Melody by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601)
• Opening Hymn: 526 God Is Our Fortress and Our Rock
• Psalm 95 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 508 I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
• Offertory Hymn: 617 Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
• Anthem: O Come, Let Us Worship – Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (Soloist: Matthew Benenson, Tenor)

O come, let us worship,
and kneel before the Lord our Maker,
and bow down to him.
For He is our God,
and we are the sheep of His pasture,
and the children of His hand.
     – Text based on Psalm 95, 6-7

• Communion Hymn: 177 A Spendthrift Lover Is the Lord
• Closing Hymn: 467 Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go
• Organ: Psalm 18 (“I will praise thee, O Lord, my strength”) - Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739), arr. E. Power Biggs (1906-1977)

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The Second Sunday in Lent - 12 March 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: Chaconne in G minor – Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
• Opening Hymn: 172 Now Let Us All with One Accord
• Psalm 121 (metrical setting): Hymn 543 Unto the Hills around Do I Lift Up
• Gradual Hymn: 604 Your Word, O God, a Living Sword
• Offertory Hymn: 555 O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand
• Anthem: God Be in My Head - Andrew Carter

God be in my head and in my understanding,
God be in mine eyes and in my looking,
God be in my mouth and in my speaking,
God be in my heart and in my thinking,
God be at mine end and at my departing. 
      – Text from Book of Hours, Sarum, 1514

• Communion Hymn: 80 We Hail Thee Now, O Jesus
• Closing Hymn: 551 My Faith Looks Up to Thee
• Organ: Dialogue in D Minor – Nicolas de Grigny (1671-1703)

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The First Sunday in Lent - March 5, 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: “Erbarm’ dich mein, o Herre Gott” (Have Mercy on Me, O Lord God), BWV 721 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 175 Forty Days and Forty Nights
• Psalm 32 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 176 By the Holy Spirit Sent
• Offertory Hymn: 606 There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
• Solo: Panis Angelicus – César Franck (1822-1890) (Sung by Andrew Gilchrist, accompanied by Konrad Harley)
• Communion Hymn: 637 Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
• Closing Hymn: 628 O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
• Organ: “Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig” (Ah, how fleeting, how insubstantial), BWV 644 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Celebration of New Ministry - Sunday March 5, 2017

• Prelude:
  Siciliano from Flute Sonata in E Flat Major, BWV 1031 - J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
  Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Fiona Strachan (flute) and Konrad Harley (organ)
• Processional Hymn 430 Will You Come and Follow Me
• Offertory Hymn 435 Take My Life, and Let It Be
• Hymn during Communion 466 How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord
• Recessional Hymn 444 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided
• Postlude: Adagio in G Minor – Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751) / Remo Giazotto (1910-1998) Fiona Strachan (flute) and Konrad Harley (organ)

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Ash Wednesday – Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Service Music: Kyrie by Herbert Austin (CP 704); Sanctus & Benedictus and Agnus Dei by
Bruce E. Ford (adapted from Plainsong)

• Organ: “O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross” (O man, bewail thy sins so great), BWV 622 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 533 Jesus, Lover of My Soul
• Psalm 51:1-17 (metrical version): Hymn 605 Have Mercy, Lord, on Us
• Gradual Hymn: 15 Light of the World, in Grace and Beauty
• Offertory Hymn: 522 Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
• Anthem: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing – David H. Williams

Come, thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of God’s unchanging love!

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God:
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.

– Text by R. Robinson, 1758

• Communion Hymn: 174 Eternal Lord of Love, Behold Your Church
• Closing Hymn: 29 The Day Thou Gavest
• Organ: Chaconne in F Minor – Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)

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Last Sunday after Epiphany – Sunday, February 26, 2017

Service Music: Merbecke

• Organ: Organ Concerto in F Major, HWV 292, I. Allegro – G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
• Opening Hymn: 444 Your Hand, O God, Has Guided
• Psalm 99
• Gradual Hymn: 166 We Have Come At Christ’s Own Bidding
• Offertory Hymn: 387 All Praise to Thee
• Anthem: O Praise Ye the Lord – C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)

O praise ye the Lord, praise him in the height;
Rejoice in God’s word, ye angels of light!
Ye heavens, adore the creator of life,
Who brings us the victory o’er death, sin, and strife.
O praise ye the Lord, praise God upon earth
In tuneful accord, ye heirs of new birth,
Praise God who has brought us such grace from above,
And laud the Almighty in anthems of love.
O praise ye the Lord! Thanksgiving and song
To him be outpoured all ages along;
For love in creation, for heaven restored,
For grace of salvation, O praise ye the Lord. Amen. 
– Text by Henry W. Baker (1821-1877), based on Psalm 150

• Communion Hymn: 167 'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here
• Children’s Hymn
• Closing Hymn: 425 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
• Organ: Allegro from Concerto in D Major for 2 Trumpets – Francesco Manfredini (1684- 1762), arr. S. Drummond Wolff (1916-2004)

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Seventh Sunday after Epiphany – Sunday, February 19, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Ayre – Antonio Vivaldi, arr. S. Drummond Wolff (1916-2004) (from Baroque Suite for Organ)
• Opening Hymn: 355 All Creatures of Our God and King
• Psalm 119:33-40
• Gradual Hymn: 310 Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
• Offertory Hymn: 343 When All Thy Mercies, O My God
• Anthem: Creating God – Konrad Harley (using the tune Kedron by Elkanah Kelsay Dare, 1786-1826)

Creating God, your fingers trace the bold designs of farthest space;
Let sun and moon and stars and light and what lies hidden praise your might.
Sustaining God, your hands uphold earth’s mysteries known or yet untold:
Let water’s fragile blend with air, enabling life, proclaim your care.
Redeeming God, your arms embrace all now despised for creed or race;
Let peace, descending like a dove, make known on earth your healing love.
Indwelling God, your gospel claims one family with a billion names;
Let every life be touched by grace until we praise you face to face.
– Text by Jeffery Rowthorn (1934-)

• Communion Hymn: 54 Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken
• Closing Hymn: 320 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
• Organ: Prelude in G Major, BWV 541 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Sunday, February 12, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Variations on “Alles ist an Gottes Segen” (All Depends on Our Possessing) – Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
• Opening Hymn: 7 New Every Morning Is the Love
• Psalm 119:1-8
• Gradual Hymn: 361 Surely It Is God Who Saves Me
• Offertory Hymn: 353 My God, How Endless Is Your Love
• Anthem: God Is Our Hope and Strength (from BWV 24) (for Septuagesima) – J. S. Bach

God is our hope and strength,
All heaven and earth adore him!
Renew eternal praise,
And prostrate fall before him!
For all things are of him,
And in all things is he,
The works that aye have been,
And evermore shall be.

Honour and thanks to God,
Who wrought this world’s creation.
To taste of heavenly joy,
In death and tribulation.
Him praise we while we live,
And on his will attend,
Until we there arrive,
Where song shall have no end.

• Communion Hymn: 470 Seek Not in Distant, Ancient Hills
• Closing Hymn: 560 God, Whose Almighty Word
• Organ: Scherzo on “Alleluia” - Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), arr. Robert Hebble (1934-)

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Fifth Sunday after Epiphany – Sunday, February 5, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: “Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf” (Lord God, now open the heavens), BWV 617 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
• Opening Hymn: 350 Stand Up and Bless the Lord
• Psalm: 112:1-10
• Gradual Hymn: 348 The Living God Be Praised
• Offertory Hymn: 374 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
• Anthem: Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657-1743)

Cantate Domino canticum novum:
laus eius in ecclesia sanctorum.
Laetetur Israel in eo qui fecit eum:
et filiae Sion exultent in rege suo.
-Text based on Psalm 149

English translation (by Francis Jackson):
Come ye with joyfulness, come, sing ye a new song to your Maker,
O Praise him with the saintly congregation.
Israel, be joyful and glad in him who made Israel,
And children of Sion, be joyful, rejoice and be glad in your King.

• Communion Hymn: 65 Here, Lord, We Take the Broken Bread
• Closing Hymn: 388 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• Organ: “Mit Fried’ und Freud’ ich fahr’ dahin” (In peace and joy I now depart), BWV 616 (from Orgelbüchlein) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany - Sunday, January 29, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Organ Concerto in F Major, HWV 292, II. Andante – G. F. Handel (1685-1759)
• Opening Hymn: 349 All People That on Earth Do Dwell
• Psalm: 15
• Gradual Hymn: 572 Let There Be Light
• Offertory Hymn: 375 At the Name of Jesus
• Anthem: I Will Exalt the Lord All My Days (Ich will den Herrn loben allezeit) – Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767), arr. Jacob Narverud (1986-)

I will exalt the Lord all my days,
His name I’ll lift in adoration all my days,
with joy and praise to God!

- (Text based on Psalm 34:2)

• Communion Hymn: 394 Eternal, Unchanging
• Closing Hymn: 619 Fairest Lord Jesus
• Organ: Fugue in E Flat Major, KV 153 (375f) – W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

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Third Sunday after Epiphany - Sunday, January 22, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Opening Hymn: 427 All Beautiful the March of Days
• Psalm 27:1, 5-13
• Gradual Hymn: 397 Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness
• Offertory Hymn: 443 How Beauteous Are Their Feet
• Anthem: Praise the Name of the Lord – Russian (adapted by N. Lindsay Norden)

Praise ye the name of the Lord,
O praise it ye servants of the Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Prais’d be the Lord out of Sion,
who dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious,
nd His mercy endureth for ever.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
O give thanks unto the God of Heav’n,
for His mercy endureth for ever.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

- Text by P. Ivanoff


• Communion Hymn: 60 I Come with Joy
• Closing Hymn: 431 Take Up Your Cross, the Saviour Said
• Organ: Allegro from Grande Pièce Symphonique, Op. 17 – César Franck (1822-1890)

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Second Sunday after Epiphany - Sunday, January 15, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Passacaglia in B Minor (In Memory of Josef Rheinberger) – John E. West (1863- 1929)
• Opening Hymn: 162 Sing of God Made Manifest
• Psalm: 40:1-12
• Gradual Hymn: 564 Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us
• Offertory Hymn: 334 Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Anthem: Non Nobis, Domine – Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Non nobis, Domine!
Not unto us, O Lord,
The praise and glory be
Of any deed or word.
For in Thy judgment lies
To crown or bring to nought
All knowledge and device
That man has reached or wrought.
And we confess our blame,
How all too high we hold
That noise which men call fame,
That dross which men call gold.
For these we undergo
Our hot and godless days,
But in our souls we know
Not unto us the praise.
O Power, by whom we live,
Creator, Judge, and Friend,
Upholdingly forgive,
Nor leave us at the end.
But grant us yet to see
In all our piteous ways,
Non nobis, Domine,
Not unto us the praise.

- Text by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

• Communion Hymn: 389 O God of Font and Altar
• Closing Hymn: 529 God, My Hope on You Is Founded
• Organ: In dir ist Freude (In Thee Is Gladness), BWV 615 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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First Sunday after the Epiphany, The Baptism of Our Lord - Sunday, January 8, 2017

Service Music: New Plainsong, David Hurd

• Organ: Variations on a Medieval Carol (Puer Nobis Nascitur) – Robert Hebble (1934-)
• Opening Hymn: 160 As with Gladness Men of Old
• Baptismal Hymn: 38 This Child of Ours, This Miracle
• Psalm 29 (Anglican Chant)
• Gradual Hymn: 165 Mark How the Lamb of God’s Self-Offering
• Offertory Hymn: 163 When Christ’s Appearing Was Made Known
• Anthem: Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling (from L’enfance du Christ, Op. 25) – Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Thou must leave Thy lowly dwelling,
The humble crib, the stable bare,
Babe, all mortal babes excelling,
Content our earthly lot to share,
Loving father, loving mother,
Shelter Thee with tender care! 

Blessed Jesus, we implore Thee
With humble love and holy fear,
In the land that lies before Thee,
Forget not us who linger here!
May the shepherd’s lowly calling,
Ever to Thy heart be dear! 

Blest are ye beyond all measure,
Thou happy father, mother mild!
Guard ye well your Heav’nly Treasure,
The Prince of Peace, the Holy Child!
God go with you, God protect you,
Guide you safely through the wild!

- English words by Paul England


• Communion Motet: Eastern Monarchs, Sages Three – Herbert Sumsion (1899-1995)

Eastern monarchs, Sages three,
Come with gifts in great plenty,
Worship Christ on bended knee
Cum Virgine Maria.
Gold, in honour of the King.
Incense to the Priest they bring,
Myrrh, for time of burying
Cum Virgine Maria.
On the feast-day of His birth,
Set on thrones above the earth,
Angels chant in Holy mirth
Cum Virgine Maria.
Thus, to bless the One in Three,
Let this present company
Raise the voice of melody
Cum Virgine Maria.

- Text: 15th Century Latin


• Closing Hymn: 156 The People That in Darkness Sat
• Organ: Puer Nobis Nascitur – Nicolas Lebègue (1631-1702)

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