THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH MUSIC LIST,  JANUARY – DECEMBER, 2023

We rehearse on Wednesdays, 7pm – 8.30pm, and again on Sundays, 10.30am, for the 11am service.

 

[Sermon Series for January: Paying HOMAGE/MATTHEW] 

JANUARY 1 (New Year’s Day) [The Holy Name of Jesus]

Prelude: J. S. Bach, arr. Arthur Bliss: Das Alte Jahr Vergangen Ist (BWV 614) (piano)

Introit: Benjamin Britten: A New Year Carol (op. 7, 5)

Communion Music: trad. Welsh hymn: Bread Of Heaven [ARFON]

Hymn of Communion: #460 Let Us Break Bread Together [LET US BREAK BREAD]

Offertory: Johann Gottlob Werner: Jesu, Meine Freude (organ)

Anthem: Stephen Paulus: A Savior From On High

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #258 Go, Tell It On The Mountain [GO TELL IT]

Postlude: Aaron David Miller: Go, Tell It On The Mountain (organ)

 

JANUARY 8 [Epiphany]

Prelude: Charles Raymond Cronham: The Kings Of The Orient (organ)

Introit: J. S. Bach: At Thy Feet

Poem: Malcolm Guite: Epiphany

Hymn of Affirmation #290 As With Gladness Men Of Old [DIX]

Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: January (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 27, vv. 1 – 8 (omit vv. 2-3)

Anthem: Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: To Thee, O God, Our Homage Pay

Postlude: J. S. Bach: Es Ist Das Heil (arr. Gerald Cooper) (piano)

 

JANUARY 15 [Epiphany II) (MLK Weekend)]

Prelude: Kenyon Emrys-Roberts: Theme from To Serve Them All My Days (piano)

Introit: William Grant Still: Here’s One

Prayer: Mara Adams: A Prayer for the Epiphany, MLK, and the New Year

Hymn of Affirmation #811 Another Year Is Dawning [AURELIA]

Offertory: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Allegro Molto (Three Impromptus, 2) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 92, vv. 1 – 8 (quoted by Dr. King)

Anthem: arr. Larry Shackley: Twelve Gates Into The City

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #564 Just A Closer Walk With Thee [CLOSER WALK]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Distant Thoughts of the Road to Calvary (world premiere) (piano)

 

 

JANUARY 22 [Epiphany III]

Prelude: Herbert Brewer: Elegy (organ)

Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Twelve Apostles

Poem: Cameron Bellm: A Prayer for the Feast of the Epiphany 

Hymn of Affirmation: Reginald Heber: Brightest And Best [EPIPHANY (Thrupp)]

Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: January (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 72, vv. 1 – 7 

Anthem: Joyce Eilers: Thy Will Be Done

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #663 I Offer My Life To You [I OFFER MY LIFE (Moen)]

Postlude: Andrew Carter: Trumpet Tune (organ)

 

JANUARY 29 [Epiphany IV]

Prelude: Cindy Berry: Brethren, We Have Met To Worship (piano)

Introit: Walter K. Stanton: Christ is the World’s True Light (w/ organ)

Poem: Christina Rossetti: Epiphanytide

Hymn of Affirmation: We Homage Pay (tune: William Bradbury)

Offertory: George Shearing: Amazing Grace (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 105 – 112 

Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Golden Carol

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: E. H. Plumptre: Thine Arm, O Lord, In Days Of Old [ST. MATTHEW (William Croft)]

Postlude: Duke Ellington: Come Sunday (piano)

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[Sermon Series for February: Offering WITNESS/BARTHOLOMEW]

FEBRUARY 5 [Epiphany V – Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple]

Prelude: Marianne Kim: I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (organ)

Introit: David Bednall: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord

Music for Communion: Barrie Cabena: Mass in the Dorian Mode 

Hymn of Communion #600 I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb (sung twice) [I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE]

Offertory: J. S. Bach: Bist Diu Bei Mir (arr. William H. Harris) (piano)

Anthem: Johannes Eccard: When To The Temple Mary Went

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #675 I Gave My Life For Thee [KENOSIS]

Postlude: Brenda Portman: Fanfare Rondeau on Victory (organ)

 

FEBRUARY 12 [Epiphany VI]

Prelude: Thomas Dunhill: Three Preludes for Piano (1 & 2)

Introit: Frederick Ouseley: From The Rising Of The Sun [Purple Anthem Book]

Poem: Margaret Cagle: A Witness for Christ

Hymn of Affirmation #8 Come, Thou Almighty King [ITALIAN HYMN]

Offertory: Johannes Brahms: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (op. 122, 5) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 121

Anthem: arr. Roger Emerson: Witness

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Ken Naylor: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (arr. J. R. Daniels) [COE FEN]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: February (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

 

FEBRUARY 19 [Epiphany VII; Presidents’ Day Weekend]

Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Lasst Uns Erfreuen (organ)

Introit: Christopher Tye: O Come, Ye Servants Of The Lord

Poem: Prayer from President George H. W. Bush’s Inaugural Address, January 1989

Hymn of Affirmation #128 I Sing The Mighty Power Of God [ELLACOMBE]

Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: February [Carnival] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 1 – 8

Anthem: Benjamin Britten: The Twelve Apostles

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #562 Be Thou My Vision [SLANE]

Postlude: Mary McDonald: God Of Our Fathers (organ)

 

FEBRUARY 22 [Ash Wednesday, 6pm]

Poem: Malcolm Guite: God So Loved The World

King John of Portugal: Faithful Cross (orig. Crux Fidelis)

John Stainer: God So Loved The World

FEBRUARY 26 [Lent I]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sünde Gross (O Man, bewail) (arr. Herbert Howells) (piano)

Introit: Patricia Owens: Testimony

Poem: Madeleine L’Engle: For Lent 1966

Hymn of Affirmation: #328 In The Cross Of Christ I Glory [RATHBUN]

Offertory: David Bednall: Meditation on the Passion Chorale (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 6

Anthem: Steven Stucky: Ah, Holy Jesus

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Frances Havergal: To Thee, O Comforter Divine [ST. BARTHOMOMEW’S (Williams)]

Postlude: Henry Balfour Gardiner: De Profundis (piano)

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[Sermon Series for Lent: Making PREPARATION/SIMON]

MARCH 5 [Lent II]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Christus, der uns selig macht (BWV 620) (organ)

Introit: Laura Story: Remember

Music for Communion: Barrie Cabena: Mass in the Dorian Mode

Hymn of Communion #459 We Remember You [WE REMEMBER YOU]

Offertory: Enrique Granados: Al Suplicio (from “Libro de Horas”) (piano)

Anthem: Howard Helvey: A Time To Watch, A Time To Pray

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: (insert) Rejoice And Prepare Now (vv. 1, & 3) [RESTORATION]

Postlude: Matthew H. Corl: The King’s Majesty (organ)

 

MARCH 12 [Lent III] (PB absent)

Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: March (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Introit: Healey Willan: Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs

Poem: Robert Herrick: Lent

Hymn of Affirmation #316 O Sacred Head, Now Wounded [PASSION CHORALE]

Offertory: Craig Phillips: Were You There? (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 51, vv. 1 – 8 

Anthem: Jane Marshall: He Comes To Us

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: (insert) Eternal Lord Of Love, Behold Your Church [OLD 124th]

Postlude: Dan Forrest: Arise, My Soul, Arise (piano)

 

MARCH 19 [Lent IV] (PB absent)

Prelude: Dale Wood: Be Thou My Vision (organ)

Introit: Suzanne Toolan: Jesus Christ, Inner Light

Poem: Robert Graves: In The Wilderness

Hymn of Affirmation #319 Near The Cross [NEAR THE CROSS]

Offertory: Emma Lou Diemer: Guide My Feet (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 51, vv. 9 – 17 

Anthem: Craig Courtney: All Things New (for the start of spring, March 20)

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #682 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah [CWM RHONDDA]

Postlude: Paul Manz: Cwm Rhondda (organ)

 

MARCH 26 [Lent V]

Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: March [Song of the Lark] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Introit: Thomas Attwood: Turn Thy Face From My Sins

Poem: Book of Common Prayer: Collect for Lent V (“Almighty God, You Alone Can Bring Into Order”)

Hymn of Affirmation # O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded PASSION CHORALE]

Offertory: tbd (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 118, vv. 19 – 24 

Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: De Profundis

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: John Ellerton: Behold Us, Lord, A Little Space [ST. SIMON (Crüger)]

Postlude: J. S. Bach: Andante (from Brandenburg Concert #2) (BWV 1047) (arr. Eugene Goossens) (piano)

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[Sermon Series for April: Finding REDEMPTION/JAMES THE LESSER]

APRIL 2 [Lent VI: Palm Sunday]

Prelude: tbd (organ)

Introit: Richard DeLong: A Sacred Song for Palm Sunday

Music for Communion: Barrie Cabena: Mass in the Dorian Mode

Poem: Malcolm Guite: Palm Sunday

Hymn of Affirmation #300: All Glory, Laud And Honor [ST. THEODULPH]

Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: April [Palm Sunday] (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 111, vv. 9 – 10

Anthem: arr. Bob Chilcott: All My Trials

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: (insert) Litany of St. James the Lesser: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence 

Postlude: tbd (organ)

 

APRIL 7 (Good Friday) [Soloists: Perseid String Quartet]

Patrick Gowers: Lorca Suite

 

APRIL 9 [Easter]

Prelude: Herbert Howells: Saraband for the Morning of Easter (organ)

Introit: Robert Lowry: Christ Arose (Hymn #357)

Music for Communion #302 Twila Paris: Lamb Of God 

Poem: Edmund Spenser: Most Glorious Lord Of Life

Hymn of Affirmation #367 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today [EASTER HYMN]

Offertory: Herbert Howells: The ‘Chosen’ Tune (piano)

Anthem: Katherine K. Davis: The Stone Is Rolled Away

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #360 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today [LLANFAIR]

Postlude: Felix Mendelssohn: Finale (Sonata #1 in F minor, op. 65) (organ)

 

APRIL 16 [Low Sunday] [Easter II] [NO CHOIR]

Prelude: Haydn Wood: An April Shower at Kew (piano)

Poem: Alice Meynell: Easter Night

Hymn of Affirmation #366 I Live [I LIVE]

Offertory: Andrew Carter: Aria (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 16, vv. 5 – 11

Anthem: Paul Paviour: This Joyful Eastertide (piano)

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #365 Alleluia! Alleluia! [HYMN TO JOY]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: A Low Sunday Celebration (piano and organ)

 

APRIL 23 [Easter III]

Prelude: Germaine Tailleferre: Valse Lent (Two Pieces for Piano) (piano)

Introit: Charles Wood: This Joyful Eastertide

Poem: George Herbert: Easter (“Rise, Heart”)

Hymn of Affirmation #361 Worship Christ, the Risen King (omit v. 4) [REGENT SQUARE]

Offertory: Théodore Dubois: Offertoire (10 Pieces, 3) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 22, vv. 22 – 27

Anthem: Howard Helvey: Jesus Paid It All

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #356 Redeemed (Fanny Crosby) [REDEEMED]

Postlude: Dan Forrest: Since I Have Been Redeemed (piano)

 

APRIL 30 [Easter IV]

Prelude: Enrique Granados: En El Jardin (from “Libro de Horas”) (piano)

Introit: arr. Philip Ledger: This Joyful Eastertide

Poem: George Herbert: Easter Wings

Hymn of Affirmation #2 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name [GROSSER GOTT]

Offertory: Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen (op. 122, 5) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 22, vv. 28 – 31

Anthem: Lou Ann Shafer: Gethsemane’s Window

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration (insert): Go To Dark Gethsemane [NICHT SO TRAURIG]

Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: April [Snowdrop] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

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[Sermon Series for May: Extending WELCOME/ANDREW]

MAY 7 [Easter V]

Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: May [May Nights] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Introit: Harold Friedell: Draw Us In The Spirit’s Tether

Music for Communion: Barrie Cabena: Mass in the Dorian Mode 

Hymn of Communion #302 Come, Share The Lord [DIVERNON]

Offertory: Marianne Kim: Something For Thee (organ)

Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The May Day Carol

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #45 Crown Him With Many Crowns [DIADEMATA] 

Postlude: Florence Price: Festal March (organ)

 

MAY 14 [Easter VI]

Prelude: Paul Manz: Simple Gifts (organ)

Introit: arr. Martin Shaw: Now The Green Blade Riseth (Oxford Book of Carols)

Poem: Emily Dickinson: A Light Exists In Spring

Hymn of Affirmation: (insert) All Things Bright And Beautiful [ROYAL OAK]

Offertory: Chilly Gonzalez: Solitaire (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 23

Anthem: Elaine Hagenberg: You Do Not Walk Alone

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #564 Just A Closer Walk With Thee [CLOSER WALK]

Postlude: Robert J. Powell: We Walk By Faith (organ)

 

MAY 21 [Easter VII] [Sunday after Ascension]

Prelude: Enrique Granados: May Song (op. 1, 3) (piano)

Introit: Arthur Hutchings: God Is Gone Up With A Merry Noise

Poem: Malcolm Guite: Ascension

Hymn of Affirmation #592 Jesus Calls Us O’er The Tumult [ST. ANDREW (Thorne)]

Offertory: Charles-Marie Widor: Andante Sostenuto (from Symphonie Gothique) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 24, vv. 7 – 10

Anthem: Dan Forrest: Song of the Wanderer

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #720 Come, Every One Who Is Thirsty [RIDER]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: May (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

 

MAY 28 [Pentecost/Whitsunday] (Memorial Day Weekend)

Prelude: Seth Bingham: Roulade (organ)

Introit: Sasha Johnson Manning: Come, Holy Ghost” (world premiere) (TBC commission)

Poem: William Blake: Pentecost

Hymn of Affirmation (insert) Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire (PLAINSONG)

Offertory: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Gott des Himmels und der Erden (op. 65, 35) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 104, vv. 27 – 34

Anthem: Peter Aston: So They Gave Their Bodies

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #393 Breathe On Me, Breath Of God [TRENTHAM]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Pentecost Fire (world premiere) (TBC commission) (piano and organ)

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[Sermon Series for June: Sharing JOY/MATTHIAS]

JUNE 4 [Trinity Sunday] 

Prelude: tbd (piano)

Introit: W. A. Mozart: Jesu, Word Of God Incarnate (orig. Ave Verum Corpus)

Music for Communion: Barrie Cabena: Mass in the Dorian Mode

Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for Trinity Sunday

Hymn of Communion #464 Come To The Table [COME TO THE TABLE]

Offertory: Florence Price: Adoration (organ)

Anthem: Ola Gjeilo: Trinity

Hymn of Affirmation #3: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty [NICAEA]

Postlude: Dan Miller: Holy, Holy, Holy (piano & organ)

 

JUNE 11 [Trinity II]

Prelude: Alice Jordan: Beside Still Waters (organ)

Introit: Spiritual: Go And Tell Mary And Martha And All The Apostles

Poem: John Newton: the Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength

Hymn of Affirmation #391 Sweet, Sweet Spirit [SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT]

Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: June [Barcarolle] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 100

Anthem: Healey Willan: Now Let The Heavens Be Joyful

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #395 Descend, O Holy Spirit [EWING]

Postlude: Mary McDonald: Come Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain (organ)

JUNE 18 [Trinity III] [J. S. BACH]

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Sarabande (from Cello Suite in D major, BWV 1008) (arr. Leonard Borwick) (piano)

Introit: tbd

Poem: Lars Gustafsson: The Stillness Of The World Before Bach

Hymn of Affirmation #264 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light [ERMUNTRE DICH]

Offertory: J. S. Bach: tbd (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 65 vv. 1 – 7

Anthem: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata #147)

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #404 Faith Of Our Fathers [ST. MATTHIAS (Monk)]

Postlude: Alec Templeton: Bach Goes To Town (piano)

JUNE 25 [Trinity IV]

Prelude: George Shearing: I Love Thee, My Lord (organ)

Introit: Peter Hurford: Litany To The Holy Spirit

Poem: John Donne: Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God (Holy Sonnets, XIV)

Hymn of Affirmation #270 Joy To The World [ANTIOCH]

Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: June (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 65 vv. 8 – 13

Anthem: Cecil Cope: Pleasure It Is

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #396 Breathe On Me [TRUETT]

Postlude: (organ)

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[Sermon Series for June: Building COMMUNITY/PETER]

JULY 2 [Trinity V] [FULL CHOIR] [NORWAY]

Prelude: Edvard Grieg: Herr, ich habe missgehandelt (organ)

Introit: Edvard Grieg: Jesu, Friend Of Sinners 

Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion

Hymn of Communion (insert) 

Offertory: Edvard Grieg: Solveig’s Song (piano)

Anthem: Edvard Grieg: God’s Peace Is Peace Eternal

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #528 My Faith Has Found A Resting Place [LANDAS]

Postlude: Niels Gade: Moderato (Tre Tonstykker, 1, op. 22) (organ)

JULY 9 [Trinity VI]

Prelude: Gerald Near: Blessed Assurance (organ)

Introit:

Poem: Fanny Crosby: O Child Of God

Hymn of Affirmation #18 Let’s Just Praise The Lord (Bill Gaither) [LET’S JUST PRAISE THE LORD]

Offertory: Fanny Hensel: July (from “Das Jahr”) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 80, vv. 1 – 10

Anthem: John Rutter: The Lord Bless You And Keep You

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #401 The Church’s Foundation [AURELIA]

Postlude: Dale Wood: O Jesus, King Most Wonderful (organ)

JULY 16 [Trinity VII] (Celebrating St. Peter)

Prelude: Elton John: Where To Now, St. Peter? (piano)

Introit:

Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for St. Peter

Hymn of Affirmation #63 All Creatures Of Our God And King (vv. 1 & 5) [LASST UNS ERFREUEN]

Offertory: Charles Callahan: There Is A Happy Land (Lyric Suite, III) (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 16 (excerpts)

Anthem: Benjamin Britten: Hymn To St. Peter

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #123: How Sweet The Name Of Jesus Sounds [ST. PETER]

Postlude: Eric Thiman: Reverie on “St. Peter” (organ)

 

JULY 23 [Trinity VIII] (PB absent)

Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: July (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #33 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise [ST. DENIO]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 15

Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The New Commonwealth

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #429 They’ll Know We Are Christians [ST. BRENDAN’S]

Postlude: (organ)

 

JULY 30 [Trinity IX] (PB absent)

Prelude: (piano)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #29 Begin, My Tongue, Some Heavenly Theme [ST. ANNE]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 17, vv. 6 – 9

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #416 We’re Marching To Zion [MARCHING TO ZION]

Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: July [Song of the Reaper] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

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[Sermon Series for August: Growing FAITH/THOMAS]

AUGUST 6 [Trinity X; Feast of the Transfiguration] [FULL CHOIR]

Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Let Us Break Bread Together (piano)

Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion

Hymn of Communion #463 I Will Remember Thee [MANOAH]

Offertory: William Lloyd Webber: Aria (organ)

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #418 Make Us One [MAKE US ONE]

Postlude: Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde (piano)

 

AUGUST 13 [Trinity XI] 

Prelude: Peter Tchaikovsky: August [The Harvest] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Introit: Anne Krentz Organ: We Walk By Faith

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 84, vv. 1 – 7

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: August (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

 

AUGUST 20 [Trinity XII] [ORLANDO GIBBONS]

Prelude: Orlando Gibbons: Ground (organ)

Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn Tune Prelude on ‘Song 13” by Orlando Gibbons

Poem: A Litany of Fanny Crosby

Hymn of Affirmation: Orlando Gibbons: Eternal Ruler Of The Ceaseless Round [SONG 1]

Offertory: Orlando Gibbons: Maske: The Fairest Nimphs (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 84, vv. 8 – 12

Anthem: Orlando Gibbons: O Lord, Increase My Faith

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #58 Those Dear Tokens Of His Passion (vv. 3 – 4) [ST. THOMAS]

Postlude: Orlando Gibbons: A Fancy, or Voluntary (organ)

 

AUGUST 27 [Trinity XIII] 

Prelude: (organ)

Introit:

Poem: Jason Z. Guest: Balm Of Gilead

Hymn of Affirmation # There Is A Balm In Gilead [GILEAD]

Offertory: Emma Lou Diemer: There Is A Balm In Gilead (piano) 

Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 1 – 8 

Anthem: Howard Helvey: We Walk By Faith And Not By Sight 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #539 My Faith Looks Up To Thee [OLIVET]

Postlude: Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell To Stromness (piano)

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[Sermon Series for September: Finding HOPE/PHILIP]
(CHORAL SERVICES RESUME)

SEPTEMBER 3 (Labor Day Weekend) [Trinity XIV]

Prelude: William Lloyd Webber: Festal March (organ)

Introit: Thomas Tallis: If Ye Love Me

Music for Communion: William Mathias

Hymn of Communion #219 Surely The Presence [SURELY THE PRESENCE]

Offertory: Fanny Hensel: September (from “Das Jahr”) (piano)

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: 552 I Am Thine, O Lord [I AM THINE]

Postlude: (organ)

 

SEPTEMBER 10 [Trinity XV]

Prelude: Chilly Gonzalez: Prelude in C Sharp minor (piano)

Introit: Austin Lovelace: I Sing The Lord A Morning Song

Poem: Henry Vaughan: the Revival

Hymn of Affirmation #221 All Praise To Our Redeeming Lord [AZMON]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 85, vv. 8 – 13

Anthem: Zoltan Kodaly: Psalm 114

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #550 I Want To Be Like Jesus [IVES]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: September (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

 

SEPTEMBER 17 [Trinity XVI]

Prelude: (organ)

Introit: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Hope Of Men’s Desiring (Oxford Easy Anthem Book)

Poem: Charles Tomlinson: If Bach Had Been A Beekeeper

Hymn of Affirmation #34 He Is Lord (with optional repeat) [HE IS LORD]

Offertory: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Unser Trost Und Leben (BWV 475) (arr. Lennart Morée) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 62, vv. 5 – 8

Anthem: Elaine Hagenberg: O Love

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #541 The Joy Of The Lord [THE JOY OF THE LORD]

Postlude: (organ)

 

SEPTEMBER 24 [Trinity XVII]

Prelude: Cindy Berry: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (piano)

Introit: J. S. Bach: Awake Us Lord And Hasten

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation: Lord, In This Thy Mercy’s Day [ST. PHILIP (Monk)]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 71, vv. 1 – 8

Anthem: Herbert Howells: Like As The Hart Desireth The Waterbrooks

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration Robert Bridges: All My Hope On God Is Founded [MICHAEL (Howells)]

Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: September [The Hunt] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

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[Sermon Series for October: Expressing CHARITY/JUDE]

OCTOBER 1 [Trinity XVIII] 

Prelude: Keith Christopher: Great Is The Lord (organ)

Introit: 

Music for Communion: William Mathias

Hymn of Communion #461 In Remembrance [RED]

Offertory: Cindy Berry: Revive Us Again (piano)

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #343 Amazing Grace [NEW BRITAIN]

Postlude: (organ)

 

OCTOBER 9 [Trinity XIX]

Prelude: (piano)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #385 Where The Spirit Of The Lord Is [ADAMS]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 112

Anthem: Ken Medema: Come, Build A Church

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #147 How Great Thou Art [O STORE GUD]

Postlude: Dan Forrest: How Great Thou Art (piano)

 

OCTOBER 16 [Trinity XX]

Prelude: (organ)

Introit: 

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #38 Ye Servants Of God [HANOVER]

Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: October (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 27, vv. 4 – 10

Anthem: Edward Bairstow: Though I Speak With The Tongues Of Men

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration (insert) James Montgomery’s Faith, Hope, And Charity [tune # 665 MARYTON]

Postlude: (organ)

 

OCTOBER 23 [Trinity XXI]

Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Every Time I Feel the Spirit (piano)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #387 Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome (sung twice) [THOU ART WELCOME]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 12

Anthem: Herbert Howells: Love Divine

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration (insert) Where Charity And Love Prevail [TWENTY-FOURTH]

Postlude: Ludovico Einaudi: Passaggio (piano)

OCTOBER 30 [Trinity XXII]

Prelude: Léon Boëllmann: Prière à Notre Dame (Suite Gothique, 3) (organ)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #563 Open My Eyes That I May See [SCOTT]

Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: October [Autumn Song] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 27, vv. 11 – 14

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration (insert) Theodore Monod: O The Bitter Shame And Sorrow [ST. JUDE]

Postlude: Léon Boëllmann: Toccata (Suite Gothique, 4) (organ)

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[Sermon Series for November: Giving THANKS/JAMES THE GREATER]

NOVEMBER 5 [Trinity XXIII, Sunday after All Saints’ Day]

Prelude: (piano)

Introit: 

Music for Communion: William Mathias

Hymn of Communion #460 Let Us Break Bread Together [LET US BREAK BREAD]

Offertory: (organ)

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #788 Now Thank We All Our God [NUN DANKET]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: November (from “A Year At Third”) (piano)

 

NOVEMBER 12 [Trinity XXIV]

Prelude: George Thalben-Ball: Elegy (organ)

Introit: Sasha Johnson Manning: For The Fallen (written for TBC)

Poem: Henry Vaughan: They Are All Gone Into The World Of Light

Hymn of Affirmation #808 Eternal Father, Strong To Save [MELITA]

Offertory: Henry Walford Davies: Solemn Melody (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 30, vv. 1 – 4, 10 – 12

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #792 For All These Things [FOR ALL THESE THINGS]

Postlude: (organ)

 

NOVEMBER 19 [Trinity XXV]

Prelude: (piano)

Introit: George Frederick Handel: Give Thanks To The Lord

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation (insert) Rejoice! The Lord Is King [GOPSAL]

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 34, vv. 1 – 6, 22

Anthem: Natalie Sleeth: A Song Of Thanksgiving

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #796 In Thanksgiving, Let Us Praise Him [AUSTRIAN HYMN]

Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: November [Troika] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

 

NOVEMBER 26 (Christ The King) (Thanksgiving Weekend)

Prelude: (organ)

Introit: Jean Sibelius: Accept Our Thanks

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #794 Let All Things Now Living [ASH GROVE]

Offertory: (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 111, vv. 1 – 8

Anthem: Hal Hopson: A Psalm Of Thanksgiving

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: George Doane: Thou Art The Way [ST. JAMES]

Postlude: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Nun danket, alle Gott (op. 65, 13) (organ)

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[The Season of Advent: Raising EXPECTATION/JOHN]

DECEMBER 3 (Advent I)

Prelude: J. S. Bach: Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme (BWV 140) (arr. Granville Bantock) (piano)

Introit: Benjamin Britten: Corpus Christi Carol

Music for Communion: 

Hymn of Affirmation #245 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel [VENI EMMANUEL]

Offertory: (organ)

Anthem: Lloyd Pfautsch: Go, Tell John

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #132 Join All The Glorious Names [ST. JOHN]

Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: December (from “A Year At Third”) (piano) 

 

DECEMBER 10 (Advent II) (Carol Service) (with Perseid String Quartet)

Anthems: Buddy Greene & Mary Lowry: Mary, Did You Know?

Patrick Hadley: I Sing Of A Maiden

Herbert Howells: A Maid Peerless

John Ireland: Ex Ore Innocentium

 

DECEMBER 17 (Advent III)

Prelude: (piano)

Introit:

Poem: 

Hymn of Affirmation #

Offertory: J. S. Bach: Nun Komm’ Der Heiden Heiland (BWV 599) (arr. György Kurtág) (piano duet)

Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 1 – 4, 11 – 13 

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #

Postlude: (organ)

 

DECEMBER 24 (Advent IV; Christmas Eve) (Morning Service)

Prelude: (organ)

Introit:

Poem: Emily Dickinson: Before The Ice Is In The Pools

Hymn of Affirmation #

Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: December [Christmas] (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Gustav Holst’s “In The Bleak Midwinter” [CRANHAM]

Postlude: Keith Chapman: Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (organ)

 

DECEMBER 24 (Advent IV; Christmas Eve) (Evening Service of Lessons and Carols)

Prelude: (organ)

Introit: Benjamin Britten: The Oxen

Poem: Henry Vaughan: Christ’s Nativity

Hymn of Affirmation #274 O Hearken Ye [O HEARKEN YE] 

Offertory: J. S. Bach: Der Tag Der Ist So Freudenreich (arr. Constant Lambert) (piano)

Responsorial Psalm 97, vv. 1 – 6, 11 – 12

Anthem: 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #278 Angels We Have Heard On High [GLORIA]

Postlude: (organ)

 

DECEMBER 31 (Christmas I)

Prelude: (organ)

Introit: G. F. Handel: Joy To The World (arr. Lowell Mason) (= Hymn #270)

Poem: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: Ring Out, Wild Bells

Hymn of Affirmation #275 Sing We Now Of Christmas [FRENCH CAROL]

Offertory: J. S. Bach: Das Alte Jahr Vergangen Ist (BWV 614) (arr. György Kurtág) (piano duet)

Responsorial Psalm 98

Anthem: John Goss: See, Amid The Winter’s Snow 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #280 One Small Child [ONE SMALL CHILD]

Postlude: J. S. Bach: Fantasia (BWV 572) (arr. Arnold Bax) (piano)

 

JANUARY 7 [Epiphany]

Prelude: (piano)

Introit: 

Music for Communion: 

Poem: William Butler Yeats: The Magi

Hymn of Affirmation #

Offertory: (organ)

Anthem: Herbert Howells: Here Is The Little Door 

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: 

Postlude: (piano)

 

JANUARY 14 [Epiphany II]

Prelude: (piano)

Introit: 

Poem: Sara Teasdale: Christmas Carol

Hymn of Affirmation #

Offertory: (organ)

Responsorial Psalm 

Anthem: Thomas Attwood: O God, Who By The Leading Of A Star

Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: 

Postlude: (piano)