Service Music

The Chancel Choir, open to all singers, rehearses in the Choir Room on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:30, and on Sunday mornings at 10:30 for the 11 a.m. service.

Third Baptist Music List, January–December 2025

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

JANUARY 5 [Christmas II]

[Service canceled because of inclement weather]

JANUARY 12 [Epiphany I]

  • Prelude: Niels Gade: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (organ)
  • Introit: Anon. (1591): The Coventry Carol (arr. Martin Shaw)
  • Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: January (world première, written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Communion #151 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God [EIN’ FESTE BURG]
  • Offertory: Felix Mendelssohn: Adagio (from Sonata no. 1, op. 65) (organ)
  • Anthem: Walter Stanton: Christ Is The World’s True Light
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life [GERMANY]
  • Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: January (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

JANUARY 19 [Epiphany II] (with Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

  • Prelude: Karl Jenkins: Hymn in memoriam Martin Luther King, jr. (oboe and piano)
  • Introit: J. S. Bach: Come, Celebrate This Morn (originally Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag) (solo song)
  • Poem: Mara Adams: A Prayer for the Epiphany, MLK, and the New Year
  • Hymn of Welcome #777 On Jordan’s Stormy Banks [PROMISED LAND]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 65, vv. 1 – 8 (quoted by MLK)
  • Anthem: arr. Howard Helvey: My Lord, What A Mornin’
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #684 Precious Lord, Take My Hand [PRECIOUS LORD]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: January (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)

JANUARY 26 [Epiphany III]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Ich bin ein gutter Hirt (BWV 85, 5) (arranged Hubert Foss) (piano)
  • Introit: Martin Shaw: Gallery Carol
  • Poem: W. B. Yeats: The Magi
  • Hymn of Welcome #414 O Word Of God Incarnate [MUNICH]
  • Offertory: Barbara Harbach: People, Look East (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 92, vv. 1 – 8
  • Anthem: Martin Shaw: Kings In Glory
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #264 Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light [ERMUNTRE DICH]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: January – “At the fireside” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

FEBRUARY 2 [Epiphany IV – Candlemas/Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ (BWV 604) (organ)
  • Introit: Johannes Eccard: When To The Temple Mary Went
  • Music for Communion: Alexander Archangelsky: Trisagion; Melissa Dunphy: Fraction Anthem
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Candlemas
  • Hymn of Communion #702 Fill My Cup [FILL MY CUP] (sung twice)
  • Offertory: César Franck: Andantino (organ)
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: O God, Who By The Leading Of A Star
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Tallis’s “O Lord My God” [THIRD MODE TUNE]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: February – “Carnival” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
  • AFTERNOON CONCERT BY TAPESTRY

FEBRUARY 9 [Epiphany V]

  • Prelude: Edward Macdowell: Starlight (from Sea Pieces, op. 55) (piano)
  • Introit: Virgil Thomson: The Morning Star
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Epiphanytide
  • Hymn of Welcome: Brightest And Best Are The Sons Of The Morning [MORNING STAR]
  • Offertory: Grace-Evangeline Mason: Light Revealing (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 95, vv. 1 – 7
  • Anthem: Mack Wilberg: O, Watch The Stars
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #290 As With Gladness [DIX]
  • Postlude: Larry Shackley: As With Gladness Men Of Old (from Following Yonder Star) (piano)

FEBRUARY 16 [Epiphany VI; Septuagesima; Presidents’ Day Weekend]

  • Prelude: Pietro Cattaneo: Trumpet Tune on ‘Stuttgart’ (organ)
  • Introit: John Rutter: The Star Carol
  • Poem: Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674): The Star Song
  • Hymn of Welcome: Earth Hath Many a Noble City [STUTTGART]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: February (from ‘A Year At Third’)
  • Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 1 – 6
  • Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #704 GOD WILL MAKE A WAY [HE WILL MAKE A WAY]
  • Postlude: Théodore Salome: Grand Choeur (organ)

FEBRUARY 23 [Epiphany VII] [HIGHLIGHTING FIRST 50 YEARS OF TBC, 1850 – 1899]

  • Prelude: Howard Helvey: Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness [GERMANY] (piano)
  • Introit: Anton Bruckner: Consecrated In Worship Be This Place (orig. Locus Iste)
  • Poem: Henry Vaughan: They Are All Gone Into the World Of Light
  • Hymn of Welcome: Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life [GERMANY]
  • Offertory: Dale Wood: Abide With Me (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 96, vv. 7 – 13
  • Anthem: J. S. Bach: Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #56 To God Be The Glory
  • Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: February (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

MARCH 2 [Epiphany VIII]

  • Prelude: William B. Cooper: Bread of Heaven (organ)
  • Introit: Arthur Sullivan: Yea, Though I Walk
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Come, Risen Lord; Melissa Dunphy: Fraction Anthem
  • Poem: Walt Whitman: I Thank You
  • Hymn of Communion #462 Come, Share The Lord [DIVERNON]
  • Offertory: César Franck: Offertoire (arr. Louis Vierne) (organ)
  • Anthem: Felix Mendelssohn: When Jesus Our Lord/There Shall A Star (from ‘Christus’)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: There’s A Light Upon The Mountains [MT. HOLYOKE]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: March (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

THE DARKNESS OF THE WORLD

MARCH 5 [Ash Wednesday, 6 pm]

  • Poems: Malcolm Guite: God So Loved The World
  • Christina Rossetti: Ash Wednesday 1 & 2
  • Charles Anthony Silvestri: February (written for TBC)
  • Motets: Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secret Of Our Hearts
  • King John of Portugal: Faithful Cross (orig. Crux Fidelis)
  • John Stainer: God So Loved The World
  • Henry Purcell: Let My Prayer Come Up Into Thy Presence

MARCH 9 [Lent I] (with Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

  • Prelude: Paul Manz: Ah! Holy Jesus (oboe + organ)
  • Introit: Spiritual, arr. Undine Smith Moore: We Shall Walk Through The Valley
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Dominus Regit Me
  • Hymn of Welcome #685 The King Of Love [DOMINUS REGIT ME]
  • Offertory: Howard Goodall: The Lord Is My Shepherd (heme from ‘The Vicar of Dibley’) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 23
  • Anthem: John Rutter: The Lord Is My Shepherd (with oboe)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Cushing & Sankey’s “There’ll Be No Dark Valley When Jesus Comes”
  • Postlude: Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe (from ‘The Mission’) (arr. McGurty & Jensen) (oboe + piano + organ)

MARCH 16 [Lent II]

  • Prelude: Wayne L. Wold: The Glory of Those Forty Days (organ)
  • Introit: Andrae Crouch: Soon, And Very Soon (arr. Jack Schrader)
  • Poem: Robert Graves: The Wilderness
  • Hymn of Welcome #564 Just A Closer Walk With God [CLOSER WALK]
  • Offertory: Richard Hill: Theme from ‘Clayhanger’ (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 5, vv. 1 – 7
  • Anthem: Josephine Poelinitz: City Called Heaven
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #697 The Way Of The Cross Leads Home [WAY OF THE CROSS]
  • Postlude: Robert J. Powell: Arise, Ye Saints (organ)

MARCH 23 [Lent III] [Spring begins 20 March]

  • Prelude: Henry Purcell: Suite in G major (Z. 660) (piano)
  • Introit: Henry Purcell: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets (from Funeral Sentences)
  • Poem: Robert Frost: A Prayer in Spring
  • Hymn of Welcome: All Things Bright And Beautiful [ROYAL OAK]
  • Offertory: John Blow: Prelude in C (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104, 13 - 24
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: Turn Thy Face From My Sins
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #323 At The Cross (NOT the Refrain) [Purcell’s WALSALL]
  • Postlude: Elisabeth Jacquet de Laguerre: Rondeau (organ)

 MARCH 30 [Lent IV] (with Jesi Hempstead, oboe)

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Christus der uns selig macht (BWV 620) (organ)
  • Introit: William Fox: Teach Me Thy Way
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: March (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: #21 O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing (omit v.2) [AZMON]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: March (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 7, vv. 6 – 13
  • Anthem: Paul Laubengayer: Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs (with oboe)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #314 What Wondrous Love Is This? [WONDROUS LOVE]
  • Postlude: Dieterich Buxtehude: Canzonetta in G (BuxWV 171) (organ)

 APRIL 6 [Lent V]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sünde Gross (O Man, bewail) (arr. Herbert Howells) (piano)
  • Introit: Steven Stucky: Ah, Holy Jesus
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Come, Risen Lord; Melissa Dunphy: Fraction Anthem
  • Poem: Robert Herrick: Lent
  • Hymn of Welcome # 213 We Bring The Sacrifice Of Praise [WE BRING THE SACRIFICE]
  • Offertory: David Bednall: Passion Chorale (organ)
  • Anthem: Mary McDonald: O Sacred Head
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration # 321 When I Survey The Wondrous Cross [O WALY WALY]
  • Postlude: Dan Forrest: Lead Me To Calvary (piano)

APRIL 13 [Palm Sunday]

  • Prelude: E. J. Moeran: The Day Of Palms (solo voice + piano)
  • Introit: Richard DeLong: A Sacred Song for Palm Sunday
  • Poem: G. K. Chesterton: The Donkey
  • Hymn of Welcome # 301 We Will Glorify ~ Palm Sunday Setting [WE WILL GLORIFY]
  • Offertory: Peter Tchaikovsky: April – “Snowdrop” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 8, vv. 1 – 4
  • Anthem: John Carter: A Palm Sunday Processional
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #300 All Glory Laud And Honor [ST. THEODULPH]
  • Postlude: Edwin T. Childs: All Glory, Laud and Honor (organ)

APRIL 18 (Good Friday) [Soloists: Lansin Lim Kimler, Perseid String Quartet, Chantal Incandela]

Poems:

  • Peter Abelard (trans. Helen Waddell), Anonymous American, Samuel Crossman, John Donne, John Keble, Alice Meynell, Charles Anthony Silvestri [Lent and Good Friday (written for TBC)]

Music:

  • Sasha Johnson Manning: A Passiontide Rhapsody (strings & piano) (written for TBC in 2024)
  • Henry Purcell: Chaconne (string quartet)
  • George Frederick Handel: Sarabande from Suite H. 437 (string quartet)
  • Domenico Scarlatti: Andante Mosso (from Sonata No. 33)

THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD

APRIL 20 [Easter]

  • Opening Hymn #367 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (with handbells) [EASTER HYMN]
  • Introit: Peter Aston: Gloria
  • Music for Communion: Peter Aston
  • Poem: George Herbert: Easter (“Rise, Heart”)
  • Hymn of Communion # Hymn #357 Christ Arose [CHRIST AROSE]
  • Offertory: Paul Paviour: This Joyful Eastertide (piano)
  • Anthem: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Blessed Be The God And Father
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #360 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today [LLANFAIR]
  • Postlude: Louis Vierne: Finale (Symphonie #1) (organ)

APRIL 27 [Low Sunday] [Easter II] [NO CHOIR]

  • Prelude: Charles Callahan: A Gospel Prelude (piano & organ)
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: A Better Resurrection
  • Hymn of Welcome: # 675 I Gave My Life For Thee [KENOSIS]
  • Offertory: Michael Larkin: This Joyful Eastertide (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, vv. 14 – 24
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: A Low Sunday Celebration (written for TBC) (piano & organ)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: # 327 The Old Rugged Cross [OLD RUGGED CROSS]
  • Postlude: Lynnwood Farnham: Toccata on “O Filii et Filiae” (organ)

MAY 4 [Easter III] [HIGHLIGHTING SECOND 50 YEARS OF TBC, 1900 – 1949]

  • Prelude: Herbert Howells: A Triumph Song (piano)
  • Introit: May Hannah Brahe: Bless This House
  • Music for Communion: Peter Aston
  • Poem: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney: Consecration of a Church
  • Hymn of Communion #210 Praise To The Lord [LOBE DEN HERRN]
  • Offertory: Kenyon Emrys-Roberts: Theme from ‘To Serve Them All My Days’ (piano)
  • Anthem: Martin Shaw: With A Voice Of Thanksgiving
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #368 He Lives (ACKLEY]
  • Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
  • Postlude: Martin Shaw: Processional on ‘Lobe den Herrn’ (organ)

MAY 11 [Easter IV]

  • Prelude: Howard Helvey: Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Needy [RESTORATION] (piano)
  • Introit: arr. Arthur Somervell: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: Thomas Hardy: A Drizzling Easter Morning
  • Hymn of Welcome: #720 Come, Every One Who Is Thirsty [RIDER]
  • Offertory: Marianne Kim: I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 36, vv. 5 - 9
  • Anthem: Adrian Batten: O Sing Joyfully
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration # 486 Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Needy [RESTORATION]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: May – “Starlit Nights” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

MAY 18 [Easter V]

  • Prelude: Johannes Brahms: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen, op. 122, no. 4 (organ)
  • Introit: Charles Wood: This Joyful Eastertide 
  • Poem: Rudyard Kipling: Gethsemane
  • Hymn of Welcome: (insert): Go To Dark Gethsemane [NICHT SO TRAURIG]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: May (from ‘A Year At Third’) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 1
  • Anthem: Russell Nagy: The Angel Roll The Stone Away
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #635 In The Garden [GARDEN]
  • Postlude: William Lloyd Webber: Festal March (organ)

MAY 25 [Easter VI] (Memorial Day Weekend)

Prelude: Franz Schubert: Ständchen (arr. Franz Liszt) (piano)

  • Introit: arr. Philip Ledger: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: May (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome #21 O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing [AZMON]
  • Offertory: Hubert Parry: A Memorial Piece (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 143, vv. 5 – 11
  • Anthem: Peter Aston: So They Gave Their Bodies
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration#361 Worship Christ, the Risen King [REGENT SQUARE]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: May (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

JUNE 1 [Easter VII]

  • Prelude: Elfrida Andrée: Andante (organ)
  • Introit: arr. Austin Lovelace: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Music for Communion: William Mathias
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: July (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Communion #460 Let Us Break Bread Together [LET US BREAK BREAD]
  • Offertory: Emma Lou Diemer: Let Us Break Bread Together (piano)
  • Anthem: Randall Thompson: The Last Words Of David
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration # 365 Alleluia! Alleluia! [HYMN TO JOY]
  • Postlude: William Mathias: Fanfare (organ)

THE HALLOWING OF THE WORLD

JUNE 8 [Pentecost] [Cooperative Baptist Presentation] [Tom Finger, guest pianist]

  • Prelude: Libby Larsen: Prelude on Veni Creator Spiritus (organ)
  • Introit: Orlando Gibbons: Come, Holy Ghost, Come (Song 44)
  • Poem: Charles Wesley: Come, Holy Ghost
  • Hymn of Welcome #396 Holy Spirit, Breathe On Me [TRUETT]
  • Offertory: G. F. Handel: Allegro (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104, vv. 30 – 34
  • Anthem: Thomas Attwood: Come, Holy Ghost
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #391 Sweet, Sweet Spirit [SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT]
  • Postlude: Richard Elliott: Every Time I Feel The Spirit (organ)

JUNE 15 [Trinity Sunday] [LAST FULL CHORAL SERVICE] [Tom Finger, guest pianist]

  • Prelude: Elizabeth Stirling: Movement (organ)
  • Introit: Christopher Tye: O Holy Spirit, Lord Of Grace
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Trinity Sunday
  • Hymn of Welcome #369 He Rose Triumphantly [HE ROSE TRIUMPHANTLY]
  • Offertory: Kurt Kaiser, arr. Rose Marie Lehmann: Oh, How He Loves You and Me! (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 29
  • Anthem: Peter Aston: If Ye Love Me
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #3 Holy, Holy, Holy [NICAEA]
  • Postlude: Healey Willan: Prelude on ‘Nicaea’ (organ)

JUNE 22 [Trinity II] [Susan Niederer, guest pianist] {Soloists: Kathryn Omune; Jesi Hempstead}

  • Prelude: Penny Rodriguez: Trust and Obey (piano)
  • Introit: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Sing My Tongue the Savior’s Glory
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Trinity Sunday
  • Hymn of Welcome #18 Let’s Just Praise The Lord [LET’S JUST PRAISE THE LORD]
  • Offertory: Robert Schumann: Fugue on BACH, #3, in G minor (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103, vv. 1 – 6
  • Anthem: Penny Rodriguez: How Do I Love Thee? (piano)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #200 Hallowed Be Thy Name [HALLOWED BE THY NAME]
  • Postlude: Robert Schumann: Three Romances for oboe and organ (op. 94, 1) (oboe + organ)

JUNE 29 [Trinity III] {Soloists: David Miller; Stephen Schermitzler}

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 634) (organ)
  • Introit: Benedetto Marcello: To Thee, O Lord My God
  • Poem: Helen Hunt Jackson: A Sonnet for June
  • Hymn of Welcome #38 Ye Servants of God [HANOVER]
  • Offertory: arr. Cindy Berry: Crown Him With Many Crowns (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103, vv. 8 – 13
  • Anthem: Bob Chilcott: The Lord’s My Shepherd
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #45 Crown Him With Many Crowns [DIADEMATA]
  • Postlude: George Frederick Handel: March (from ‘Scipione’) (organ)

JULY 6 [Trinity IV] [FULL CHOIR]

  • Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: Give Me Jesus (piano)
  • Introit: Christopher Tye: The Eternal Gates Lift Up Their Heads 
  • Music for Communion: William Mathias
  • Poem: Charles Wesley: Love Divine
  • Hymn of Communion #347, vv. 1 – 2 And Can It Be? [SAGINA]
  • Offertory: Henry Ley: Prelude on ‘St. Columba’ (organ)
  • Anthem: Elaine Hagenberg: O Love
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #347, vv. 3 – 4 And Can It Be? [SAGINA]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: July – “Barcarolle” (from ‘The Seasons,’ op. 37a) (piano)

JULY 13 [Trinity V] [WILLIAM BLAKE]{Soloists: Heather Fehl; Christine Guthrie}

  • Prelude: Alexandre Guilmant: Prayer in F (op. 16, 2) (organ)
  • Introit: Richard Dering: Above Him Stood The Seraphim
  • Poem: William Blake: Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
  • Hymn of Welcome: William Blake’s “To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love” [EPSOM]
  • Offertory: Fanny Hensel: July (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103, vv. 17 – 22
  • Anthem: Herbert Howells: Piping Down the Valleys Wild
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: William Blake’s “Can I See Another’s Woe?” [MELLING]
  • Postlude: Josef Rheinberger: Con Moto (12 Pieces for the Organ, 1) (organ)

JULY 20 [Trinity VI] {Soloists: Laura Swearingen; Stephen Schermitzler}

  • Prelude: York Bowen: Prelude (Three Miniatures, op. 44, 1) (piano)
  • Introit: William H. Harris: Vox Ultima Crucis
  • Poem: John Donne: Batter My Heart, Three-Person’d God
  • Hymn of Welcome #647 Pure And Holy [PURE AND HOLY]
  • Offertory: York Bowen: Intermezzo (Three Miniatures, op. 44, 2)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19, vv. 1 – 6
  • Anthem: Robert Ray: He Never Failed Me Yet
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #56 To God Be The Glory [TO GOD BE THE GLORY] 
  • Sung Benediction: John Rutter: The Lord Bless You And Keep You
  • Postlude: York Bowen: Scherzo (Three Miniatures, op. 44, 3)

JULY 27 [Trinity VII] {Soloists: Kathryn Omune; David Miller}

  • Prelude: Calvin Hampton: Prayer (organ)
  • Introit: L. J. White: A Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester
  • Poem: e. e. cummings: I thank You God for this amazing day
  • Hymn of Welcome #215 When Morning Gilds The Skies [LAUDES DOMINI]
  • Offertory: Howard Helvey: How Can I Keep From Singing? (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19, vv. 7 – 14
  • Anthem: Anne Krentz Organ: We Walk By Faith
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #738 The Wonder Of It All [WONDER OF IT ALL]
  • Postlude: Gordon Young: Lift High The Cross (organ)

AUGUST 3 [Trinity VIII] [FULL CHOIR] {Guest Organist: S. William Aitken}

  • Prelude: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Air Tendre (piano)
  • Introit: Christopher Tye: How Glorious Sion’s Courts Appear
  • Music for Communion: William Mathias
  • Poem: Bob Kimmerling: A Trinity Of Lilies
  • Hymn of Communion #302 Lamb of God [LAMB OF GOD]
  • Offertory: François Couperin: Benedictus (from ‘Mass for the Parishes’) (organ)
  • Anthem: W. A. Mozart: Jesu, Word of God Incarnate (orig. Ave Verum Corpus)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #677 Glorious Is Thy Name Most Holy [HOLY MANNA]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: August (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

AUGUST 10 [Trinity IX] {Soloists: Laura Swearingen; Fitzgerald St. Louis}

  • Prelude: Jeanne Demessieux: Attende Domine (organ)
  • Introit: Harry Burleigh: Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (Fitzgerald)
  • Poem: William Blake: To Summer
  • Hymn of Welcome #676 O Jesus, I Have Promised, vv. 1 – 2 [ANGEL’S STORY]
  • Offertory: Nancy Hill Cobb: Prelude on “Foundation” (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33, vv. 1 – 9
  • Anthem: Mack Wilberg: O Light Of Life! (Laura & Fitzgerald)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #676 O Jesus, I Have Promised, vv. 3 – 4 [ANGEL’S STORY]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: August – “Harvest” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

AUGUST 17 [Trinity X] {Soloists: Heather Fehl; David Miller} {Guest Organist: Mark Gifford}

  • Prelude: François Dandrieu: L’Empresée (piano)
  • Introit: John Rutter: The Lord Bless You And Keep You [Heather & David]
  • Poem: Robert Frost: God’s Garden
  • Hymn of Welcome #790 We Gather together [KREMSER]
  • Offertory: tbd (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 94, vv. 16 – 23
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: Psalm 93 (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #797 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come [ST. GEORGE’S, WINDSOR]
  • Postlude: tbd (organ)

AUGUST 24 [Trinity XI] {Soloists: Christine Guthrie; Jesi Hempstead}

  • Prelude & Introit: Arvo Pårt: Spiegel im Spiegel (oboe & piano)
  • Poem: Paul Laurence Dunbar: To Summer
  • Hymn of Welcome #667 Lord, Speak To Me [CANONBURY]
  • Offertory: Edward Macdowell: Idyll (op. 28, 1) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104, vv. 10 – 15
  • Anthem: Florence Price: Trouble Done Come My Way (Christine)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Hal Hopson’s “Though I May Speak With Bravest Fire” [tune #321 O WALY WALY]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: August (written for TBC) (piano)

AUGUST 31 [Trinity XII] [Summer ends September 1) (All section leaders)

  • Prelude: Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’ Testament, pt. 1 (organ)
  • Introit: Herbert Howells: My Eyes For Beauty Pine
  • Poem: Greville Phillimore: Summer Ended
  • Hymn of Welcome #224 We Have Come Into His House [WORSHIP HIM]
  • Offertory: Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’ Testament, pt. 2 (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 42
  • Anthem: Herbert Howells: Like As The Hart
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #581 ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust In Jesus [TRUST IN JESUS]
  • Postlude: Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’ Testament, pt. 3 (organ)

THE WORK OF THE WORLD

[CHORAL SERVICES RESUME]

SEPTEMBER 7 (Labor Day Weekend) [Trinity XIII] [HIGHLIGHTING THIRD 50 YEARS OF TBC, 1950 – 1999]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Prelude in G minor (BWV 535) (organ)
  • Introit: Richard Phipps: Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God
  • Music for Communion: Timothy Allen: St. Mark’s Service
  • Poem: Robert Service: The Song of the Wage-Slave
  • Hymn of Communion: T. T. Noble’s “Come, Labor On [ORA, LABORA]
  • Offertory: Fanny Hensel: September (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)
  • Anthem: Ludwig van Beethoven: Here In This House
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life [GERMANY]
  • Sung Benediction #232 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [GOD BE WITH YOU]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Fugue in G minor (BWV 535) (organ)

SEPTEMBER 14 [Trinity XIV] [NO CHOIR – YOUTH SERVICE]

  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #583 You Are My All In All [JERNIGAN]

SEPTEMBER 21 [Trinity XV]

  • Prelude: René Vierne: Entrée (organ)
  • Introit: John Okeover: Grant, We Beseech thee
  • Poem: Robert Herrick: To Find God
  • Hymn of Welcome #8 Come, Thou Almighty King [ITALIAN HYMN]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: September (written for TBC) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104, vv. 19 – 25
  • Anthem: Jean Berger: A Rose Touch’d By The Sun’s Warm Rays
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #375 Jesus Shall Reign [DUKE STREET]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: September – “Hunting” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

SEPTEMBER 28 [Trinity XVI] ([RIVERS]

  • Prelude: Emma Lou Diemer: I’ve Got Peace Like A River (piano)
  • Introit: arr. Bob Chilcott: Deep River
  • Poem: Langston Hughes: The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
  • Hymn of Welcome: Benjamin Harlan: As I Went Down To The River To Pray
  • Offertory: Seth Bingham: Roulade (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 137
  • Anthem: arr. Ralph Hunter: In The River Of Jordan
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration arr. John Ferguson: Shall We Gather At The River [HANSON PLACE]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: September (‘To The River’) (from ‘Das Jahr’) (piano)

OCTOBER 5 [Trinity XVII]

  • Prelude: Carl Engel, arr. Robert Hebble: Prayer (organ)
  • Introit: Thomas Tallis: If Ye Love Me
  • Music for Communion: James Macmillan: The Galloway Mass
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: And Is It Not Enough?
  • Hymn of Communion #413 Break Thou The Bread Of Life [BREAD OF LIFE]
  • Offertory: Dale Wood: Prelude on “Holy Manna” (organ)
  • Anthem: Suzanne Toolan, arr. Richard Proulx: I Am The Bread Of Life
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #23 The God Of Abraham Praise [LEONI]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: October – “Autumn Song” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)

OCTOBER 12 [Trinity XVIII] [RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS]

  • Prelude: Herbert Howells: Sarabande for the 12th day of any October (from “Partita”) (organ)
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Magnificat in C
  • Poem: Ursula Vaughan Williams: Silence and Music
  • Hymn of Welcome: Horatio Bonar’s I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say [KINGSFOLD, tune #291]
  • Offertory: Herbert Howells: Ralph’s Galliard (from “Howells’ Clavichord”) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98
  • Anthem: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Nunc Dimittis in C
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #112 Give To Our God Immortal Praise [LASST UNS ERFREUEN]
  • Postlude: Herbert Howells: Ralph’s Pavane (from “Howells’ Clavichord”) (piano)

OCTOBER 19 [Trinity XIX]

  • Prelude: Dan Locklair: “The Peace May Be Exchanged” (Rubrics, IV) (organ)
  • Introit: John Ness Beck: If You Love Me
  • Poem: W. B. Yeats: The Wild Swans at Coole
  • Hymn of Welcome #210 Praise To The Lord, The Almighty [LOBE DEN HERREN]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: October (written for TBC) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 5, vv. 1 – 8
  • Anthem: Katherine Kennicott Davis: To God Be Praise And Glory
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #508 Love Lifted Me [SAFETY]
  • Postlude: Dan Locklair: “The People Respond … Amen!” (Rubrics, V) (organ)

OCTOBER 26 [Trinity XX] [HANDEL]

  • Prelude: G. F. Handel: Allegro (from “Aylesford Pieces”) (piano)
  • Introit: G. F. Handel: From The East Unto the West (from ‘Solomon’)
  • Poem: Sara Teasdale: Arcturus in Autumn
  • Hymn of Welcome #370 [Handel’s GOPSAL] 
  • Offertory: G. F. Handel, arr. Diane Bish: Air in F (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19, 7 – 13
  • Anthem: G. F. Handel: Holy Art Thou (Largo)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Handel’s Thine Be The Glory [JUDAS MACCABAEUS]
  • Postlude: G. F. Handel: Sonatina (from “Aylesford Pieces”) (piano)

 NOVEMBER 2 [Trinity XXI, Sunday after All Saints’ Day] [FANNY CROSBY]

  • Prelude: Andrew Fletcher: Reflection (organ)
  • Introit: Sue Farrar: Jesu, Gentle Savior
  • Music for Communion: James Macmillan: The Galloway Mass
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Sonnet for All Saints’ Day
  • Hymn of Communion #489 Pass Me Not [PASS ME NOT]
  • Offertory: Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (arr. Eva Cassidy) (piano)
  • Anthem: Mary McDonald: Jesus Leads Me All The Way
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #572 Blessed Assurance [ASSURANCE]
  • Postlude: Gerald Near: Blessed Assurance (organ)

NOVEMBER 9 [Trinity XXII]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: November (written for TBC) (piano)
  • Introit: Thomas Ford: Almighty God, Who Hast Me Brought
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: November (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: Thomas Ken’s Awake My Soul
  • Offertory: Dale Wood: Just As I Am (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 5, vv. 1 – 4, 11
  • Anthem: Dan Forrest: The Wanderer
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #488 Just As I Am [WOODWORTH]
  • Postlude: Jacques Ibert: A Giddy Girl (Histoires, IV) (piano)

NOVEMBER 16 [Trinity XXIII]

  • Prelude: Florence Price: Adoration (organ)
  • Introit: Judith Bingham: God Be In My Head
  • Poem: Alice Cary: November
  • Hymn of Welcome #640 Sweet Hour Of Prayer [SWEET HOUR]
  • Offertory: William Lloyd Webber: Verset for Organ (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 91, vv. 1 – 11
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: For The Fallen (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #808 Eternal Father, Strong To Save [MELITA]
  • Postlude: Fanny Hensel: November (Das Jahr) (piano)

NOVEMBER 23 [Trinity XXIV]

  • Prelude: arr. Cindy Berry: O God, Our Help In Ages Past (piano)
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings
  • Poem: Richard Weissman: 23rd of November
  • Hymn of Welcome #93 God Our Father, We Adore Thee [BEECHER]
  • Offertory: Paul Manz: Comfort, Comfort Now My People (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84
  • Anthem: Eugene Butler: Festival Piece on ‘St. Anne’
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: O God, Our Help In Ages Past [ST. ANNE]
  • Postlude: Peter Tchaikovsky: November – “Troika” (from “The Seasons,” op. 37a) (piano)