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 2026

JANUARY THEME: CHANGE FOR THE BETTER

JANUARY 4 [Epiphany]

  • Prelude: Maurice Duruflé: Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie (organ)
  • Introit: Peter Cornelius: The Three Kings
  • Music for Communion: Timothy Allen: St. Mark’s Service
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Epiphany
  • Hymn of Communion #287 A Communion Hymn for Christmas [GREENRIDGE]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: January (from A Year At Third) (piano)
  • Anthem: William Crotch: Lo, Star-Led Chiefs
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #256 Love Has Come [BRING A TORCH]
  • Postlude: arr. Frederick Viner: We Three Kings (piano)

JANUARY 11 [Epiphany II]

  • Prelude: Fanny Hensel: January (from Das Jahr) (piano)
  • Introit: Herbert Howells: A New Year Carol
  • Poem: Alice Meynell: West Wind in Winter
  • Hymn of Welcome #290 As With gladness [DIX]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (BWV 604) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 113
  • Anthem: F. A. Gore Ouseley: From The Rising Of The Sun
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #654 Eddie Espinosa’s Change My Heart, O God
  • Postlude: Eckhard Deppe: January (piano)

JANUARY 18 [Epiphany III]

Prelude: Felix Mendelssohn: Adagio (from Sonata #1 in F minor, op. 65) (organ)

  • Introit: Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin’
  • Poem: George Marion McClellan: A January Dandelion
  • Hymn of Welcome: #217 Holy Ground [BEATTY]
  • Offertory: Johannes Brahms: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (op. 122, 5) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 30, vv. 4 – 10
  • Anthem: Benjamin Harlan: Sacred Ground
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #566 I Am Resolved [RESOLUTION]
  • Postlude: Francis Pott: Pageant (from A House of Ghosts) (piano)

JANUARY 25 [Epiphany IV]

  • Prelude: Granville Bantock: Melody in E flat (piano)
  • Introit: Thomas Attwood: Turn Thy Face From My Sins
  • Poem: Alice Walker: To Change The World Enough
  • Hymn of Welcome #2 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name [GROSSER GOTT]
  • Offertory: Felix Mendelssohn: Adagio (from Sonata #1, op. 65) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 121
  • Anthem: Edgar Bainton: And I Saw A New Heaven
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration #704 God Will Make A Way [HE WILL MAKE A WAY]
  • Postlude: Granville Bantock: Barcarolle (piano)

FEBRUARY THEME: CONNECTIONS ~ HOW POPULAR MEDIA ENGAGES US

FEBRUARY 1 [Candlemas/Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple]

  • Prelude: Grace-Evangeline Mason: Light Revealing (based on Lumen ad revelationem gentium) (organ)
  • Introit: Johannes Eccard: When Mary To The Temple Went
  • Music for Communion: William H. Harris: A Simple Communion Service in F
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for Candlemas
  • Hymn of Communion: #460 Let Us Break Bread Together [LET US BREAK BREAD]
  • Offertory: Hannes De Maeyer: Professor T theme (piano)
  • Anthem: arr. Martin Shaw: Candlemas Eve
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #271 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You [HYMN TO JOY]
  • Postlude: Geoffrey Burgon: Theme for “Brideshead Revisited (piano)

FEBRUARY 8 [Epiphany V]

  • Prelude: Richard Hill: Theme for “Clayhanger” (piano)
  • Introit: Henry Purcell: Hallelujah  
  • Poem: Alice Meynell: In February
  • Hymn of Welcome #33 Immortal, Invisible [ST. DENIO]
  • Offertory: Charles Callahan: Meditation on THAXTED (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 119, vv. 105 – 112
  • Anthem: Martin Phipps: Alleluia (from “Victoria”)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #680 All The Way My Savior Leads Me [ALL THE WAY]
  • Postlude: Wilfred Joseph: Lady Glencora’s Waltz (from “The Pallisers”) (piano)

FEBRUARY 15 [Epiphany VI; Septuagesima; Presidents’ Day Weekend]

  • Prelude: Gerald Finzi - Forlana (from 5 Bagatelles) (organ)
  • Introit: Gerald Finzi: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
  • Poem: Walt Whitman: O Captain, My Captain!
  • Hymn of Welcome: #801 King of the Nations [KING OF ALL THE NATIONS]
  • Offertory: Kenyon Emrys-Roberts Theme for “To Serve Them All My Days” (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 72, vv. 1 – 7
  • Anthem: Herbert Howells: Like As The Hart
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #607 Close To Thee [CLOSE TO THEE]
  • Postlude: arr. Cindy Berry: Close To Thee (piano)

FEBRUARY 18 [Ash Wednesday, 6 pm]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach, arr. Herbert Howells: O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross (BWV 622) (piano)
  • Poems: Malcolm Guite: God So Loved The World
  • Christina Rossetti: Ash Wednesday 1 & 2
  • Charles Anthony Silvestri: February (written for TBC)
  • Motets: Henry Purcell: Let My Prayer Come Up Into Thy Presence
  • 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
  • Postlude: Congregation departs in silence

FEBRUARY 22 [Lent I]

  • Prelude: Rebecca Groom Te Velde: Lament on the Passion Chorale (organ)
  • Introit: Arnold Bax: Lord, Thou Hast Told Us
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: February (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: #489 Pass Me Not [PASS ME NOT]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach, arr. Harriet Cohen: Ertödt’ uns durch dein’ Güte (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 51, vv. 1 – 2, 6 – 9
  • Anthem: Howard Goodall: Psalm 23
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #683 The King Of Love [DOMINUS REGIT ME]
  • Postlude: Arnold Bax: Paean (piano)

 MARCH THEME: CONNECTIONS ~ THE INNER LIFE

MARCH 1 [Lent II]

  • Prelude: Joseph Jongen: Petit Pièce (organ)
  • Introit: William H. Harris: Holy Is The True Light 
  • Music for Communion: William H. Harris: A Simple Communion Service in F
  • Poem: Robert Service: My Inner Life
  • Hymn of Communion: #462 Come, Share The Lord [DIVERNON]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: March (from A Year At Third) (piano)
  • Anthem: arr. Martin Shaw: Infinite Light
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #491 Jesus, I Come [JESUS, I COME]
  • Postlude: Ashley Grote: Postlude on ABERYSTWYTH (organ)

MARCH 8 [Lent III]

  • Prelude: Percy Grainger: The Sussex Mummers’ Carol (piano)
  • Introit: arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Mortal Man
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti: Mid-Lent
  • Hymn of Welcome #309 I Will Sing Of My Redeemer [HYFRYDOL]
  • Offertory: David Bednall: Meditation on PASSION CHORALE (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 51, vv. 10 – 15
  • Anthem: Howard Helvey: Ah, Holy Jesus
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #305 Jesus Paid It All [ALL TO CHRIST]
  • Postlude: Herbert Brewer: Marche Héroïque (organ)

MARCH 15 [Lent IV] (Lansin absent, Tom Finger, guest pianist)

  • Prelude: William Byrd: Pavane for the Earl of Salisbury (piano)
  • Introit: John Hilton: Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake (Red Anthem Book)
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for Lent
  • Hymn of Welcome: #2 Holy God, We Praise Thy Mae [GROSSER GOTT]
  • Offertory: William Byrd: Two Galliards (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 51, vv. 3 – 5, 16 – 18
  • Anthem: arr. Martha Shaffer: King Of Peace
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #293 Praise The One Who Breaks The Darkness [NETTLETON]
  • Postlude: Amy Beach: Promenade (op. 25, 1) (piano)

 MARCH 22 [Lent V] [Spring begins 20 March] [Stephen absent]

  • Prelude: Peter Maxwell Davies: Yesnaby’s Ground (piano)
  • Introit: Steven Stucky: Ah, Holy Jesus
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: March (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome #310 Lead Me To Calvary [DUNCANNON]
  • Offertory: Bedrich Smetana: Melancholy (op. 5, 2) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 54, vv. 1 – 4
  • Anthem: Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Lead Me, Lord
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #319 Near The Cross [NEAR THE CROSS]
  • Postlude: Granville Bantock: A Toccata of Galuppi’s (piano)

MARCH 29 [Lent VI: Palm Sunday]

  • Prelude: arr. James Koerts: Ride On, King Jesus (piano)
  • Introit: Peter Tchaikovsky: A Legend: The Crown of Roses
  • Poem: G. K. Chesterton: The Donkey
  • Hymn of Welcome: #297 Hosanna, Loud Hosanna [ELLACOMBE]
  • Offertory: Dan Forrest: Lead Me To Calvary (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, vv. 19 – 26
  • Anthem: Pepper Choplin: Hosanna in the Streets
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #301 We Will Glorify [WE WILL GLORIFY]
  • Postlude: Eckhard Deppe: March (piano)

APRIL THEME: CONNECTIONS ~ SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

APRIL 3 (Good Friday) [Soloists: Lansin Lim Kimler, Perseid String Quartet, Chantal Incandela]

  • Poems include verses from the Anglo-Saxon epic “The Dream of the Rood,” an Anonymous American spiritual, Samuel Crossman, Malcolm Guite, Alice Meynell, Christina Rossetti, Charles Anthony Silvestri [Lent and Good Friday Sonnets (written for TBC)]
  • Music includes:
  • Samuel Barber: Adagio for strings
  • George Frederick Handel: Sarabande from Suite H. 437 (string quartet)
  • Sasha Johnson Manning: A Passiontide Rhapsody (written for TBC)
  • Henry Purcell: Chaconne

APRIL 5 [Easter]

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625) (organ)
  • Introit: arr. Alice Parker: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Bidding Hymn: #360 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today [LLANFAIR]
  • Music for Communion: William H. Harris: A Simple Communion Service in F
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: Easter (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: arr. Vaughan Williams/M. Fleming: Christ The Lord Is Risen Again [ORIENTIS PARTIBUS]
  • Offertory: Thomas Keesecker: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 24, vv. 7 – 10
  • Anthem: arr. Simon Lindley: Now The Green Blade Riseth
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #367 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today [EASTER HYMN]
  • Postlude: Felix Mendelssohn: Allegro assai vivace (Sonata #1, 4) (organ)

APRIL 12 [Low Sunday] [Easter II] [NO CHOIR – Gene Dobbs Bradford, guest musician]

  • Prelude: tbd
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Sonnet for Low Sunday
  • Hymn of Welcome: #442 Babbie Mason’s “Each One, Reach One”
  • Offertory: tbd
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, 1 – 7
  • Anthem: tbd
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #343 Amazing Grace [NEW BRITAIN]
  • Postlude: tbd

APRIL 19 [Easter III]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Distant Thoughts of Calvary (written for TBC)
  • Introit: arr. Ronald Arnatt: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: Edna St. Vincent Millay: Spring
  • Hymn of Welcome: #425 Bind Us Together [BIND US TOGETHER]
  • Offertory: Francis Pott: Blondel (from A House of Ghosts) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, 8 – 14
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: Psalm 93 (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: “There Is A Green Hill Far Away” [HORSLEY]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: The Green Hill (“May,” from “A Year At Third;” written for TBC)

APRIL 26 [Easter IV]

  • Prelude: Eckhard Deppe: April (piano)
  • Introit: arr. John Ferguson: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Poem: Langston Hughes: April Rain Song
  • Hymn of Welcome: 313 Sing Hallelujah, Praise The Lord! [BECHLER]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach/Marcello: Adagio (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, 15 – 21
  • Anthem: Mary McDonald: Make Me An Instrument Of Your Peace
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #361 Worship Christ, The Risen King [REGENT SQUARE]
  • Postlude: Francis Pott: A Toye (piano)

MAY THEME: CONNECTIONS ~ HOW WE CONNECT WITH GOD

MAY 3 [Easter V]

  • Prelude: Francis Pott: Swallows (from A House of Ghosts) (piano)
  • Introit: arr. William H. Harris: This Joyful Eastertide
  • Music for Communion: William H. Harris: Simple Communion Service in F
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: May (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Communion: #105 Twila Paris’s We Will Glorify [WE WILL GLORIFY]
  • Offertory: tbd
  • Anthem: George Oldroyd: Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones (Red Anthem Book)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #112 Give To Our God Immortal Praise [LASST UNS ERFREUEN]
  • Postlude: arr. Cindy Berry: All Creatures Of Our God And King (piano)

MAY 10 [Easter VI]

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Now Until The Break Of Day (from Midsummer Suite) (cello & piano)
  • Introit: arr. James Koerts: Yet Not I, But Through Christ in Me (cello & choir)
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: A Sonnet for Lent
  • Hymn of Welcome: #563 Open My Eyes [SCOTT]
  • Offertory: Sasha Johnson Manning: Be As Thou Wont To Be (from Midsummer Suite) (cello & piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 118, 22 – 29
  • Anthem: Dan Forrest: Come To Me (cello & choir)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #352 O The Deep, Deep Love Of Jesus [EBENEZER]
  • Postlude: Sasha Johnson Manning: If We Shadows Have Offended (from Midsummer Suite) (cello & piano)

MAY 17 [Easter VII] [HENRY PURCELL]

  • Prelude: Henry Purcell: Largo (The Golden Sonata, 1) (piano)
  • Introit: Henry Purcell: Let My Prayer Come Up
  • Poem: Mary Jo Salter: Henry Purcell in Japan
  • Hymn of Welcome: O Lord, My Inmost Heart and Thought [Henry Purcell’s WALSALL]
  • Offertory: Henry Purcell: Adagio (The Golden Sonata, 1) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 100
  • Anthem: Henry Purcell: Rejoice In The Lord Alway
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation [Henry Purcell’s WESTMINSTER ABBEY]
  • Postlude: Henry Purcell: Allegro (The Golden Sonata, 1) (piano)

MAY 24 [Pentecost] (Memorial Day Weekend) (Guest Organist: Hansol Kim)

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Pentecost Fire (written for TBC) (piano & organ)
  • Introit: Grayston Ives: Listen, Sweet Dove (choir and organ)
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: Pentecost
  • Hymn of Welcome: #467 Come Holy Spirit, Dove Divine [MARYTON]
  • Offertory: Eckhard Deppe: May (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 104, 1 – 5, with refrain: Lord, send out your spirit, and renew the face of the earth
  • Anthem: Sasha Johnson Manning: Come, Holy Ghost (written for TBC) (choir and piano)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #391 Sweet, Sweet Spirit [SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach: Toccata in C (organ)

MAY 31 [Trinity Sunday] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson)

  • Prelude: Healey Willan: Prelude on ‘Nicaea’ (organ)
  • Introit: Peter Hurford: Litany to the Holy Spirit
  • Poem: George Herbert: Trinitie Sunday
  • Hymn of Welcome: #3 Holy, Holy, Holy [NICAEA]
  • Offertory: Amy Summers: O Lux Beata Trinitas (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 8
  • Anthem: Ken Naylor: How Shall I Sing The Majesty? (arr. J. R. Daniels)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: “All Hail, Adorèd Trinity” [Tune #375 – DUKE STREET]
  • Postlude: Georgi Mushel: Toccata (organ)

JUNE 7 [Trinity II] [FULL CHOIR] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson)

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach: Liebster Jesu wir sind hier (BWV 634) (organ)
  • Introit: Michael Walsh: O Saving Victim
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Communion Service for Third (Kyrie (première); Come, Risen Lord)
  • Poem: Hillaire Belloc: June
  • Hymn of Communion: #302 Twila Paris’s “O Lamb of God” [LAMB OF GOD]
  • Offertory: Lloyd Larson: Twila Paris’s “O Lamb Of God” (piano)
  • Anthem: W. A. Mozart: Jesu, Friend Of Sinners (orig. “Ave Verum Corpus”)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #680 All The Way My Savior Leads Me [ALL THE WAY]
  • Postlude: G. F. Handel: March (from “Scipione”) (organ)

JUNE 14 [Trinity III] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson) (Soloists: David Miller & Laura Swearingen)

  • Prelude: Elizabeth Stirling: Movement (organ)
  • Introit: William Harris: Vox Ultima Crucis
  • Poem: Christina Rossetti; Consider
  • Hymn of Welcome: #2 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name [GROSSER GOTT]
  • Offertory: Herbert Howells: Tranquillo, ma con moto (Six Short Pieces, 1) (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 65, vv. 1 – 4
  • Anthem: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Bless The Lord, O My Soul
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #576 The Steadfast Love Of The Lord (sung twice) [STEADFAST LOVE]
  • Postlude: Gordon Young: Lift High The Cross (organ)

JUNE 21 [Trinity III] [Midsummer’s Day: June 20] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson) (Soloist: Christine Guthrie)

  • Prelude: tbd (organ)
  • Introit: arr. Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken (soprano and piano)
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: June (written for TBC) (for Juneteenth, June 19)
  • Hymn of Welcome: #13 Sing Hallelujah, Praise The Lord [BECHLER]
  • Offertory: tbd (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 65, vv. 5 – 8
  • Anthem: John Musto: Litany (soprano and piano)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #601 Yes, Lord, Yes [YES, LORD, YES] (sung twice)
  • Postlude: Aaron Copland: Midsummer Nocturne 1947) (piano)

JUNE 28 [Trinity III] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson) (Soloist: Stephen Schermitzler)

  • Prelude: tbd (organ)
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Come, My Way 
  • Poem: Alice Meynell: I Am The Way
  • Hymn of Welcome: #38 Ye Servants Of God [HANOVER]
  • Offertory: tbd (organ)
  • Responsorial Psalm 65, vv. 9 – 13
  • Anthem: Robert Ray: He Never Failed Me
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #627 Cares Chorus [CARES CHORUS] (sung twice)
  • Postlude: Eckhard Deppe: June (piano)

JULY 5 [Trinity IV] (Guest Musicians: Tom Finger, Gene Dobbs Bradford, Steve Johnston)

  • Prelude: tbd (Gene Dobbs Bradford, Steve Johnston)
  • Poem: Emily Dickinson: A Word Made Flesh
  • Hymn of Communion: #8 Come, thou Almighty King [ITALIAN HYMN]
  • Offertory: tbd (piano)
  • Anthem: tbd (Gene Dobbs Bradford, Steve Johnston)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #480 Only Trust Him [MINERVA]
  • Benediction
  • Postlude: tbd (Gene Dobbs Bradford, Steve Johnston)

JULY 12 [Trinity V] (Guest Organist: Brent Johnson) (David Miller, soloist)

  • Prelude: tbd (organ)
  • Introit: Harry Burleigh: Heav’n, Heav’n (I Got A Robe)
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: July (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: #321 What Wondrous Love Is This? [WONDROUS LOVE]
  • Offertory: Madeline Dring (HH’s student): Blue Air (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 16, vv. 1 – 6
  • Anthem: Dan Forrest: Arise, My Soul, Arise
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #119 Jesus, your Name [JESUS, YOUR NAME]
  • Postlude: tbd (organ)

JULY 19 [Trinity VI] (FULL CHOIR) (Guest Organist: Kevin Chunko)

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: Pentecost Fire (written for TBC) (piano & organ)
  • Introit: Grayston Ives: Look Up, Sweet Dove
  • Poem: Brian Yapko: On Singing Bach’s “Mass in B Minor”
  • Hymn of Welcome: #264 Break Forth O Heavenly Beauteous Light [ERMUNTRE DICH]
  • Offertory: Eckhard Deppe: July (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 16, vv. 7 – 11
  • Anthem: David Bednall: With A Voice Of Singing (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #170 Give Thanks [GIVE THANKS]
  • Postlude: tbd (organ)

JULY 26 [Trinity VII] (Soloists: Kathryn Omune; Laura Swearingen)

  • Prelude: J. S. Bach, arr. W. G. Whittaker: Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott, Vater (piano)
  • Introit: arr. Anthony Greening: Litany of St. James
  • Poem: Trygve Bjerkrheim: I Found My God
  • Hymn of Welcome: #528 My Faith Has Found A Resting Place [LANDAS – Norwegian Hymn]
  • Offertory: tbd (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm: Psalm by Hans Adolf Brorson (translated by Percy Grainger)
  • Anthem: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Mother, Bowed With Grief
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #321 When I Survey The Wondrous Cross [O WALY WALY]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach, arr. Constant Lambert: Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich (piano)

AUGUST 2 [Trinity VIII] [FULL CHOIR]

  • Prelude: tbd
  • Introit: Peter Thompson: Bread of the World (At the Eucharistic Feast Anthem Book)
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Communion Service for Third (Kyrie; Come, Risen Lord)
  • Poem: Malcolm Guite: This Table
  • Hymn of Communion: #464 Come To The Table [COME TO THE TABLE]
  • Offertory: tbd
  • Anthem: Christopher Tye: O Come, Ye Servants Of The Lord
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #588 All For Jesus [CONSTANCY]
  • Postlude: J. S. Bach, arr. Norah Drewett de Kresz: Fugue in G minor (piano)

AUGUST 9 [Trinity IX] (Soloist: Heather Fehl, Kathryn Omune)

  • Prelude: tbd
  • Introit: Alan Menken & Stephen Schwatz: God Help The Outcasts (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  • Poem: Paul Laurence Dunbar: In Summer Time
  • Hymn of Welcome: #36 Twila Paris’s “He Is Exalted” [HE IS EXALTED]
  • Offertory: tbd
  • Responsorial Psalm
  • Anthem: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II: You’ll Never Walk Along (from Carousel)
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #651 Twila Paris’s “All That I Need” [ALL THAT I NEED]
  • Postlude: Lloyd Larson: Twila Paris’s “How Beautiful” (piano)

AUGUST 16 [Trinity X] (Soloists: Christine Guthrie, David Miller)

  • Prelude: tbd (organ)
  • Introit: L. J. White: A Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester
  • Poem: Johnson Oatman, jr.: Supplementary Verses to “Higher Ground”
  • Hymn of Welcome: #549 Higher Ground [HIGHER GROUND]
  • Offertory: Cindy Berry: Higher Ground (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 32, vv. 1 – 5
  • Anthem: arr. Kenneth Lowenberg: I Would See Jesus
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #138 Holy Ground [HOLY GROUND]
  • Postlude: tbd (organ)

AUGUST 23 [Trinity XI] (Soloist: Laura Swearingen, Renee Olo)

  • Prelude: Sasha Johnson Manning: August (from A Year At Third) (piano)
  • Introit: Dan Forrest: An Offering
  • Poem: Charles Anthony Silvestri: August (written for TBC)
  • Hymn of Welcome: #207 Brethren, We Have Met To Worship (altered text) [HOLY MANNA]
  • Offertory: J. S. Bach, arr. Edward Krish: Siciliano (from Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031) (piano)
  • Responsorial Psalm 32, vv. 6 – 11
  • Anthem: Bob Chilcott: An Irish Blessing
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #343 Amazing Grace [AMAZING GRACE/NEW BRITAIN]
  • Postlude: Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Nun Danket Alle Gott (organ)

AUGUST 30 [Trinity XII]

  • tbd

SEPTEMBER 6 [Trinity XIII] [LABOR DAY WEEKEND] [FULL CHOIR RESUMES]

  • Prelude: tbd
  • Introit: Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Taste And See
  • Music for Communion: Martha Shaffer: Communion Service for Third (Kyrie; Come, Risen Lord)
  • Poem: W. H. Turton: Lord, Who At Thy Eucharist Didst Pray
  • Hymn of Communion: #459 We Remember You [WE REMEMBER YOU]
  • Offertory: tbd
  • Anthem: Elaine Hagenberg: This Is My Father’s World
  • Hymn of Invitation & Declaration: #292 Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne [MARGARET]
  • Postlude: tbd