Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. with the St. John’s Adult Choir & Choir School, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.

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Service Music:

Voluntary   Prelude in G Major, BWV 550a    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonnenuntergang    Carson Cooman (b. 1982)

Carson Cooman is a Boston composer with a catalog of hundreds of works in many forms—from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six inhabited continents in venues that range from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the basket of a hot air balloon. Over 300 new compositions by more than 100 international composers have been written for him, and his organ performances can be heard on a number of CD releases and more than 6,000 recordings available online. Cooman is also a writer on musical subjects, producing articles and reviews frequently for a number of international publications.

Processional Hymn 287    For all the saints, who from their labors rest    Sine Nomine

Gloria in excelsis S278    William Mathias (1934-1992)

Sequence Hymn 293    I sing a song of the saints of God    Grand Isle

Offertory Music    The Beatitudes    arr. Richard Proulx (1937-2010)
Text: Matthew 5:3-12

Remember your servants, Lord, when you come in your kingly power. Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn; for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’s sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when the world reviles you and persecutes you; and utters all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake: rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven. Remember your servants, Lord, when you come in your kingly power.

Sanctus S128    William Mathias

Fraction Anthem S166    Agnus Dei    Gerald Near (b. 1942)

Communion Anthem    Crossing the Bar    Rani Arbo (b. 1968)
Words: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.

Rani Arbo grew up a cellist and chorister in New York City, where she had the opportunity to learn centuries of sacred music, from Hildegarde to Poulenc to Paul Winter. After studying geology in college, she took up fiddle and fell for the rootsy sounds of old-time, Cajun, honkytonk and bluegrass music. She co-founded the bluegrass-folk band Salamander Crossing in 1991; and founded daisy mayhem in 2000.  She has toured and recorded with Joan Baez, John McCutcheon and many others. She lives in Middletown, CT with drummer Scott Kessel and their young son.

Communion Hymn 624    Jerusalem the golden    Ewing

Hymn in Procession 609    Where cross the crowded ways of life    Gardiner

Voluntary    Fugue in G Major, BWV 550b    Johann Sebastian Bach

Aletheia Teague, assisting organist