Holy Eucharist Rite II and Footwashing at 7:00 p.m. sung by the St. John’s Choir School, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.

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Service Music:

Voluntary    Meditation on Were you there?    Michael Burkhardt (b.  1957)

Michael Burkhardt is internationally known for his innovative and inspiring hymn festivals and for his creative work with children. He is in frequent demand as a choral clinician, organ recitalist, and hymn festival leader. He is currently Director of Worship and the Arts at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Livonia, Michigan and Artistic Director for hearts, hands, and voices Fine Arts and Worship Program. Dr. Burkhardt has performed and led seminars for the American Guild of Organists, the Hymn Society, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, and the American Choral Directors Association.

Kyrie Eleison S-84   Gregorian Chant, Orbis factor

Sequence Hymn 171    Go to dark Gethsemane    Petra

Two Chants at the Footwashing
Ubi caritas   Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)
Words from the Maundy Thursday liturgy

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Where charity and love are, God is there. 

Bless the Lord, my soul    Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)
Text: Robert Batastini

Chant:
Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life.

French composer Jacques Berthier  was trained in music at the École César Franck in Paris. In 1955 Berthier was first asked to compose music for the Taizé Community, which was then just a monastic community of twenty brothers. Six years later he became organist at the Church of the Jesuits in Paris, Saint-Ignace, where he worked until his death. In 1975, Berthier was again asked to compose for Taizé, this time for chants to be sung by the increasing numbers of young people coming to worship there. Over nearly twenty years, Berthier built up a body of church music that has been utilized around the world.

Offertory Anthem    When Jesus wept    William Billings (1746-1800)

When Jesus wept, the falling tear
In mercy flowed beyond all bound;
When Jesus groaned, a trembling fear
Seized all the guilty world around.

Sanctus    Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Agnus Dei    Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme

Communion Hymn 325    Let us break bread together on our knees    Let Us Break Bread