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

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Service Music:

Voluntary    Toccata and Adagio, BWV 564    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Processional Hymn 362    Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!    Nicaea

Hymn of Praise S278   Gloria         William Mathias

Sequence Hymn 367    Round the Lord in glory seated    Rustington

Offertory Anthem    Christ is our cornerstone    Noel Rawsthorne (1929-2019)
Text: translated from the Latin by J. Chandler

Christ is our cornerstone, on him alone we build; with his true saints alone
The courts of heaven are filled; on his great love our hopes we place of present grace and joys above.

Here, gracious God, do thou forevermore draw nigh; accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh; in copious shower on all who pray, each holy day, thy blessings pour.

O then with hymns of praise these hallowed courts shall ring; our voices we will raise
The three in one to sing; and thus proclaim in joyful song both loud and long, that glorious name.

At the age of eight Noel Rawsthoorne became a chorister at Liverpool Parish Church which started his interest in the pipe organ. He became Organist of Liverpool Cathedral in 1955, and served in this capacity until 1980. While there, he composed many choral works, such as the Festive Eucharist which is still sung regularly by churches across the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool. His work with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra included supervision of the refurbishment of the organ in the Philharmonic Hall and he sustained substantial friendships, personal and professional, with successive Maestros of the Philharmonic.

Sanctus S128    William Mathias

Fraction Anthem S166   Jesus, Lamb of God    Gerard Near

Communion Anthem    A Gaelic blessing    John Rutter (b. 1945)
Text: Ancient Gaelic rune

Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the gentle night to you.
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.
Deep peace of Christ,
of Christ the light of the world to you.
Deep peace of Christ to you.

John Rutter is perhaps the best-known English composer of church music – a household name in the Episcopal Church. Rutter was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, where he also served as director of music from 1975 to 1979, at which point he determined to focus his energy on composition. In 1981 he founded the Cambridge Singers, which he also conducted. Although initially Rutter had formed the group in order to record a collection of choral works—both his own and those of others—the group began giving live performances as well.

Communion Hymn 512    Come, Gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove    Mendon

Closing Hymn 379    God is love, let heaven adore him    Abbott’s Leigh

Voluntary  Fugue, BWV 564    Johann Sebastian Bach

Christopher Houlihan, organist