Service Previews, Recordings & Sermons
Below is information on each main 10:30 Sunday service (9:00 service during the summer), including a list of hymns, anthems and other service music; and a link to the service bulletin. Once a service is over, it is moved to the “Past Services” sidebar, and we add links to podcasts of the entire service and the sermon only, along with a text version of the sermon.
Our 10:30 Sunday services and select special services are live streamed online. You can watch a service live, or access the archived streaming video any time after. To watch live, click on the service you want in the “Upcoming Service” listing, then click on the embedded video at the service’s scheduled start time. To watch an archived video, click on the service you want in the “Past Services” sidebar, and then click on the embedded video.
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Upcoming Services
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the St. John’s Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Hope Eakins.
Worship at Home:
Click here: Service Bulletin – Sermon Text
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Service Music:
Voluntary from Suite Gothique: Introduction-Choral, Menuet Gothique, Prière à Notre-Dame Léon Boëllmann (1637-1897)
Processional Hymn 665 All my hope on God is founded Michael
Gloria in excelsis S278 William Mathias (1934-1992)
Sequence Hymn All to Jesus I surrender I Surrender All
Offertory Anthem O How Amiable Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Text from Psalms 84 and 90
O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts!
My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young:
even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house.
They will be alway praising thee.
The glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us;
prosper thou the work of our hands upon us.
O prosper thou our handiwork.
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.
Sanctus S128 William Mathias
Fraction Anthem S166 Agnus Dei Gerald Near (b. 1942)
Communion Anthem The eyes of all wait upon thee Jean Berger (1909-2002)
Text: Psalm 145: 15, 16
The eyes of all wait upon thee and thou givest them their meat in due season.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Hymn in Procession 680 O God, our help in ages past St. Anne
Voluntary from Suite Gothique: Toccata Léon Boëllmann
During the sixteen years of his professional life, Boëllmann composed about 160 pieces in all genres. Faithful to the style of Franck and an admirer of Saint-Saëns, Boëllmann yet exhibits a turn-of-the-century Post-romantic esthetic, which especially in his organ works, demonstrates “remarkable sonorities.” His best-known composition is Suite gothique (1895), now a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its concluding Toccata, a piece “of moderate difficulty but brilliant effect,” with a dramatic minor theme and a rhythmic emphasis that made it popular even in Boëllmann’s own day. Before his untimely death at age 35, Boëllmann became known as “a dedicated teacher, trenchant critic, gifted composer and successful performer…who coaxed pleasing sounds out of recalcitrant instruments.”
Choral Evensong at 5:00 p.m. sung by the St. John’s Youth and Adult Choirs.
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Service Leaflet
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the St. John’s Youth & Adult Choirs, sermon by the Rev’d Susan Pinkerton.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Adagio Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Processional Hymn 287 For all the saints, who from their labors rest Sine Nomine
Gloria in excelsis S278 William Mathias (1934-1992)
Sequence Hymn 253 Give us the wings of faith to rise San Rocco
Offertory Anthem Agnus Dei from Requiem Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
French composer, Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), is regarded as one of the greatest masters of art song. His contribution to the genre has impacted countless other artists in the twentieth century. As a composer of sacred music, Fauré’s output is significantly smaller, totaling only eight opuses, among them the popular Requiem, Op. 48. Between the ages and thirty-five and forty-five, Fauré struggled with depression. Although he enjoyed a rather successful career, a broken engagement caused his personal life to become unstable, ultimately impacting his output as a composer.
Sanctus S128 William Mathias
Fraction Anthem S166 Agnus Dei Gerald Near (b. 1942)
Communion Anthem Pie Jesu from Requiem Gabriel Faure
Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem.
Dona eis requiem sempiternam requiem.
Merciful Jesus, Lord, grant them rest.
Grant them rest, eternal rest.
Hymn in Procession 293 I sing a song of the saints of God Grand Isle
Voluntary Choral Song Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
Celtic Contemplative Worship at 4:30 p.m., beginning with silent meditation.
Worship at Home:
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Note that the webcast recording will include the full service, which includes lengthy periods of silence. You can use that time for personal meditation, or use the fast-forward feature to move ahead.
The monthly Celtic service, a joint endeavor of St. John’s and St. James’s, centers on contemplation, connections to the earth, and healing and transformation through meditation and prayer. The service, featuring brief readings and reflections, beautiful music from a variety of traditions, and prayers, is held on the first Sunday of the month, October through June, at St. John’s. The service begins at 4:30 with a period of silence for reflection and preparation.