Service Previews & Livestreamed Videos
Below is information on each main 10:30 Sunday service, 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.
Our 10:30 Sunday services and select special services are livestreamed 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. with the St. John’s Choir School, sermon by the Rev’d Todd FitzGerald.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary
Trumpet Tune Henry Heron (1738-1795)
Prelude Robert Paoli (b. 1991)
Processional Hymn 556 Rejoice ye pure in heart! Marion
Gloria S280 Robert Powell (b. 1932)
Sequence Hymn 593 Lord, make us servants of your peace Dickinson College
Offertory Anthem O gracious light Michelle Horsley (b. 1990)
O gladsome light!
O gladsome light of the holy glory of the immortal Father,
heavenly, holy blessed Jesus Christ.
Now that we have come to the setting of the sun
and we behold the light of evening,
We praise you, God!
We praise you God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
For it is right at all times to give praise.
Oh Son of God! O Giver of life!
Therefore the world glorifies Thee!
Sanctus S130 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fraction anthem S164 Jesus, lamb of God Franz Schubert
Communion Anthem Nunc Dimittis in C minor George Dyson (1883-1964)
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. World without end, amen.
Hymn in Procession 438 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Woodlands
Voluntary Processional Robert Paoli (b. 1991)
Bruce Henley, assisting organist
Yingying Xia, organ scholar
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. with the St. John’s Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary
O for a closer walk with God (2015) Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Meditation on Slane (2015) June Nixon (b. 1942)
One of Australia’s best-known organists, choir trainers, and composers, June Nixon was the first woman to be granted the John Brooke prize for the Choir Training Diploma at the Royal College of Organists in London. In 1968 she was the winner of the Australian National Organ Competition, and in 1973, was appointed Organist and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. She retired from this position in February 2013 and is now Organist Emerita. Nixon is a widely published composer, both in the USA and England, writing music that is accessible and enjoyable for both musicians and listeners. Several cathedral choirs have recorded her works, and her arrangement of the traditional carol The Holly and the Ivy was included in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kingʼs College, Cambridge.
Processional Hymn 381 Thy strong word did cleave the darkness Ton-y-Botel
Gloria S280 Robert Powell (b. 1932)
Sequence Hymn 629 We limit not the truth of God Halifax
Offertory Anthem O for a closer walk with God Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Words: William Cowper (1731-1800), found at Hymn 683
Sanctus S130 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fraction anthem S164 Jesus, lamb of God Franz Schubert
Communion Anthem O send out your light, 2009 Scott Lamlein (b. 1972)
Words: Psalm 43:1-2
O send out your light and your truth, let them lead me;
Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy;
And I will praise you with the harp.
O send out your light and your truth, let them lead me, O God, my God.
Communion Hymn 302 Father, we thank thee who hast planted Rendez à Dieu
Hymn in Procession 488 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart Slane
Voluntary Carillon Herbert Murrill (1909-1952)
The English organist, choral conductor, broadcasting executive, and composer, Herbert (Henry John) Murrill, studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He occupied various posts as organist and choral director, and was Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1936 he joined the staff of the BBC, where he was program organizer, finally reaching the post of Head of Music in 1950.
Bruce Henley, assisting organist
Yingying Xia, organ scholar
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. with the St. John’s Choir School and Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Todd Fitzgerald.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Aria Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
This Aria was originated in 1943 as the slow movement of a Sonata for trumpet and piano, and it is still a permanent fixture on exam syllabuses for aspiring young trumpeters. Peeters himself arranged it for organ. The expressive melody unfolds above an accompaniment of soft repeated chords. As in so much of his finest work, there is a simplicity and sincerity in this music that speaks directly to the heart.
Processional Hymn 474 When I survey the wondrous cross Rockingham
Gloria S280 Robert Powell (b. 1932)
Sequence Hymn 674 Forgive our sins as we forgive Detroit
Offertory Anthem Thou God of truth and love Malcolm Archer (b. 1952)
Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Thou God of truth and love,
We seek thy perfect way,
Ready thy choice to approve,
Thy providence to obey:
Enter into thy wise design,
And sweetly lose our will in thine.
Why hast thou cast our lot
In the same age and place?
And why together brought
To see each other’s face?
To join with softest sympathy,
And mix our friendly souls in thee?
Didst thou not make us one,
That we might one remain,
Together travel on,
And bear each other’s pain;
Till all thy utmost goodness prove,
And rise renewed in perfect love?
O may thy Spirit seal
Our souls unto that day,
With all thy fulness fill,
And then transport away!
Away to our eternal rest,
Away to our Redeemer’s breast!
Malcolm Archer’s setting of this Charles Wesley text contains a highly lyrical melody and emotional connection. Pay special attention to the dramatic treatment of the middle verse: “Didst Thou not make us one, that being one we must remain? Together, travel on, and bear each others’ pain.” The text and tune lift up a universal message of following Christ, serving others, and God being with us in times of trouble.
Sanctus S130 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fraction anthem S164 Jesus, lamb of God Franz Schubert
Communion Motet Oculi omnium Charles Wood (1866-1926)
Words: Psalm 144:15
Oculi omnium in te spirant Domine: et tu das illis escam in tempore opportune. Gloria tibi Domine. Amen.
The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: and thou givest them their meat in due season. Glory be to thee, O Lord. Amen.
Communion Hymn 305 Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest Rosedale
Hymn in Procession 344 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing Sicilian Mariners
Voluntary Voluntary on Sicilian Mariners Carson Cooman (b. 1982)
Yingying Xia, organ scholar
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. with the St. John’s Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Prelude on Hyfrydol Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Processional Hymn 432 O praise ye the Lord! Laudate Dominum
Gloria S280 Robert Powell (b. 1932)
Sequence Hymn 137 O wondrous type! O vision fair Wareham
Offertory Anthem My God, how wonderful thou art Richard Scarth (b. 1983)
Words: Frederick William Faber (1814-1863)
My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright,
How beautiful Thy mercy seat,
In depths of burning light!
How wonderful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless pow’r,
And awesome purity!
Father of Jesus, love’s reward,
What rapture will it be,
Prostrate before Thy throne to lie,
And ever gaze on Thee!
Sanctus S130 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fraction anthem S164 Jesus, lamb of God Franz Schubert
Communion Motet O nata lux Annabel Rooney (b. 1973)
O nata lux de lumine,
Jesu redemptor saeculi,
dignare clemens supplicum
laudes preces que sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi
dignatus es pro perditis,
Nos membra confer effici,
tui beati corporis.
O born light of light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
mercifully deem worth and accept
the praises and prayers of your supplicants.
Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
for the sake of the lost ones,
Grant us to be made members
of your blessed body.
Annabel McLauchlan Rooney studied in Cambridge with an MPhil and a PhD on eighteenth-century opera. She writes predominantly choral music, and combines this with performance and instrumental teaching. Annabel’s music appears regularly at Evensong at Christ’s College Chapel, and has been performed by choirs including those of the Chapel Royal, and Exeter and Ely Cathedrals. The choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, released a CD of Annabel’s sacred choral music, As a Seed Bursts Forth, in 2019.
Communion Hymn I love to tell the story Hankey
Hymn in Procession 460 Alleluia! sing to Jesus! Hyfrydol
Voluntary Cortège Académique Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973)
Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan was a Canadian orchestral conductor, composer, organist, and Canada’s only “Musical Knight.” He is widely regarded as being Canada’s pre-eminent musician, from the 1920s through the 1950s. His contributions to the development of music in Canada were sustained and varied, as conductor, performer, composer, administrator, lecturer, adjudicator, writer, humourist, and statesman.
Christopher Houlihan, guest organist and choirmaster
Yingying Xia, organ scholar
Celtic Contemplative Service at 5:00pm in Hubbard Hall
This service is in-person only.
Holy Eucharist Rite II with Imposition of Ashes at 12:00pm and 7:00 p.m. sung by the St. John’s Schola, sermon by the Rev’d Todd FitzGerald.
Additional Ash Wednesday Services will be offered for families on Tuesday, February 21, at 7:00pm, and a morning service on Wednesday, February 22, at 7:00am.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Have mercy on me, Lord my God
Processional Hymn 143 The glory of these forty days Erhalt uns, Herr
Offertory Anthem Hide not thou thy face Richard Farrant (1535-1580)
Words: Psalm 27, 10
Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord, and cast not off thy servants in thy displeasure;
for we confess our sins unto thee, and hide not our unrighteoussness.
For thy mercy’s sake, for thy mercy’s sake deliver us from all our sins.
Richard Farrant was an English composer, musical dramatist, theater founder, and Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. During his life he was able to establish himself as a successful composer, develop the English drama considerably, found the first Blackfriars Theatre, and be the first to write verse-anthems.
Communion Motet Ave verum corpus Stephanie Martin
Words attributed to Pope Innocent VI (d. 1362)
Ave, verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum immolatum in Cruce pro homine,
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine, esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine.
Hail, true body born of the Virgin Mary, who truly suffered, sacrificed on the Cross for man,
Whose pierced side overflowed with blood, Be for us a foretaste in the test of death.
Hymn in Procession 674 Forgive our sins as we forgive Detroit
Yingying Xia, organ scholar