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 Youth and Adult Choirs, sermon by the Rev’d Susan Pinkerton.
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Service Music:
Voluntary
Tuba Tune on Laudate Dominum (2015) June Nixon (b. 1942)
Andantino Charles Tournemire (1870-1939)
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 Christ whose glory fills the skies T. Frederick H. Candlyn (1892-1964)
Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788), found at Hymn 7
T. Fredrick H. Candlyn was a Briton who emigrated to the U.S. to undertake church music in New York, first at St. Paul’s, Albany and later at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. His style is in line with the Wesley family and other very “tuneful” composers. One of his most beloved works, Christ, whose glory fills the skies uses a soaring melody for the first and final stanzas, while the second stanza is a completely different four-part texture. Text painting occurs at words such as “unaccompanied” when the organ stops playing.
Sanctus S130 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Fraction Anthem S164 Jesus, lamb of God Franz Schubert
Music at Communion O nata lux Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
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.
Hymn in Procession 618 Ye watchers and ye holy ones Lasst uns erfreuen
Voluntary Fanfare John Cook (1918-1984)
A trumpet mardi gras for organ! This is the last time we’ll hear the Trompette-en-Chamade (horizontal trumpet over the main entrance) and Trompette Harmonique (high pressure trumpet in the chancel) in worship until Easter Sunday, as Lent begins this coming week.
Assisting Organist: Bruce Henley
Choral Evensong at 5:00 p.m. sung by Voices of Concinnity.
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Service Leaflet
Holy Eucharist Rite II with Imposition of Ashes at 7:00 p.m. sung by the St. John’s Schola, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Antiphon III Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
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.
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.
An award-winning composer and conductor, Stephanie Martin has wide musical interests ranging from Gregorian chant to gamelan; from Froberger to folksong. A guardian of musical heritage and a creative collaborator, she is known for imaginative programming and for creating sustainable musical communities.
Hymn in Procession 674 Forgive our sins as we forgive Detroit
St. John’s Schola: Anne Harney, Kara Hart, soprano; Helen Douglas, Betty Knorr, alto; Scott Lamlein, Odanice Olibrice, tenor; Rich Barstow, John Church, bass
Organ Scholar: Ted Babbitt
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the Adult Choir, sermon by the Rev’d Margie Baker.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Praeludium Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
The organ prelude and postlude are by Zoltán Kodály, who revolutionized the method by which we teach music theory and especially ear training to students of music.
Silent Procession
Kyrie eleison S-84 Gregorian Chant, Orbis factor
Lent brings us an opportunity for deeper reflection, as we take a break from musical fanfares and descants, and replace them with a silent procession and meditative chant. The service music that we will sing during Lent is all from the Gregorian Missal; both the Sanctus and Agnus Dei were famously set in Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem.
Sequence Hymn 142 Lord, who throughout these forty days St. Flavian
Offertory Anthem Kyrie eleison from Messe Solennelle Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Sanctus Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme
Fraction Anthem Agnus Dei Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme
Communion Anthem Call to remembrance Richard Farrant (1535-1580)
Text: Psalm 25, 5-6
Call to remembrance, O Lord,
Thy tender mercies and Thy loving kindness,
which hath been ever of old.
O remember not the sins and offences of my youth:
but according to Thy mercy think Thou on me,
O Lord, for Thy goodness.
Hymn in Procession 690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah Cwm Rhondda
Voluntary Ite, missa est from Organoedia ad missam lectam Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Assisting Organist: David Chrzanowski
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 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.
Holy Eucharist Rite II at 10:30 a.m. sung by the Youth and Adult Choirs, sermon by the Rev’d Bill Eakins.
Worship at Home:
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Service Music:
Voluntary Solemn melody Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Final: Andante (Sonata VI) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Silent Procession
Kyrie eleison S-84 Gregorian Chant, Orbis factor
Sequence Hymn 604 When Christ was lifted from the earth San Rocco
Offertory Anthem Lift thine eyes, He watching over Israel (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn
Words: Psalm 121:1-3 and Psalm 121:4, Psalm 138:7
Lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh help.
Thy help cometh from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
He hath said, thy foot shall not be moved, thy keeper will never slumber.
He, watching over Israel, slumbers not nor sleeps.
Shouldst thou, walking in grief, languish, he will quicken thee.
Sanctus Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme
Fraction Anthem Agnus Dei Gregorian Chant, Deus Genitor alme
Communion Anthem God so loved the world Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
Text: John 3:16
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son
that whosoever believeth in him,
should not perish but have everlasting life.
Bob Chilcott, described by The Observer as “a contemporary hero of British Choral Music,” has become one of the most widely performed composers of choral music in the world. His God so loved the world is described by Oxford University Press as “fresh and unsentimental, this setting is as beautiful as the familiar anthem by Stainer of this much-loved text, and a worthy alternative.”
Hymn in Procession 473 Lift high the cross Crucifer
Voluntary Fugue (Sonata VI) Felix Mendelssohn
Assisting Organist: Bruce Henley