Church of the Messiah (Episcopal), Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

                                                                                       
Music Schedule Archive

2007-2008 Music Schedule

 September 9, 2007 - Pentecost 14
   Opening Hymn: #400 (v.1 4, 5, 7) - All creatures of our God and King
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 139
   Gradual Hymn: #304 - I come with joy to meet my Lord
   Offertory:
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion:
   Closing Hymn: #493 - Lift high the cross

 September 16, 2007 - Pentecost 15
   Opening Hymn: #410 - Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 14
   Gradual Hymn: # 469 - There's a wideness in God's mercy
   Baptism Hymn: #296 - We know that Christ is raised
   Offertory: Christ in the Rubble - Colgan (chancel choir, junior choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion:Hymn #327-Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord (chancel & junior choir)
   Closing Hymn: #411 - O bless the Lord, my soul!

 September 23, 2007 - Pentecost 16
   Opening Hymn: #11 - Awake, my soul, and with the sun
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 79
   Gradual Hymn: #488 - Be thou my vision
   Offertory: When Rooks Fly Homeward - Baynon (chancel choir, junior choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Jesus Took the Cup - Hopson (chancel choir, junior choir)
   Closing Hymn: #368 - Holy Father, great Creator

 September 30, 2007 - Pentecost 17
   Opening Hymn: #37 - Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 91
   Gradual Hymn: #606 - Where true charity and love prevail
   Offertory: Ubi caritas - Durufle (chancel choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Taste & See (chancel choir, bell choir)
   Closing Hymn: #562 (v.1, 4-5) - Onward, Christian soldiers

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October 7, 2007 - Pentecost 18
   Opening Hymn: #530 - Spread, O spread, thou mighty word
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 137
   Gradual Hymn: #660 - O Master, let me walk with thee
   Offertory: Hope for Resolution - Caldwell (chancel choir, junior choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Hymn #301/302 - Bread of the world/Father, we thank thee
   Closing Hymn: #541 - Come, labor on. Who dare stand idle

 October 14, 2007 - Pentecost 19
   Opening Hymn: #493 - O for a thousand tongues to sing
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 66
   Gradual Hymn: #567 - Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
   Offertory: Gesitliches Lied - Brahms (chancel choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: I Am the Living Bread - McCabe (chancel choir)
   Closing Hymn: #397 - Now thank we all our God

 October 21, 2007 - Pentecost 20
   Opening Hymn: #690 - Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 119
   Gradual Hymn: #632 - O Christ, the Word Incarnate
   Offertory: tbd (bell choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Bell Communion - Rosen (bell choir)
   Closing Hymn: #556 - Rejoice, ye pure in heart!

 October 28, 2007 - Pentecost 21
   Opening Hymn: #656 - Blest are the pure of heart
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 65
   Gradual Hymn: #517 - How lovely is thy dwelling place
   Offertory: Like as the Hart - Tobias (chancel choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: #309 - O food to pilgrims given - Bach (chancel choir)
   Closing Hymn: #505 - O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God

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November 4, 2007 - Pentecost 22
   Opening Hymn: #546 - Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 149
   Gradual Hymn: #643 - My God how wonderful thou art
   Offertory: Quoniam tu solus sanctus/Cum Sancto Spiritu (from Gloria) - Vivaldi
          (chancel  choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Et in terra pax hominibus (from Gloria) - Vivaldi (chancel choir)
   Closing Hymn: #489 - The great Creator of the worlds

 November 11, 2007 - Pentecost 23
   Opening Hymn: #372 - Praise to the living God!
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 145
   Gradual Hymn: #404 - We shall extol you, ever-blessed Lord
   Offertory: tbd (bell choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: tbd (chancel choir)
   Closing Hymn: #401 - the God of Abraham praise

November 18, 2007 - Pentecost 24
   Opening Hymn: #569 - God the Omnipotent
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: Canticle 9
   Gradual Hymn: #558 - Faith of our fathers
   Offertory: Kyrie/The Dream - Rosen (chancel choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: tbd (junior choir)
   Closing Hymn: #680 - Our God, our help in ages past

November 25, 2007 - Last Sunday After Pentecost 
   Opening Hymn: #494 - Crown Him with many crowns
   Gloria: S-280
   Psalm: 46
   Gradual Hymn: #460 (v.1, 3 & 4) - Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!
   Offertory: The Death of David (from King David) - Honegger (chancel choir, bell choir)
   Offertory Hymn: #380
   Sanctus: S-129
   Agnus Dei: S-164
   Communion: Hymn #335 - I am the bread of life (chancel choir)
   Closing Hymn: #423 - Immortal, invisible, God only wise

 

  2006-2007 music schedule (offertories and communions)

September 9, 2006 - Pentecost 14
   Offertory: My God, how wonderful thou art – Faber (choir, quartet)
   Communion: Jesus Took the Cup – Hopson (choir, junior choir)

September 16, 2006 - Pentecost 15
   Offertory: Cantique de Jean Racine – Faurι (quartet)
   Communion: I am the Living Bread- McCabe (choir)

 September 23, 2006 - Pentecost 16
  
Offertory: God’s Aid – Mawby (women’s choir, bells)
   Communion: Hymn #333 – Now the silence (choir)

 September 30, 2006 - Pentecost 17
   Offertory: Old 100th – Vaughan Williams (choir)
   Communion: Hymn #309 – O food to pilgrims given (choir)

 October 7, 2006 - Pentecost 18
   Offertory: Prayer of St. Richard - White (junior choir)
   Communion: Adoramus te – Palestrina (choir, flute)

 October 14, 2006 - Pentecost 19
   Offertory: Set Me as a Seal – Clausen (choir)
   Communion: Draw Us in the Spirit’s Tether – Friedell (choir)

 October 21, 2006 - Pentecost 20
   Offertory: Hyfrydol (bells)
   Communion: Simple Gifts (bells); Create in Me a Clean Heart – Freylinghausen (choir)

 October 28, 2006 - Pentecost 21
   Offertory: Soon and Very Soon – Crouch (choir, folk)
   Communion: Jesus Took the Cup – Hopson (choir, junior choir)

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 November 5, 2006 - Pentecost 22
   Offertory: Come Down, O Love Divine – Carter (choir)
   Communion: Jesus – Rosen (choir, bells)

 November 12, 2006 - Pentecost 23
  
Offertory: Cantate Domino – Pitoni (choir)
   Communion: I am the living Bread – McCabe (choir)

November 19, 2006 - Pentecost 24
  
Offertory: Samachti – Osborne (choir, junior choir)
   Communion: Set Me as a Seal – Clausen (choir)

 November 26, 2006 - Last Sunday After Pentecost
  
Offertory:  Laudamus te (from Gloria)-Vivaldi (J. Keener, S. McCarty)
   Communion: Draw us in the Spirit’s Tether – Friedell (choir)

December 3, 2006 - Advent 1
   Offertory: Out Under the Sky – Wagner (bells)
   Communion: Adoramus te – Palestrina (choir, flute)

 December 10, 2006 - Advent 2
  
Offertory: Child of Light – Kantor (choir, junior choir)
   Communion: Taste and See – Berthier (choir, alto, junior choir, bells)

December 17, 2006 - Advent 3
   Offertory: Comfort ye/Every valley shall be exalted (tenor)
   And the Glory of the Lord (from Messiah) – Handel (choir)
   Communion: God’s Aid – Mawby (women’s choir, bells)

 December 24, 2006 - Advent 4
  
Offertory: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (from Messiah) – Handel (quartet)
   Communion: Jesus – Rosen (choir, bells)

 December 31, 2006 -  - Christmas 1
  
Offertory: (choir or solo tbd)
   Communion: Hymn #333 – Now the silence

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 January 7, 2007 - Epiphany 1
   Offertory: Christmas Bells - Ferko
   Communion: #327 – Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord

 January 14, 2007 - Epiphany 2
   Offertory: The people who in darkness (from Messiah) – Handel (Justin Johnson, bass)
   Communion: Hymn #301 – Bread of the world/Hymn #302 – Father, we thank thee

 January 21, 2007 - Epiphany 3
   Offertory: tbd (Wendy McNally, piano)
   Communion: tbd (Wendy McNally, piano)

 January 28, 2007 - Epiphany 4
  
Offertory: Holy Spirit, truth divine – Carter (Chancel Choir)
   Communion: A Celtic Blessing – Wagner (w. bells) 

February 4, 2007 - Epiphany 5
   Offertory: Wade in the Water – trad. (w. junior choir)
   Communion: Bread of Heaven - White 

February 11, 2007 - Epiphany 6
  
Offertory: Salvation is Created – Tschesnokoff (a cappella)
   Communion: tbd 

February 18, 2007 - Last Sunday After Epiphany
   Offertory: tbd (bells)
   Communion: Jesus Took the Cup - Hopson

February 25, 2007 - Lent 1
  
Offertory: When Jesus Wept - Billings
   Communion: I Am the Living Bread - McCabe

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March 4, 2007 - Lent 2
  
Offertory: Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin - Donne
   Communion: tbd (organ) 

March 11, 2007 - Lent 3
  
Offertory: Help Us, O Lord - Copland
   Communion: Hymn #309 – O Food to pilgrims given 

March 18, 2007 - Lent 4
  
Offertory: What Wondrous Love is This? - traditional (Bell Choir)
   Communion: Jesus – Rosen (w. bells) 

March 25, 2007 - Lent 5
  
Offertory: Abenlied - Rhineberger
   Communion: Set Me As a Seal - Clausen (Chancel Choir)

April 1, 2007 - Palm Sunday
   Offertory: Crucifixus - Bach
   Communion: organ (Bach - tbd)

April 8, 2007 - Easter Sunday
  
Offertory: Easter (Mystical Song #1) – Vaughan Williams (Chancel Choir, Reid
         Westenberg, baritone)
   Communion: Adoramus te – Palestrina/Christus Factus Est – Anerio (Chancel Choir)

April 15, 2007 -   Second Sunday of Easter
   Offertory: tbd (Cindy Schwebel - soprano)
   Communion:

April 22, 2007 - Third Sunday of Easter
   Offertory: tbd (Tom Glorioso - tenor)
   Communion:

April 29, 2007 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
  
Offertory: The Lord is My Shepherd (from Requiem) - Rutter
          (Chancel Choir, Joy Keener - soprano, tbd - oboe)
   Communion: Hymn #343, Hymn #664 (Chancel Choir, Shana McCarty - alto)

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May 6 - Fifth Sunday of Easter
   Offertory: The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Lutkin (Chancel Choir, Junior Choir)
   Communion: tbd (organ)

May 13, 2007 - Sixth Sunday of Easter
   Offertory: Who Am I? - Hall (Amanda Prezuhy & Emily Prezuhy - vocals,
          Rick Rosen - piano)
   Communion: Jesus Took the Cup (Hopson)

May 20, 2007 - Seventh Sunday of Easter
  
Offertory: Prayer of St. Richard - White (Chancel Choir)
   Communion: I Am the Living Bread - McCabe (Chancel Choir)

May 27, 2007 - The Day of Pentecost
  
Offertory:
   Communion: Hymn #325 - Let us break bread together on our knees; 
                       #335 - I am the bread of life

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