tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29716226165059015662024-02-07T05:52:55.553-07:00Lofty Pew Notes by LanaMusic and Liturgy connection for Sundays at Grace Anglican Church, Boise, IdahoLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-52786461823439466142011-12-17T11:11:00.000-07:002011-12-17T11:11:08.122-07:00Looking Forward and looking back<span style="color: blue; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">
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Sunday in Advent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><img datasize="4847" height="144" id="MA32584761-0001" src="aoladp://MA32584761-0001/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" width="119" /><img datasize="4847" height="144" id="MA32584761-0002" src="aoladp://MA32584761-0002/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3" width="119" /><img datasize="4847" height="144" id="MA32584761-0003" src="aoladp://MA32584761-0003/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" width="119" /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><img datasize="4847" height="144" id="MA32584761-0004" src="aoladp://MA32584761-0004/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" width="119" /></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 Samuel
7:1-11,16<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
BCP<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Canticle, Luke
1:46-55<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Romans
16;26-38<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Be early for this special
Prelude<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gretchen Ediger, Flute<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pat O’Neil, Organ</span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Looking Forward and looking back<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This season of Advent not only has us looking forward to the return
of Christ, but we also look back in order to look forward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The birth of Jesus was itself looked forward
to, and as we remind ourselves that He is due to return, we remember some of
those prophecies that were to predict His birth in Bethlehem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only do they come from the Old Testament,
but some of them became enshrined as antiphons (brief texts for liturgical use
before and after canticles) even after the New Testament period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Magnificat</b> is said or sung every day at
Evening Prayer, but in the run-up to Christmas, these special verses (the
“Advent antiphons”), recalling the prophecies associated with Mary’s acceptance
of her calling to be the mother of Jesus, were added, giving extra poignancy to
the oft-sung text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is therefore a
slight irony in the fact that while <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“O
come, O come, Emmanuel</b>” is a great Advent hymn, it is not ideally suited to
the beginning of Advent after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
most appropriate as an end-of-Advent hymn, to be sung when one of the verses
might coincide with the appropriate antiphon for the particular day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span>As a call to worship at Grace Anglican Church, the cantors have sung one
verse of this hymn each Sunday, adding verses as Advent progresses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Sunday we will sing 4 verses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The closing hymn of the day to be sung by the
congregation, will be all 8 verses of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O
Come, O Come Emmanuel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Here is the
story of this Advent Hymn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Come,
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel"
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">is
probably the oldest <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Christmas carol
still sung today This popular hymn </span>dates <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">back </span>to the ninth century and
represents an important<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> and ancient
series of services celebrated by the </span>church. It also presents the
different biblical roles that the church believed Jesus fulfilled. The universal
nature of faith presented in this song can now be best seen by the fact that it
has crossed over from a hymn sung in Latin and used in only formal Catholic
masses to a <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">carol translated
</span>into, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">scores of languages and
embraced by every Christian denom</span>ination in the
world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The writer of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is unknown. He was no
doubt a monk or priest who penned the words <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">before 800 A.D. He was also a scholar with a
rich knowledge of </span>both the Old and New Testaments. Once completed, the
hymn was <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">evidently</span> picked up by
many European churches and monasteries and<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span>became an intensely important part
of the church. Yet for fifty-one weeks of each year it was <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">ignored</span>, saved for a single week of
Advent vespers leading up to the celebration of Christ's
birth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">In its original form, “O Come, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel” was known as a song
of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">"Great Antiphons" or “Great
O's."</b> The Latin text, framed in the original seven different verses,
represented the different biblical views of the Messiah. One verse per day was
sung or chanted during the last seven days before
Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Much more than the very simple, almost monotone melody employed at
the time, the words painted a rich illustration of the many biblical prophesies
fulfilled by Christ's birth. So the stor<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">y</span> of “O Come, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel” is really a
conden<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">s</span>ed study of the Bible's
view of the Messiah-who he was, what he represented and why he had to <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">come </span>to Earth. Even to this day, if
one is a proficient Bible student, the song's lyrics reveal the unfolding story
of the Messiah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">For the people of the Dark Ages-few of whom read or had access to
the Bible-the song was one of the few examples of the full story of how the New
and Old Testament views of the Messiah came together in the birth and life of
Jesus. Because it brought the story of Christ the Savior to life during hundreds
of years of ignorance and darkness, “O Come, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel” ranks as one of the
most important songs in the history of the Christian
faith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The song owes its worldwide acceptance to a man named John Mason
Neale. Born on January 24, 1818, this Anglican priest was educated at
<st1:placename w:st="on">Trinity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:place></st1:city>. Brilliant, a man who <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">could</span> write and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">speak</span> more than twenty languages, he
should have been destined for greatness, yet many feared his intelligence and
insight. At the time, church leaders thought lie was too e<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">v</span>angelical, too progressive, and too
much a freethinker to be allowed to influence the masses. So <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">rather</span> than get a pastorate in
<st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>, Neale was sent by the church to the
<st1:placename w:st="on">Madiera</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Islands</st1:placetype> off the northwest coast of <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place>. Pushed out of the spotlight and given the position
of warden in an all but forgotten locale, it wa<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">s</span> expected that he and his ideas
would never again find root in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Yet Neale refused to give up
on God or his own calling. On a salary of just twenty-seven pounds a year <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">he </span>established the Sisterhood of St.
Margaret. From this order he began an orphanage, a school for girls and a house
of refuge for prostitutes. And these noble ministries were just the
beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">When he wasn't ministering to those who could truly be called
<sup>“</sup>the least of these,” the often frail and sickly Neale reviewed every
facet of Scripture and Scripture-based writing he could find. It was during
these studies that lie came across the Latin chant “O Come, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel” in a book called
<i>Psalteroium Cantionum Catholicarum</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">. </span>Seizing on the importance of the
song's inspired text, Neale translated the words into English. Interestingly,
in his initial work, the lyrics began, “Draw nigh, draw nigh,
Emmanuel”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The tune that went with Neale's translation had been used for some
years in Latin text versions of the song. “Veni Emmanuel” was a fifteenth
century processional that originated in a community of French Franciscan nuns
living in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lisbon</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Neale's
translation of the lyrics coupled with “Veni Emmanuel” was first published in
the 185Os in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">England</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Within twenty-five years,
Neale's work, later cut to five verses and called “O Come, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">O </span>Come, Emmanuel” grew in popularity
throughout Europe and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although
sung countless times each Christmas, much of the so</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ng's
rich meaning seems to have been set aside or lost. While both men-the ancient
monk and the exiled priest-would probably be amazed that any still remember
their work, the fact that few<sup> </sup>realize the full impact of the words
would no doubt disappoint them greatly. After <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">all, </span>to sing a song and not feel the
power and majesty of its meaning trivializes both the music and the
lyrics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The first verse of the song is taken from Isaiah 7: 14 and Matthew
1:23. It introduces Emmanuel-“God with us”-and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a
symbol for the Christian world, held captive on a dark and sinful
Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">Isaiah 11 serves as the theme for the verse that begins “O come,
thou rod of Jesse, free" (in some translations this is called the "Branch of
Jesse"). In it the rod of Jesse represents Christ, who is the only one who can
defeat Satan and bring eternal life to all those who follow
him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">“O come, O Dayspring, come and cheer” presents the image of the
morning star, a concept that can be traced back to Malachi 4:2. In this verse,
the song states that the coming Savior will bring justice, honesty, and truth.
He will enlighten and cast out darkness as "The sun of righteousness will rise
with healing in His wings.”<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The lyrics then turn to "O come, thou key of David," a reference
to Isaiah<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">22:22. The words in this verse explain that the newborn King holds
the key to the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>heavenly kingdom and
there is no way to get into the kingdom but through
Him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;">The verse that begins <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“O
come, O come, Adonai”</span> (in some texts this reads “O come, thou wisdom from
on high”) centers on the source of true wisdom. This comes only from God through
his Son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through the Savior, this wisdom
can reach around the world and bring peace and understanding to <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">all men. Thus, Christ's teachings and
examples fulfilled all Old </span>Testament
prophesies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>sung in a public hall by a small group of carolers or during a television
<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">special, </span>the original chants of
long forgotten monks can almost be heard. Although translated into scores of
languages and sung in wild <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">variety</span> of styles and arrangements,
the simplistic yet spiritual nature of the song remains intact. It is reverent,
a tribute to not only the birth of God's child but also to the fulfillment <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">of </span>God's promise to deliver his
children from the world. In this simple hut brilliant song, the echoed voices of
clerics from the past gently urge today’s world to accept and worship the King
who fulfills God's greatest promise to his
children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas</i> by Ace Collins,
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This
Sunday’s gospel is the stirring story of the Annunciation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The angel Gabriel appears and utters the
world premiere of “Ave, Maria.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabriel
calls Mary the favored one and proclaims God’s presence with her. Mary’s
response to the angel, which has been handed on to us as the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Magnificat</b> (“My soul magnifies the
Lord”), is an inspiring profession of faith and acceptance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary’s “yes” to God has helped generations to
be strong, committed, and resolute in the face of poverty, war, persecution and
doubt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In bearing the child of God, she
reminds us that we are the children of God, spiritually descended from the same
heavenly Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The singers in the loft
will sing the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Magnificat </b>canticle<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>as the option to the Psalm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span>The Anthem to be sung from the loft during the Offertory will be a choral
arrangement of a Basque traditional hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A Virgin Knelt in Prayer. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hymn is #265 in Hymnal ‘82.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are quotations from the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Magnificat</b> to be found in this carol,
in the third verse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a brief,
two-minute piece of music, we have the heart of the Annunciation story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will sing of Gabriel arriving and telling
Mary the good news, and there is a lovely foretaste of the later visitation to
the shepherds as the refrain Gloria is used at the end of each verse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The annunciation is the first step toward
that day when the angels will sing “glory,” and all humanity join in, as the
promised Messiah, the Emmanuel, the Savior, is born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the carol is rooted in the scriptural
text, there is an opening out in the last verse where the focus moves away from
describing the event of the Annunciation to the angel telling Mary that one day
“Christian folk throughout the world will ever say, ‘Most highly favored
lady!’”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This brings the story into the
present, just as we have been taken to the past in remembering that very strange
and disconcerting message that Gabriel brought her, all those years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have posted here a link to the rock star,
Sting, singing this lovely Basque carol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How much more modern day can we get?<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;">
</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://youtu.be/GF2BzUDeTkY">http://youtu.be/GF2BzUDeTkY</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
words come from a traditional Basque carol, and were translated by the Reverend
Sabine Baring Gould, author of the hymn “Onward, Christian Soldiers.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The charming tune of </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">GABRIEL’S
MESSAGE</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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originates in the Basque region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord
is with thee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blessed art thou amongst
women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb
Jesus.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></span></div>
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</span>This text must be one of the most common in Western music, because of its
pastoral, maternal and thoroughly human focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Whatever we may think of the theological controversies that surround its
meaning and direction, there is no doubt that the Ave Maria has inspired and
comforted countless generations of Christians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span>It comes as no surprise that the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ave Maria</b> has inspired some beautiful
music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many composers have used it and
the version by Franz Schubert is probably one of the best known and loved
today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gretchen Ediger will solo this
lovely arrangement on her flute accompanied by Pat O’Neil on the organ this week
during the Eucharist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span>Dare we suppose that Mary herself would have been pleased that a setting
of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ave Maria</b> is giving pleasure
and inspiration to those in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy right
here in Boise, Idaho?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we
might!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Sing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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Press<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make straight the way of the Lord </span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">is our admonition in this week’s Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are often reminded to be like Christ, but
we can also be like John the Baptist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What is our equivalent of John’s shouting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can we openly, faithfully, unabashedly
proclaim Christ’s coming?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Sunday we
will sing it in our opening hymn<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>We will use our voices as the instrument
to proclaim His coming 2000 years ago and His imminent second coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This early Latin Advent hymn, abounds in
scripture references; indeed, every line in the Latin original can reasonably
be associated with a passage from scripture, if not as a direct reference, at
least as a reflection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is found in
two tenth-century sources, being assigned to both Lauds (early morning
services) and during Advent. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Here’s
an unabashed plug for the upcoming presentation of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advent Lessons and Carol’s service in Augustana Chapel on <u>Wednesday,
December 14, 7 PM.</u></i> The text and tune of our processional hymn have
gained greater acceptance and use in Anglican churches through their inclusion
in a recording of Advent lessons and carols by the Men and Boys choir of King’s
College, Cambridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Join us for Boise’s
only L&C by the Renaissance Classical Chancel Choir for Boys and Men in
this beautiful candle lit service in Augustana Chapel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Our sequence hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If Thou But
Trust In God To Guide Thee,</b> is an example of the intense and personal
hymnody that developed and grew during and following the devastation of the
Thirty Years War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both the text and
melody were written by Gerg Neumark in the winter of 1640.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tune is named after the composer and was
used by Johann Sebastian Bach in eight cantatas and several organ chorales.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Blest Be the King Whose Coming, </b>the
recessional hymn, was written in 1960 by the Uruguayan Bishop Federico J.
Pagura.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may find the familiar melody
reminding you of Palm Sunday, as we sing the words, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">All Glory Laud and Honor</b>, processing into the sanctuary waving our
palm branches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is paired here with
the Isaiah reading for the third Sunday of Advent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tune </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">VALET
WILL ICH DIR GEBEN </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">was written by Melchior Teschner for the dying following the
devastation of the plague of 1613 in his hometown of Fraustadt, Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
singers in the Lofty Pews will sing an arrangement of the hymn in our hymnal of
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">In the Bleak Midwinter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Christina Georgina Rossetti first
published her poem “A Christmas Carol” in January 1872.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was printed as a hymn in the Episcopal
Hymnal 1940, with this familiar tune.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many have commented that, like certain visual artists, Rossetti has
depicted the Christmas landscape in terms of her own familiar environment:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the English winter climate instead of the
warmer Palestinian weather. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Panis Angelicus </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">will be played on the flute by
Gretchen in the loft during Eucharist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The angelic bread<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">becomes the bread of men;<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The heavenly bread<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ends all prefigurations:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What wonder!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Lord is eaten<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">by a poor and humble servant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Triune God,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We beg of you:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">visit us,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">just as we worship you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By your ways,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">lead us where we are heading,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">to the light in which you dwell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Amen.</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sacris solemniis</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, written by Thomas Aquinas begins with the words "Panis
angelicus" (bread of angels) has often been set to music separately from
the rest of the hymn. Most famously, in 1872 </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck" title="César Franck"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">César Franck</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> set it for
voice, with the words you see printed here in Latin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a video recording of Panis Angelicus
in Latin by the St Philips Boys’ choir, Norbury, UK:<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/esrinHesolk"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://youtu.be/esrinHesolk</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Psalm 126</b> will be sung in Anglican
Chant by the singers in the loft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May we
remember, as we chant the refrain to this Psalm, that “The Lord has done great
things for us, and we are glad indeed!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in this
bleak wintery time of year, let us proclaim the message that Christ’s coming is
near to our families, neighbors, friends and the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Invite them to worship with us at church to
hear the Good News and get ready!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God
calls us to use our varied voices to join the chorus of proclaimers that is
ancient and ever new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awesome indeed is
the power of a voice that answers the call to </span></span><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PREPARE THE WAY
OF THE LORD!</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">S<span style="color: black;">ources:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Wikipedia.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">English Hymns and
Hymn Writers<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YouTube.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deacon
Ronald Jutzy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<br /></div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-17113431393835654312011-11-27T07:15:00.001-07:002011-12-02T16:41:33.288-07:00O Come, O Come Emmanuel! 2<br />
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Sunday in Advent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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85:1-2, 8-13<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">from BCP<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2 Peter 3:8-15<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mark 1:1-8<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O Come, O Come
Emmanuel!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Redeem thy
captive Israel,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That into exile
drear has gone<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Far from the face
of God’s dear son<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shall come to
thee, o Israel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">~~<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O Come, thou
branch of jesse, draw<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The quarry from
the lion’s claw;<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From the dread
caverns of the grave, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">from nether hell,
thy people save<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Emmanuel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shall come to
thee, o Israel</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
second verse of the 15<sup>th</sup> century French carol, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O Come, O Come Emmanuel</b>, will be sung from the loft of Grace Anglican Church in Boise this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As
is the case with several carols and hymns for Advent and Christmas in current
common use, our opening hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hark, a
Thrilling Voice is Sounding </b>has gained greater acceptance and use in
American Churches through the recordings <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of Advent lessons and Carols by the choir of
King’s College, Cambridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hymn is
found in two tenth-century sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
Roman use it is assigned to Lauds (3 AM morning services, often combined with
Prime or Morning Prayer) during Advent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O Day of God, Draw Nigh w</b>ill be the
hymn surrounding the reading of the Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The words were composed and contributed by R.B. Y. Scott for a hymn
sheet of the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order in 1937.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In view of its expressed hope for peace and
justice on the verge of a cataclysmic Second World War, it gained inclusion in
hymnals under the General Hymns in the section, “Social Religion” under the
subsection “War and peace”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text of
the hymn is calling for Christians to pray for God’s promise to “…..make all
things new”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the Offertory,
the choir accompanied by the organ and piccolo, will sing, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Comfort, Comfort Ye My People</b> by John Ferguson, an organist,
composer and teacher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A small church
choir in the loft: </span></span><a href="http://youtu.be/jqhJEO7n8qM"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://youtu.be/jqhJEO7n8qM</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Gretchen
Ediger, flute and Pat O Neil will play the familiar piece from Handel’s
Messiah, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Come Unto Him and He Shall Feed
His Flock</b> during Eucharist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again,
looking forward to Christ’s coming as predicted in Isaiah 40.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">On Jordan’s Banks the Baptists Cry</b>, our
recessional hymn is one of the most widely used of the Advent hymns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is because it was one of the few texts
in the hymnal related to the ministry of John the Baptist and the Baptism of
our Lord. The Gospel reading will make that connection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original Latin text was a hymn, again,
for Lauds during Advent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
published in 1763 in the Paris breviary by Charles Coffin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
is the wilderness that John the Baptist refers to?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It is the
wilderness of solitude, making time to be in contemplative prayer so that we
may deepen our awareness of God’s presence in everything, of Christ’s boundless
compassion and mercy, and of the surprising, ever-changing and life-renewing
movements of the Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wilderness of attachments, where we find the spiritual reserves to break the
chains that keep us in bondage to idols such as money, material goods, power
and fame.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wilderness of that music which springs from God’s own heart, pure in
expression, filled with love and free of prideful affectations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us cultivate this music and convey it’s
truth.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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O Come Emmanuel!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deacon Ron Jutzy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Hymn Writers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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Sunday in Advent<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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B<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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80:1-7, 16-18 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">from BCP<u><o:p></o:p></u></i></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1 Corinthians 1:3-9<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O Come, O Come
Emmanuel!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Redeem thy
captive Israel,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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drear has gone<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Far from the face
of God’s dear son<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rejoice! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rejoice!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Emmanuel<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shall come to
thee, o israel</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As has become our tradition at Grace Anglican Church, we will open
our Advent Sundays with the above ancient call to worship, adding a verse each
Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is believed that this
traditional music stems from a 15<sup>th</sup> Century French processional for
Franciscan nuns but it may also have 6<sup>th</sup> Century Gregorian
origins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is one of the most solemn of
Advent hymns. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Is
Advent a time of somber yearning or one of joyful anticipation?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is surely both, and our worship at Grace
Anglican Church and our music reflect the duality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We contemplate and celebrate both, the first
and second Advents of our Lord, Jesus Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We will sing for our opening processional hymn Charles Wesley’s<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He comes with clouds descending…<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Alleluia!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Christ the Lord returns to reign.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Lo!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He Comes with Clouds Descending”</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How Firm a Foundation</b> will be the hymn
we sing to surround the reading of the Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This hymn is chosen to highlight the reading of 1 Corinthians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hymn has been a favorite for over a
century and a half….and has been sung to many different tunes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The words were written by Charles Wesley and
published as 14 six-line stanzas in John and Charles Wesley’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hymns and Sacred Poems</i> in 1742.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rejoice, Rejoice Believers </b>our
recessional hymn is paired with the Gospel reading of Mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Advent text has been in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hymnal </i>since 1871.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears here with the Welsh hymn tune <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">LLANGLOFFAN.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b>The text has been called one of the
finest hymns written by Laurentius Laurenti, a leading hymn writer of the
German Pietistic school and first published in 1700.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>hymn has been suggested to be sung the First Sunday of Advent in Years A
and B.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are now entering Year B in our
liturgical practice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We sang this hymn
recently when the Gospel reading was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
story of the Bridegroom approaching and the lamps of the virgins had no
oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The choir will sing the first two
verses of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Remember, O Thou Man</b> during the Offertory, calling us to remember
God’s promise to send His Son to redeem the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
words and lyrics of this old Advent/Christmas carol were written by Thomas
Ravenscroft ( 1592-1635).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He started his
career as a chorister at Chichester Cathedral and then moved to London to serve
in St. Paul’s Cathedral. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an
exciting time in London as the Theatres were hugely popular and showing plays by
such noted playwrights as William Shakespeare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ravenscroft grew to know many of the actors and writers of this era and
wrote music to accompany some of the plays that were produced at the Globe
Theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a link to the Advent
verses:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_518860916"> </a></span><a href="http://youtu.be/qGMoGOFQULU">http://youtu.be/qGMoGOFQULU<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">During Advent at Grace Anglican Church
we will strive to set a reflective mood during Eucharist. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contemplate the Isaiah scripture and the somber
words to the flute music from the loft of this familiar spiritual:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My Lord what a morning,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the stars begin to fall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll
hear the sinner mourn,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll
hear a sinner pray<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll
hear a Christian shout,<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You’ll
hear a Christian sing, <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To
wake the nations underground!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking to my God’s right hand<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the stars begin to fall.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">“My Lord, What A Morning”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The season of Advent is a time to call
to mind all the “comings” of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus
came and will come again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wants us to
be a part of that new world, and He helps us and leads us on that journey to
the kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we are confident that
Christ will come again we can live as if it has already taken place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are prepared when we live under the reign
of God—even now before its fulfillment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do we prepare for Christ’s return by
attempting to figure out when it will take place?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would surely help us be better
prepared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, we are told to be ready at
all times for we do not and we cannot know the time of God’s choosing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are the “inter-Advent” people, those
living between Jesus’ first and second coming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most people misunderstood or missed Him completely the first time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will we be ready the second time?<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Deacon Ron Jutzy<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Hymn Writers<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">YouTube.com<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-66196788939725973092011-11-16T07:56:00.000-07:002011-11-16T07:56:30.948-07:00New Year's Eve for Liturgical Christians<div style="text-align: center;">Pentecost 22, November 20, 2011</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>CHRIST THE KING</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Psalm 100 from BCP</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ephesians 1:15-23</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Matthew 25:31-46</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Traditional Collect</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under His most gracious rule; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. <strong>Amen.</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">NEW YEAR’S EVE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The church year comes to a festive close this Sunday of Christ the King. It is the church’s “New Year’s Eve” when we try to sum up the past year and look forward to the next with new eyes and renewed hope.<br />
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The tradition of the church year in an Anglican church walks us through the life of Christ by bringing to the remembrance all that the Lord has done. It is simultaneously the life of the church and of each of its members, as well. For a Savior who was born, lived, and died on this earth knows our lives intimately. And a Savior who came back to life and grants the same to His followers is a story worth repeating.<br />
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And repeat it we do. Though different seasons and festivals highlight specific parts at different times, each time we worship we recount the story. Its familiarity is comforting; its repetition forms and builds up the community. And yet, it is ever new, for the Holy Spirit comes to each person as it will. <br />
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On a day called <em><strong>“Christ the King”</strong></em> we proclaim the glory of God as we are able. Boisterous music and full liturgical celebrations are ways we proclaim and experience the specialness of the festival. <strong>Psalm 100</strong> and <strong>Jubilate, Jubilate Deo</strong> (Let Us Praise You) will be sung from the loft during Eucharist, carrying on the celebration of the King of Kings. The music for Jubilate is attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and arranged by Alan Bullard.<br />
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It would be easy to turn the whole day into a jubilant party—too easy, in fact. Fortunately, the gospel reading comes along to remind us of the rest of the story. It tells us of the nature of this King. <br />
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The recessional hymn, <strong>Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service</strong> was written in 1961 by Albert Bayly, a British Congregational minister, in response to an appeal by the Hymn Society of America. It is rich in scriptural references to the life, ministry and the suffering upon the cross of our Lord. It closely relates the life and mission of Jesus to the lives and responsibilities of contemporary Christians. <br />
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As much as we’d rather just tell of Christ’s glory, we realize that telling only part of the story is not telling the story at all. God’s message is of grace and judgment; Christ’s life was one of the cross and the crown; human life is made up of joy and sorrow. <br />
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The Sovereign has given orders to work, watch, wait and the grace and power to carry them out. Most importantly, He promises to remain with us through it all. Thomas Kelly’s classic hymn – our sequence hymn - celebrates this King’s solidarity with His subjects: <br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>They suffer with their Lord below;</em></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><em>They reign with Him above;</em></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Their profit and their joy to know</em></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em>The mystery of His love. </em></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> “The Head That Once Was Crowned”</span></strong></em></div><br />
Erik Routley says of this hymn, “…here is what is perhaps the finest of all hymns; Thomas Kelly has here comprehended the whole Gospel, and he tells the Good News and of the mysterious mercy by which we may lay hold on it.” Thomas was born July 13, 1769 (180 years and one day before my birthday), in Dublin, the son of an Irish court judge. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, to be a lawyer, he later changed to the Anglican ministry and became a most earnest evangelist, preaching “righteousness by faith” in spite of the prohibitions placed upon him by the archbishop. Refused entry into Anglican churches, he preached in unconsecrated buildings and finally left that communion and built a number of his own churches –with his own money. He died in Dublin on May 14, 1855.<br />
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God comes to us in both our suffering and in our celebrating to lead us through yet another year of grace—a year for telling and singing and living the gift of salvation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Sources:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Wikipedia.com</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Hymnal ’82 Companion</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Companion to the SDA Hymnal </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Deacon Ron Jutzy</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Then Sings My Soul</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>A Treasury of Hymns</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Tune My Heart to Sing</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<strong></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><strong>Hymns and Human Life, Routley</strong></span><br />
Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-73893490752087415362011-11-12T15:44:00.000-07:002011-11-12T15:44:24.795-07:00Use It or Lose it!Pentecost 22, November 13, 2011<br />
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Judges 4:1-7<br />
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Psalm 123 from BCP<br />
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11<br />
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Matthew 25:14-30<br />
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~~~<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use it or lose it</span><br />
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This Sunday’s gospel is Jesus’ parable of the talents. We will read of a wealthy man entrusting his worker with varying amounts of cash as he leaves on a trip and how they invest it-- or not. <br />
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Though “talents” here refers to money, Christians of every era have understood the connection to skills and abilities. There are many important lessons that we can learn from this parable. First of all, talents are not given so much as gifts but as loans. Repayment is assumed; interest is expected. Secondly, not all are given the same amount. We need not waste time worrying about or lamenting our portion; our time is best spent using and increasing what we have been given. Sharing is preferable to comparing. Lastly, those who make good use of their talents receive even more abilities and more opportunities altogether. Jesus has described for us the proverbial admonition, “use it or lose it.”<br />
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The people at Grace Anglican Church have many talents. We have been provided a wonderful arena in the church for our talents to be shared, invested and returned with dividends. We depend on each other, encourage each other, honor each other and pray for each other in our various ministries. As Anglicans we come together with our varied talents to mysteriously portray what God has loaned to each of us in worship to proclaim and praise the source and inspiration for all our gifts. <br />
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Rise Up Ye Saints of God, one of our hymns this Sunday and suggested to go with the parable of the talents. We are admonished in the hymn to: <br />
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“have done with lesser things<br />
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Give heart and soul and mind and strength <br />
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to serve the King of kings.”<br />
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The hymn by William P. Merril, was originally written as an urgent need of a brotherhood hymn. At a time when the brotherhood movement was strong in the Presbyterian Church, this hymn was a trumpet call to men to stand up and be counted for God with the opening words of, “Rise up, O men of God!” Some of us may recall singing those words. For reasons of inclusive language, certain changes have been made. In addition to the substitution of “ye saints” for “O men,” the concluding stanza included the phrase “As brothers of the Son of Man.” It now reads, “and quickened by the Spirit’s power.” Today this hymn is found in most mail-line American hymnals, giving it a strong ecumenical thrust.<br />
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Our service at GAC always opens with the Collect of the Day read by the priest after we sing the “Gloria”. You will always find it at the top of the insert page that has all the scriptures for that Sunday. Our clergy usually read it in contemporary language. Here is what it says this week in traditional language:<br />
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“Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that, by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou has given us in our Savior Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”<br />
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To go with this collect we will sing, O Christ the Word Incarnate, one of the best-known of all hymns for Holy Scripture. This hymn has been in the Hymnal since 1871. Again, there have been some alterations to clarify the misunderstanding of the use of “Word” as it appeared in the original first line of the text, “O Word of God Incarnate” meaning Christ, the Word Incarnate. <br />
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Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round will be the hymn we sing before and after the Gospel is read, but here corresponds to the New Testament reading in Thessalonians, encouraging us to “build up each other.” John W. Chadwick, an American poet, wrote the hymn for his graduation from Harvard Divinity School on June 19, 1864. Composed at a time when there was much anxiety concerning the outcome of America’s Civil War, the hymn is a call for unity, clearly articulated in st. 2, which begins: “We would be one in hatred of all wrong.” <br />
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The composer of the hymn tune, Song 1, was Orlando Gibbons. He was baptized Christmas Day, 1583, at St. Martin’s Church, Oxford. His father was one of the town musicians. Orlando was in King’s College Choir, Cambridge, at age 13, and in 1605 became organist of the Chapel Royal. He held that position for the rest of his life (20 years). He received the B. Mus. From Cambridge in 1606, and in 1622 the honorary D.Mus. was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford. Becoming organist at Westminster Abbey on 1623, he conducted the music for the funeral of King James I. Unfortunately, he fell ill and died at Canterbury Cathedral, June 5, 1625, at the early age of 41, and was buried there. His compositions include anthems, several services of worship, and a wealth of polyphonic choral music. Somehow, his hymn tunes were not appreciated until Ralph Vaughan Williams introduced them in the English Hymnal, 1906; this brought about their revival, which has lasted until the present time.<br />
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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is an ancient chant of Eucharistic devotion based on the verses taken from Habakkuk 2:20. The original was composed in Greek as a Cherubic Hymn in the fourth Century AD. In modern times, the Ralph Vaughn Williams arrangement of a translation from the Greek by Gerard Moultrie to the tune of Picardy, a French medieval folk melody, popularized the hymn among Christian congregations that worship liturgically.<br />
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Below you will find a link to this beautiful piece as sung by the choir and orchestra of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand in June of 1999. The recent earthquake did tremendous damage to this magnificent cathedral. You will see pictures of the beautiful interior if you click on this link as you listen to the music:<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/ufb9_He0EPg">http://youtu.be/ufb9_He0EPg</a><br />
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Here is an organ and English Horn playing it as well. Filmed in what looks to me like an ancient church in St Andrews, Kimbolton…just beautiful! <br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/p-4nuLjkIPk">http://youtu.be/p-4nuLjkIPk</a><br />
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What a marvelous piece of work is each and every person God has created! As we see in just looking over the music we are privileged to use in our services at GAC, men and women throughout the ages have used their God given talents to provide His church with beauty in music. But we all have something important to contribute to the whole. <br />
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Do we want more talent? Then let us wisely and generously use what we have. We may discover that we already have more than we ever imagined.<br />
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What is your unique role? Are you using it?<br />
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Sources:<br />
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Wikipedia.com<br />
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Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
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Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
<br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
<br />
Then Sings My Soul<br />
<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
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YouTube.comLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-38332402627112173892011-11-05T17:43:00.000-06:002011-11-05T17:43:08.911-06:00Give Me Oil in My Lamp, Keep Me Burning....Pentecost 21, November 6, 2011<br />
1928 Book of Common Prayer Service<br />
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25<br />
Psalm 78:1-7 from BCP<br />
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18<br />
Matthew 25:1-13<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Give me oil in my lamp, keep my burning…</strong></span><br />
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On this Sunday after All Soul’s/All Saint’s Days we come together to celebrate with believers of all time. Anglicans stress community, remaining intentional in worship, study and communion with each other as we prepare for the return of our Lord.<br />
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Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers will be the processional hymn this Sunday at Grace Anglican Church in Boise. Watching for the Lord to come is the subject of this hymn, based on Jesus’ parable of the 10 virgins, our Gospel reading. This hymn has been in our Hymnal since 1871. It was first published by Laurentius Laurenti in his Evangelica Melodica, 1700, a collection of words and music for the entire Christian church year. <br />
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Lorenz Lorenzen was born June 8, 1660, in Schleswig (at that time a duchy ruled by Denmark). His father was a town burgess and loved music, so he saw to it that his son was musically educated. Lorenzen studied at the University of Rostock, where he changed his name to the Latin version, Lauarentius Laurenti. In 1684, at the age of 24, he became cantor and director of music at the Cathedral Church of Bremen, Germany, and held this position for 38 years until his death on May 29, 1722. He was 62 years old. Rather young, I must say.<br />
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The tune, LLANGLOFFAN is a melody from Hymnau a Thonau er Gwasanaeth yr Eglwys yng Nghymr (Hymns and Tunes for the service of the Church in Wales, edited by The Rev. Daniel Evans, rector of Corris). David Lewis was well known for collecting and arranging of old Welsh tunes. The resemblance between this tune and the English folk song “The Jolly Miller of Dee” has been noted. <br />
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Here is a link to that tune: <a href="http://ingeb.org/songs/millerof.mid">http://ingeb.org/songs/millerof.mid</a><br />
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The New Testament reading of 1 Thessalonians is complimented by our sequence hymn, Jerusalem, My Happy Home. We will sing of all the saints being united to joyously welcome Jesus’ return to earth.<br />
The author of this hymn was identified simply by the initials of F.B.P. This probably refers to Francis Baker, pater (or priest), a Roman Catholic imprisoned for his faith in the Tower of London during the sixteenth century. Some authorities state that the author was Father Laurence Anderton, who lived during the reign of King Charles I. A British Museum manuscript, which is undated but of the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century, gives a text of 26 four-line stanzas under the title “A Song Made by F.B.P. To the Tune of Diana.” The editors of Hymnal ’82 employ, respectively, stanzas 1, 12, 22, 23 combined with 25, and 6, slightly modified, of the “F. B. P.” version. This text has been in the Hymnal since 1865. <br />
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The music for this hymn is named LAND OF REST. It is to Ralph Vaughan Williams that musicians look with deep admiration for his matching of English Folk tunes with texts in the English Hymnal. A similar sense of gratitude is due Canon C. Winfred Douglas for his extensive use of American folk hymnody in the Hymnal ’40, of which this matching of a classic text with a beautiful American folk hymn tune is an example and a stroke of sheer genius. Perhaps this was paving the way for American Anglicans and British Anglicans to share in the rich tradition of Anglican hymnody.<br />
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Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates, again, a hymn reflecting the saints witnessing the final completion of the restoration with our Lord. The text, originally intended for the first Sunday of Advent, has been in the Hymnal since 1892, however it has a broad use for other Sundays as we match it here with Sunday’s Gospel reading in Matthew.<br />
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Psalm 78:1-7 and the anthem, Jubilate will be the music the singers in the loft present. Jubilate Deo (Let Us Praise You) is attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and arranged by Alan Bullard. It is correlated with the Old Testament reading, reflecting the command of Joshua to the people of Israel to serve and praise the Lord at all times.<br />
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Let us praise you,<br />
Let us praise you,<br />
Father, let us praise you,<br />
We rejoice in you,<br />
O Father,<br />
Let us give you praise.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Jubilate, Jubilate, Jubilate Deo</span><br />
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Remember the Sunday School song, “Give Me Oil In My Lamp, Keep Me Burning?” As we remember and honor all the souls and saints of the church now and all time….We are admonished to keep oil in our lamps. We refuel in our worship, reading the word and coming to the table to form disciples to share the gospel message in our community. <br />
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As we approach Advent, the tension rises in expectation of something we look forward to but “see through a glass darkly.” God has promised to be with us and to fill us, even in our waiting. May our prayer be, <br />
“Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning.” <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Sources:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Hymnal ’82 Companion</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Companion to the SDA Hymnal </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Deacon Ron Jutzy</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Then Sings My Soul</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>A Treasury of Hymns</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Tune My Heart to Sing</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>YouTube.com</strong></span>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-29976603169223936372011-10-29T15:24:00.000-06:002011-10-29T15:24:29.813-06:00ARE YOU PROUD TO BE HUMBLE?Pentecost 20, October 30, 2011<br />
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Joshua 3:7-17<br />
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Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 from BCP<br />
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1 Thessalonians 2:9-13<br />
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Matthew 23:1-12<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are you proud to be humble?</span><br />
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It really is hard to be humble, isn’t it? We are so filled with pride to be called the sons and daughters of God. Our best hope is to stop trying so hard to be humble and strive rather for consistency—our actions consistent with our thoughts, our words consistent with our deeds, our lives consistent with the example of Christ. With this kind of humility we need never worry that we will start to take pride in ourselves.<br />
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Bianco da Siena prayed for this humility in the early 15th century in the sequence hymn for Sunday:<br />
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Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,<br />
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And lowliness become my inner clothing –<br />
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True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,<br />
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And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.<br />
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<strong> “Come Down, O Love Divine”</strong><br />
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Our Hymnal ’82 does not have the above verse, however it was one of the four stanzas that R.F. Littledale included in The People’s Hymnal (London 1867), prepared for Anglicans who felt, as he did, that they might benefit from many Roman Catholic teachings and practices without quitting their own church. <br />
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Richard Frederick Littledale, born September 14, 1833, in Dublin, Ireland, was virtually at the top of his class all the way through his education. He received a B.A., M.A., LL.B and LL.D and if that were not enough, the Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford. Along the way he became a University Scholar First Class, gold medalist in classics and gold medalist in Greek. After ill health forced him to retire from two parishes, he distinguished himself by writing 50 books on theology, history, the liturgy, and hymnology. The hymn tune <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">DOWN AMPNEY</span></strong>, is named after its composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, place of birth, near Cirenchester, Gloucester, England. He wrote it especially for this text and it was included in the English Hymnal, 1906.<br />
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<strong>Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah</strong>, our processional hymn, has been chosen to amplify our Old Testament reading of how Joshua is receiving from God the message that he is going to take over leading the children of Israel from Moses. He will be the authority figure, but must remain humble.<br />
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The text, written by William Williams, first appeared in the Hymnal 1826, and is one of the truly great Welsh hymns to come into use in English. It is universally popular and has been further translated into some seventy-five languages and here matched with the vigorous and widely used Welsh tune <strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">CWM RHONDDA.</span></strong> <br />
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Williams, son of a wealthy farmer, graduated from the university as a physician, intending to become a medical doctor. But hearing a sermon that Howell Harris preached while standing on a gravestone in Talgarth churchyard, he was converted. Soon thereafter, he changed professions to become a physician of the soul—a preacher. He is best remembered, however, for his hymns. He has been called the “Sweet Singer of Wales,” and the “Watts of Wales.” As an itinerate evangelist, he lived as a pilgrim, pressing through the snow of winter, the rains of springtime, and the heat of summer. He was both beaten by mobs (once nearly dying) and cheered by crowds, but in all his travels he sought only to do the will of God until his death at age 74. <br />
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<strong>Tell Out, My Soul the Greatness of the Lord</strong>, our recessional hymn is paired with the day’s Gospel reading. We will sing in v 3:<br />
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Tell out my Soul, the greatness of His might!<br />
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Powers and dominions lay their glory by.<br />
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Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight,<br />
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the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.<br />
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Since its first publication in 1965, this text has found such extensive acceptance and use that it is now found in almost every major English-language hymnal around the world. The text “Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord” was composed by Timothy Dudley-Smith while he was serving in the Church Pastoral Aid Society, a home missionary society of the Church of England. He describes his inspiration was based on the Song of Mary, Luke 1:46-55: “I was reading a review copy of The New English Bible, New Testament, in which the line, ‘Tell out my soul the greatness of the Lord’ appears…I saw in it the first line of a poem, and speedily wrote the rest.”<br />
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<strong>Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37</strong> will be chanted in Anglican chant by the singers in the Lofty Pews. <br />
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During communion, <strong>Non, nobis Domine</strong> is the anthem that will be sung from the loft .<br />
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The Latin words translate to:<br />
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Not to us, not to us, o Lord,<br />
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But to your glory.<br />
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Link to hear it: <span style="color: blue;"><strong>http://youtu.be/3Q8B43TcXwY</strong></span><br />
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The <strong>'Non nobis Domine'</strong> text to which the canon is sung today was apparently taken from the first collect from the thanksgiving service added to the Book of Common Prayer to celebrate the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605. The earliest source of the canon dates from 1620 to 1625 and is preserved in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in the "Bull" manuscript, MS 782, f.122v, where it is anonymous, unbarred and untexted. It is however clear from the repeated notes and the contour of the melody that this version was already designed to fit the 'Non nobis Domine' text, which was evidently sung in a spirit of thanksgiving for deliverance. The canon was published anonymously in three 17th century collections, yet the earliest attribution to a specific composer was made as late as 1715 by Thomas Tudway, who ascribed it to Morley; the woefully inaccurate Dr Pepusch ascribes it to Byrd in his 1731 Treatise on Harmony; and in 1739 the theme is quoted in a concerto by Count Unico Willem van Wassenaer (formerly attributed to Pergolesi) as Canone di Palestrina! The canon is known to have been admired by Mozart and Beethoven, whomever its composer was.<br />
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The theme of the Word on Sunday is cautionary. We must be proud of the gospel in our lives—we are restored to full glory in God’s view. We must be proud of our message to a bewildered world—our mission. But we must remain humble to be effective and true servants to our mission and eternally grateful for God’s grace in our lives<br />
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Sources:<br />
<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
<br />
Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
<br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
<br />
Then Sings My Soul<br />
<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
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YouTube.com<br />
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Web : http://www.cpdl.orgLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-54718045791073099232011-10-22T15:44:00.000-06:002011-10-22T15:44:12.342-06:00Either/Or or BOTH?Pentecost 19, October 23, 2011<br />
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Deuteronomy 34:1-12<br />
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Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 from BCP<br />
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1 Thessalonians 2:1-8<br />
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Matthew 22:34-46<br />
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Watch the priest or read the liturgy? Watch the choir director or the music? Diet or exercise? Love or discipline? Obviously, the answer in each of these questions is “both.” That quick response would likely be followed by a longer explanation to point out that the two parts of each question are not options or in competition with each other but different aspects of the same truth. Simplistic and legalistic minds always want one correct answer. But simple answers have one thing in common—they are usually incomplete. <br />
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So it is in Sunday’s gospel when the Pharisees ask, “Which commandment of the law is the greatest?” Jesus answers, “You shall love he Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” But He cannot let it drop there; He needs to tell them the rest of the story, adding, “And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus refuses to separate these two pillars of the faith. Neither is quite right without the other, He wants them to know. <br />
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Some think there is no way to do both, so they will choose to do ONE and try to do it really well. We need not look far to see those who try to ignore the distractions of the world so they can concentrate on being holy, or those who are so busy doing for others that they forget the source and sustainer of life. Or parents who discipline without love or love without discipline. What about Christians who are undernourished from refusing the promised means of grace? Such people are all around us, and they are often in us.<br />
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Is it, then, simply a matter of valuing both sides of the issue and trying to balance them? Still not quite right. Jesus tells us that upon these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. This is one ultimate commandment with two, interdependent sides. Love of God results in love of neighbor; we can love our neighbor only because God loves us. Such a balanced faith frees us from attempting the balancing act, frees us from keeping track of points, frees us from ourselves, and frees us for service. <br />
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How can such a faith be ours? It is given as a gift from the one who proclaimed and lived a life of integrated love and service. <br />
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Our Deuteronomy text shows Moses devotion to God and Israel. Moses, at age 81 was ready for retirement when he persuaded Pharroh to let God’s people go. He further had such deep faith in God and God’s chosen people that he chose to lead them for another 40 years to the promised land even though he was not allowed to go with them. The people he led unselfishly, reached their goal. Moses, even in his headstrong ways, was allowed by God to reach the heavenly goal. What an example! O God, Our Help In Ages Past will be our processional hymn. The text by Isaac Watts is probably not only his best-known work, but one of his finest. A masterful paraphrase of Ps. 90:1-5, it can be found in practically every English-language hymnal around the world. John Wesley, who altered the opening from “Our God our help” to “O God, our help” printed the original 9 verses in his Collection of Psalms and Hymns (London, 1738). The Hymnal 1982 presents us with 6 verses. Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 will be sung by the choir in Anglican Chant.<br />
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Link to Westminster Cathedral, complete with Boys Choir, singing this hymn:<br />
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http://youtu.be/asrwlIxLeko<br />
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God of Mercy God of Grace, our 2 verse sequence hymn, was written by Henry Francis Lyte, born in Ednam Scotland in 1793 and died in Nice, France in 1847. Deserting an early intention to pursue a medical career, Lyte took holy orders in 1815 and served several curacies before being appointed perpetual curate at the fishing village of Lower Brixham, Devon, in 1823.<br />
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Ubi Caritas by James Biery, will be our Eucharist anthem. Biery (born 1956) is an American organist who is Minister of Music at Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. He was Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1996-2010. Biery was featured regularly as a performer on the Cathedral's monthly concerts. He and his wife, Marilyn, shared the organ and conducting duties at the Cathedral. Before moving to Minnesota, James Biery was Director of Music at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut, where he performed often on the 140 rank Austin organ. <br />
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Figure 1 James Biery<br />
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This is a setting of the complete traditional Maundy Thursday Latin text possibly written by Paulinus of Aquileia to support his address at the Synod of Forum Julii in 796 or 797. Using sumptuous harmonies, Biery’s musical setting of Ubi Caritas features a recurring statement of the text, “Where true love and charity are found, God is there.” The chant-like verses inspires us to set aside petty quarrels and to experience, as one family, God’s limitless and pure joy. Ubi Caritas can be used throughout the year. We have often done the beautiful Durufle version at Grace Anglican Church in Boise.<br />
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The Love of Christ has gathered us into one<br />
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Where true love and charity are found, God is there.<br />
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The love of Christ has gathered us into one.<br />
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Let us rejoice and be glad in Christ.<br />
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Let us fear and love the living God<br />
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And care for one another with sincere hearts.<br />
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So when we gather as one,<br />
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We must take care not to be divided in mind.<br />
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Let petty quarrels end, let bickering cease,<br />
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And let Christ our God be in our midst.<br />
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So, too, in the company of the saints, let us see<br />
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Your face in glory, Christ our God –<br />
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Joy that is limitless and pure<br />
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Through endless ages. Amen.<br />
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-translation by Maryann Corbett<br />
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Here is a link to this beautiful anthem:<br />
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James Biery - Ubi Caritas - YouTube<br />
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Our recessional hymn, When in our Music God is Glorified was written by Fred Pratt Green in 1972 after a request for new words for Stanford’s festive tune ENGELBERG. That tune had been written in 1904 for use with the words “For All the Saints,” but it was eclipsed almost immediately by Vaughan Williams’s SINE NOMINE, the tune to which we sing that marvelous hymn. The hymn is loosely based on Psalm 150, Mark 14:26 and Matthew 26:30. <br />
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History suggests that it is very difficult to write a real hymn on the subject of congregational music-making. Usually there is insufficient weight and development to support the effusiveness that this theme seems to generate. Here, however, we have an honest hymn of substance and scope that is never self-congratulatory or platitudinous and is always grateful and worthy.<br />
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This Sunday, we will have guest singers in the Lofty Pews who have all been brought together by love of beautiful music. Some of us are members of Grace Anglican, some regular attenders and some members of other churches or denominations or perhaps not members of any church. However, the opportunity to sing such a lovely piece of music with each other has inspired us to spend time together in a retreat in Oregon recently and then here in Boise, over dinner and then practice around the piano, and again Sunday morning to polish it all up in the Lofty Pews. Join us in the Fireside Room after the service to meet these singing friends. <br />
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Our desire is to give praise to the Lord of Life, honor those musical messengers of past days, bear witness to the creative Spirit who ever inspires new creativity and declares to the world the power, grace and peace of God. We add our voices to the song that began at creation and will continue into eternity. A hymn by Wayne Wold:<br />
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1. God is praised in music ancient; liturgies and chants and hymns<br />
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show a God beyond our culture, greater than our passing whims.<br />
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2. God is praised in music modern; new, creative textures, sounds<br />
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show a God beyond our limits, broader than our human bounds.<br />
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3. God is praised in music humble;’ simple, honest melodies<br />
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show a God who dwells among us, sharing joys and miseries.<br />
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4. God is praised in music mighty; organs, choirs, and instruments<br />
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show a God beyond our knowing, larger than our measurements.<br />
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Refrain Let us then make music boldly, as an offering true and strong.<br />
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God is praised, proclaimed, and honored as we join the eternal song.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
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Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
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Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
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Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
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YouTube.com<br />
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Morningstar PublishingLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-29834107414021276042011-10-16T08:08:00.004-06:002011-10-16T08:44:42.554-06:00Our Very BestPentecost 24, October 16, 2011<br />
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1928 Book of Common Prayer Service<br />
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Exodus 33:12-23<br />
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Psalm 99 from BCP<br />
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1 Thessalonians 1:1-10<br />
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Matthew 22:15-22<br />
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Offering our best….Some people keep separate sets of clothes just for church. Perhaps they do not dress up much on other days of the week, or perhaps they just want to keep something special for such a special place. Some do the same with their manners, speech and behavior. Singers often have different voices for “church-singing,” using other voices for chorale, jazz, singing in the shower or along with the radio in the car. Sometimes what we reserve for church really is our “Sunday best.” Other times, we may feel like second-and third-rate stuff is good enough. We can be tempted to treat the church as one small organization among the millions that make up this world. And we can be tempted to compartmentalize our Christianity as just one activity among the dozens in which we participate. We hang up our Christian identity right next to our Sunday clothes; there they wait until the next time we need them. <br />
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It is not easy to define and identify what is truly sacred in this world and what is purely secular. The Pharisees were dealing with such labels when they tried to trick Jesus into speaking out against the government. In this Sunday’s gospel, we hear them ask if it is lawful for religious people to pay taxes. Jesus chooses to not answer the entrapping question; instead tells them to show Him the money. The King James Version says, “…they brought unto Him a penny…and Jesus said unto them, “Whose is this image?” When they told Him it was Caesar’s, Jesus’ memorable reply was, “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.” At first hearing, He seems to be making a clear distinction between sacred and secular. But just what, we might ask, are God’s things? Do Christians own anything or are all things owned by God and just loaned to us?<br />
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Our processional hymn, Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!, is a metrical paraphrase of Revelation 4:8-11: “They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty…” Here we see that praising God is not just something that the angels reserve for one special day a week, but they continually praise Him day and night, “forever and forever.” God, the creator and owner of all things is to be continually praised. This hymn of four stanzas was written for Trinity Sunday by Reginald Heber (1783-1826). The hymn tune NICAEA was composed especially for these words by John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) in 1861. It is named after the ancient city in Asia Minor where a church council of 300 bishops assembled in A.D. 325. They had met to decide the controversy regarding the Godhead and the position of Christ. Arius maintained that Jesus was not equal to, or of the same substance, as God the Father. His doctrine was condemned by the council, and the teaching of Athanasius supporting the Trinity and the unity of the Godhead was incorporated as an article of the true faith. The words of the last line recall the Nicene Creed, which we recite every Sunday and John Dykes obviously supported by his choice of tune name. <br />
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A link to hear the hymn played on the organ: http://youtu.be/una7Q2z0WME<br />
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Exodus 33:21-23 tells of conversation between God and Moses. God tells Moses that there is a “place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock and I will cover you with my hand….” This text is paired with our sequence hymn, Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me which has shared the fate of many popular hymns with “revisions” and “improvements” from numerous editors and authors. The original text was written by Augustus Montague Toplady. This hymn first appeared in The Gospel Magazine for March, 1776, of which Toplady was editor. Under the heading, “A living and dying Prayer for the Holiest Believer in the World,” it concluded a curious statistical essay on sin. Calculation of one sin per second, Toplady (graciously omitting the extra days of leap year) reckoned that at eighty each of us is “chargeable” with 2,522,880,000 infractions of God’s laws. The hymn indicates that by Christ’s blood the debt is paid, though Toplady—a fanatical Calvinist who never wearied of attacking the gentler doctrines of John Wesley—thought that salvation applied solely to the predestined elect. From 1776 to 1810 Rock of Ages was only in a limited number of hymnbooks. After 1810 interest in the text grew rapidly and today the hymn is included in virtually all English–speaking hymnal publications. <br />
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While Rock of Ages can no longer claim that pre-eminence which led a great authority to say, sixty years ago, that “no other English hymn can be named which has laid so broad and firm a grasp upon the English-speaking world,” it is still immensely popular. To the Victorians it was a touchstone: Prince Albert repeated it constantly during his last hours, and it was sung at Gladstone’s funeral. All of which proves that a popular hymn does not have to be simple, for Rock of Ages is admittedly complex and even difficult to understand thoroughly. But it’s passionate, “heart-piercing” note carries it into the small kingdom of great religious poetry.<br />
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To hear the hymn, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM7gt_cSxjw&feature=BFa&list=PL121732FFBDFBCA3A&lf=rellist<br />
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Our recessional hymn, God of Grace and God of Glory was written by Harry Emerson Fosdick, an American preacher of international acclaim, at his summer home at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The hymn was sung at the opening of the Riverside Church, New York City, October 5, 1930. It was also sung at the dedication of the building, February 8, 1931. In addition to teaching theology and homiletics at Union Theological Seminary, Fosdick conducted the National Vespers radio broadcast from 1926 to 1946 and was the author of some 30 inspirational books. He died at Bronxville, New York, October 5, 1969. <br />
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So, back to our question, “what are God’s things?” Churches, following secular models, encourage us to pay taxes--tithes and offerings—for the work of the church—buildings, transportation, charity, evangelism and outreach. Some of our taxes feed the hungry, help the sick and keep world peace. Do we confuse the sacred (all belongs to God) with the secular (the “social gospel”)? Jesus was aware that the Temple offerings were not used righteously in His time. He also recognized that secular government has a legitimate role in Christian life. He asks us to always carefully divine each separate role of church and state.<br />
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Hymn writer Fred Pratt Green turned this dilemma into a prayer which will be sung during Eucharist from the Lofty Pews at Grace Anglican Church in Boise, Idaho. Referring to what happens at worship, he writes and we sing:<br />
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Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore<br />
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What it means in daily living to believe and to adore.<br />
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“God Is Here”<br />
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In Christ’s incarnation, God has placed a blessing on the things of this world. God makes holy the skills, arts, voices, labors and all good works done to God’s honor. We give to God not our dregs, nor our second-best nor even our Sunday best. We offer every part of our lives—our very best—to honor and to serve.<br />
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Sources: <br />
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Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
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Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
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Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
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Youtube.com<br />
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Companion to the SDA Hymnal<br />
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An English-Speaking Hymnal Guide, E Routley<br />
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A Treasusry of HymnsLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-67653546652469068452011-10-05T17:13:00.002-06:002011-10-05T17:13:37.532-06:00The Best of Times, The Worst of TimesPentecost 23, October 9, 2011<br />
Exodus 32:1-14<br />
Psalm 106 from BCP<br />
Phillipians 4:1-9<br />
Matthew 22:1-14<br />
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“It was the best f times; it was the worst of times” penned Charles Dickens in referring to the French Revolution. But he could have just as appropriately been writing about another event that can involve battles, bayonets and even beheadings—weddings! Having been the parents of the groom recently in Bordeaux, we can attest to that! However, there were no beheadings in France that we were aware of. A wedding can certainly be times of high emotions, high expectations and high anxieties—all pointing to the importance we place on them. For a marriage ceremony is a most important rite of passage, a sign of ongoing life, and an embodiment of divine and human love. If only the details of guest lists, invitations, witnesses and families weren’t so complicated!<br />
Jesus tells of a highly complicated wedding in this Sunday’s gospel. Though many customs differed in His day, guest lists and food preparations were as crucial then as they are now. But this father-of-the-groom is having trouble. The slaves he sends out to gather the invited guests are receiving troublesome responses. Some treat the invitation lightly, others are too stuck to their work, and some are so hostile that they actually kill the messengers. What would the host do after being treated so badly?<br />
Since the banquet was already prepared, there was no time to get on the internet and Google around for an answer. After sending troops to take revenge on those who killed his messengers, he gives his slaves new orders. This time they are to go into the streets, inviting anybody and everybody to come. Even after the hall is filled, there is yet one more episode—someone is there without a wedding robe, and he must be punished and banished. I wonder if that is something like showing up at Prince Charles’ wedding without a hat? Well, anyway, Jesus’ closing words are brief, “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Is that all he can say to us after such a complicated story about such a complicated wedding banquet? We’ll get back to the wedding after we read about the music that will be heard and participated in at Grace Anglican Church on Sunday.<br />
Sharon Helppie and I will be at a choral retreat in the Wallowas for the weekend. We are very grateful for Pat and Bruce to be willing to carry on with music from the Lofty Pews. The music at Eucharist will be Seek Ye The Lord, by Dr. John Varley Roberts, sung from the loft by Bruce Moberly, our ‘resident’ Bass . This is a setting of a famous invocatory text from the prophecy of Isaiah and the work of famed 19th century choirmaster and organist John Varley Roberts. Successively at Halifax Parish Church and Magdalen College Chapel, Dr Roberts was a native of Stanningley between Pudsey and Leeds and the donor of the fine organ in the Parish Church of his home village. Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 will also be done in Plainsong Chant from the loft. <br />
One of the enrichments of the hymnody of the Episcopal Church came in the Hymnal 1940 with the addition of a number of German Church songs, including two that we will be singing this Sunday. Our processional hymn this week will be Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above and is suggested to go with our Old Testament reading. Described by the German hymnologist Eduard Emil Koch “as outweighing many hundred others; and a classical hymn which from its first appearance attracted unusual attention”, this buoyant hymn of Johann Jacob Schutz is found in nearly every German hymnal and translated into many English service books. Johann Schutz is interesting in that he was, in addition to being a lawyer, heavily involved in the German Pietistic movement. He became a Separatist and severed all ties with the Lutheran Church. The present hymn, however, is surprisingly devoid of the intensely personal and decision-oriented devotional content of most pietistic hymnody.<br />
Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise, our recessional hymn was written by John Ellerton (1826-1893). Ellerton is well represented in many hymnals and this is probably the most popular of the fifty or more hymns that he wrote. It was designed for a choral festival. The last stanza was sung at his funeral.<br />
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Back to our wedding parable. If we have spent time with this parable before, we probably already know that this is not about an average, every-day wedding. This is the messianic banquet, the supreme fulfillment of God’s own kingdom, the ultimate Holy Communion, the marriage feast of the Lamb. <br />
This is one wedding we do not want to miss; it truly will be one to remember. Just how can we properly acknowledge the invitation and be best prepared to honor the host? Forget shopping for the perfect hat, choosing the right suit and tie and worrying about your shoes. Just what is the proper wedding robe?<br />
The robe is that of Jesus’ righteousness given to us in baptism. Any further adornments spring from our joy at being invited. In our sequence hymn, Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness, Johann Franck bids us:<br />
Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness,<br />
Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness,<br />
Come into the daylight’s splendor,<br />
There with joy thy praises render<br />
Unto him whose grace unbounded<br />
Hath this wondrous banquet founded;<br />
High o’er all the heavens he reigneth,<br />
Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth.<br />
“Deck Thyself, My Soul with Gladness”<br />
For all who accept the invitation, this wedding will surely be the “best of times!”<br />
Sources:<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
Youtube.com<br />
Bardon Music<br />
PipeChat DigestLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-10972014171171679312011-10-01T19:57:00.001-06:002011-10-01T19:57:41.975-06:00Twenty-twenty hindsightPentecost 22, October 2, 2011<br />
Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20<br />
Psalm 19 from BCP<br />
Phillipians 3:4b-14<br />
Matthew 21:33-46<br />
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MORNING PRAYER SERVICE <br />
Deacon Mason Clingan officiating<br />
Deacon Ronald Jutzy presenting the sermon<br />
NOTE: Our usual 1928 Book of Common Prayer service has been postponed to October 16. <br />
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Twenty-TWENTY HINDSIGHT is the term often used to describe our ability to look back on a past event and know now what we should have done. In 1972, on a trip up Highway 1 on the California coast, Ron and I saw a parcel of land in Mendocino for sale for $5000. Ron frequently says, “We should have bought that place in Mendocino!” Our lists could be endless, but since clairvoyance is not within the grasp of most us, we are destined to win a few and lose a few, to make some wrong choices and even some right ones, all based on our best judgments at the time. But are these choices made with Christ or the Kingdom as our goal?<br />
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Our family has just returned from Bordeaux, France, in ancient vineyards, so this Sunday’s gospel took on new meaning for Ron and me. Jesus’ parable is about people who made self-centered choices. We will hear the story of tenants, tending a vineyard, owned by a man who planted the vineyard, fenced it, dug a wine press in it and built a watchtower to guard it. Yet, when the vineyard owner sends messengers to collect his produce, they are treated shamefully. The tenants seized the messengers and beat one, killed another and stoned another. The ultimate blow comes when the owner’s son is sent as a special emissary. The tenants said to themselves, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.” So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Will the tenants now get to keep what they fought for? Certainly not! Because of their rebellion even what they had worked for will be taken away. Had they known the consequences they surely would have done things differently, don’t you think?<br />
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We who live on this side of the resurrection have the benefit of this 20-20 hindsight. We need not doubt His words, actions, commands, and promises which are proclaimed through the church in word, sacrament and song. Still, in the light of our tendency to not choose Jesus, the Kingdom or others above self, at times, we cannot help but wonder and pray with the hymnic words of W. Russel Bowie: <br />
New advent of the love of Christ,<br />
Will we again refuse you,<br />
Till in the night of hate and war<br />
We perish as we lost you?<br />
“Lord Christ, When First You Came to Earth”<br />
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The Morning Prayer Service opens tomorrow, a little differently, with a Processional Introit of The Heavens Resound, by Beethoven, sung by the singers in the Lofty Pews. This anthem is a based on Psalm 19, our appointed Psalm for the day to be later sung in SATB Anglican Chant from the loft.<br />
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Here is a link to a choir singing the Phos Hilaron and Psalm 19 in Anglican Chant SATB by S.S. Wesley. We will sing Psalm 19 from A Hymn Tune Psalter, 2007, by Carl P. Daw, Jr. and Kevin R. Hackett.<br />
http://youtu.be/YnwNNa2uYj4<br />
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The Choir will also sing, in Anglican Chant the Venite, the First Song of Isaiah and A Song to the Lamb at appointed places in our worship folder. <br />
The Venite, Psalms 95 and 100 serve as a summons or invitation to worship. They contain no particular reference to the morning, and the BCP 1979 permits their use at Evening Prayer as well as at Morning Prayer. If you attend our Evening Prayer Services at Grace Anglican Church, these words would be familiar to you, as we read them instead of singing them every Thursday evening at 6:30 PM. Psalm 95 was used as the invitatory Psalm for the morning vigil in The Rule of Benedict and in the somewhat earlier Rule of the Master. This use of the psalm is unique to traditions that derive from these two documents. The Orthodox use Ps. 95 as the entrance antiphon at the Eucharist. When Cranmer created Morning Prayer out of the three older morning services (“Matins,” “lauds,” and “prime”), he used this Psalm as the invitatory psalm for the office. In the first American BCP verses 8-11 of Ps 95 were dropped and verses 9 and 13 of Ps 96 were substituted, creating the present form of this invitatory. <br />
Chant composition held a certain attraction for “gentlemen amateurs” in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. There are a number of chants written by such “gentlemen amateurs” as Major Lemon and Sir Christopher Teesdale that entered the general repertory. The latter appears in the subscriber list of Bennett and Marshall’s Cathedral Chants (London, 1829) as Christopher Teesdale, Esquire, of Binderton House, Sussex. We will be singing the Venite to his chant harmony.<br />
The First Song of Isaiah (Ecce Deus) will also be chanted by the singers in the loft. This canticle, from Isaiah 12:2-6 is an expression of confident trust in God and probably dates from the exile. The canticle was used at lauds on Mondays in the Roman and Benedictine traditions; this is its first appearance in the Book of Common Prayer. The table in the BCP suggests the use of this canticle after the first lesson of Morning Prayer on Mondays, as in the Roman tradition, which is where we will sing it tomorrow.<br />
A Song to the Lamb (Dignus es), with texts from the Book of Revelation (4:11; 5:9-10, 13) form a hymn of praise to the One seated upon the throne and to the Lamb. The 1926 Irish Prayer Book first brought this cento into the Anglican BCP. We will be chanting it in Anglican chant after the second lesson.<br />
Our recessional hymn, Christ is Made the Sure Foundation, has been a favorite hymn since it first entered the Hymnal in 1871. If you were not familiar with this hymn before now, it is not because you have not heard it sung at Grace Anglican Church in Boise. We have used this hymn numerous times this past year alone. It is one of the oldest Latin hymn texts, and found in manuscript collections of hymns from the ninth century, but perhaps dates back as early as the sixth century. In doing preparation for Sunday’s service, I made a change to this hymn for our recessional hymn, as it fits so perfectly with the Gospel lesson and sermon topic. <br />
We have one more, even greater, gift from now on—the gift of 20-20 foresight. Jesus has shown us that He is this one who was once rejected but now is the cornerstone of our lives in the present and in the future. We live our lives, do our deeds, sing our songs, proclaim the promises and trust the future to this one who is the sure foundation. We must make all our decisions with Jesus as our cornerstone—our solid foundation.<br />
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THANKS BE TO GOD! ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!!<br />
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Sources:<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
Youtube.com<br />
A HymnTune Psalter, RCL EditionLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-24829429126907017682011-09-24T18:09:00.002-06:002011-09-24T18:16:08.834-06:00One said yes and did no. One said no and did yes.Pentecost 21, September 25, 2011<br />
Exodus 17:1-7<br />
Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16 from BCP<br />
Phillipians 2:1-13<br />
Matthew 21:23-32<br />
One said yes and did no. One said no and did yes. In this Sunday’s gospel we will hear Jesus’ parable of a man with two sons. Both sons are told to go work in the vineyard. One says no but later does go and work. The other says yes but does not go and work. Once again Jesus has told a parable about a situation to which many can relate. Parents and children, students and teachers, bosses and workers, and even church members and leaders can recognize times when this behavior occurs.<br />
It probably didn’t take the disciples any longer than it takes us to figure out which son was looked upon favorably. Obviously, it is the one who in the end, does the work that the father requested. Christ is calling His followers to action, to be doers and not just hearers or agree-ers.<br />
But lest we conclude this parable’s message too soon, let us consider one more angle. Jesus’ parable is about two people – one who said yes but did no and one who said no but did yes. Could not the story have included two more siblings? How about one who says no and indeed does not work and another who says yes ad follows through? Surely these two additional cases would be very easy to judge with condemnation for one and high praise for the other. <br />
Do such consistently good or consistently bad persons exist? They are not a part of this story, at least. That is probably because most of us are found in that gray, in-between area inhabited by those who often say yes and do no and often say no and do yes. By telling of two imperfect and inconsistent individuals Jesus is acknowledging the reality of the human condition. Still marred by the evils of ourselves and the world, God’s work in us is strong enough to turn no’s into yes’s. This parable speaks to us about repentance—the turning around of attitude as well as actions.<br />
The processional hymn chosen for this Sunday will be Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken, words by John Newton. In August we sang this hymn as our recessional hymn to the tune most often associated with it, AUSTRIA , by Franz Joseph Haydn. It is also the tune to the German national anthem. However, this week we are singing it to a more contemporary and alternate hymn tune in our hymnal, ABBOT’S LEIGH (Cyril Vincent Taylor, b. 1907). This hymn is a powerful hymn about the church, which is metaphorically described here as “Zion.” Our old testament reading from Exodus will bring to mind how the Israelites were complaining and quarreling with Moses demanding that he give them water to drink. When Moses cried out to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people?” the Lord instructed him to strike the rock of Horeb and bring forth water. The hymn will remind us of God’s leading and supplying His sons and daughters in the wilderness. Are we not often wandering in the wilderness in this day and time?<br />
What Wondrous Love is This is the hymn matched with the reading from Phillipians. We will sing the 3 verses in unison as the Gospel is brought amid the people. You will hear this hymn sung a second time in Southern Harmony style, as the singers in the Lofty Pews sing it in SATB. When we sing it as a sequence hymn you may notice that there is an alternative version in Southern Harmony just under the unison version. This hymn originally appeared in this three-part form. A little interesting trivia about this hymn is that the text is in an uncommon metre and stanzaic struture, sometimes referred to as the “Captain Kidd” meter because of its use in a ballad “My name was Robert Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed,” which is about the famous pirate executed in 1701.<br />
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Here is a link to the hymn with the words:<br />
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Here is a link to the Southern Harmony/Sacred Harp/Shape Note version:<br />
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/midi/Wondrous_Love.midi<br />
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And here is a link to an actual singing. I have been to several of these singings and hope one day to have a group form in Boise. If anyone is interested let me know. I have 25 hymn books and a sister and brother in law who are experts and would love to help us!<br />
http://youtu.be/wTXNAHEMI9g<br />
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Lord Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing will be our recessional hymn. The hymn recalls the Aaronic blessing “The Lord bless thee, and keep thee…and be gracious unto thee…and give thee peace” (Numbers 6:24,25). It was written by John Fawcett, born on January 6, 1740, near Bradford, Yorkshire. At the age of 16 he was converted by the evangelist George Whitefield. In 1765 he was ordained as a Baptist minister, serving at Wainsgate. In the preface to a hymnbook he published in 1782, he wrote: “When I have digested my thoughts on some portion of God’s Word, I have frequently attempted to sum up the leading ideas, in a few plain verses, to be sung after the sermon; that so they might be more impressed on my own heart and on the heart of my hearers.” The devotion of these hymn writers and preachers is incredible to me. This wasn’t about making money for themselves or their church coffers, it was about helping others and himself to carry the message of the Bible home with them in the form of song. I wonder what hymn tune you will be humming this week? Will the hymns we sing this Sunday be as relevant as they were in 1779, 1782, 1826 or 1941? Let me know! For some of us they will hang around for awhile. <br />
So, as we travel thru our personal wildernesses this week, perhaps we will remember that we have the promise that God will fill our hearts with joy and peace and we will triumph in redeeming grace. May we give thanks and adoration for the Gospel’s joyful sound and be ever faithful to God’s truth and reign with God in endless day.<br />
Will we say yes and do no or no and do yes? What wondrous love is this that God has planned for us and is ever giving and forgiving.<br />
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Sources:<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
Then Sings My Soul<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
101 Hymn Stories<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
Youtube.com<br />
Cyberhymnal.com<br />
Jennifer Willard (my beloved sister)Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-41906286681516179872011-09-24T14:05:00.001-06:002011-09-24T14:05:05.498-06:00Numbers, Numbers Everywhere!Pentecost 13, September 11, 2011<br />
Exodus 14:19-31<br />
Psalm 114 from BCP<br />
Romans 14:1-12<br />
Matthew 18:21-25<br />
NUMBERS, NUMBERS EVERYWHERE! What has that to do with our scripture lessons this week? We will get to that later. Our opening hymn, Crown Him with Many Crowns does speak of crowning the Lord of heaven with many crowns. I suppose that has to do with numbers. This hymn is a compilation by Matthew Bridges and Godfrey Thring and originally consisted of twelve verses. Numbers of verses. <br />
Numbers mark our houses and postal zones, run our telephones and computers, identify our charge accounts and tax withholdings and mark the passing of time on clocks and calendars. Accurate counting is essential in making music, as well. Numbers help us to find pages and measures, and counting helps us to read rhythms and stay together. As singers in the Lofty Pews and singing in the congregation we depend heavily on our numbers.<br />
Numbers and counting are indeed essential tools we use every day and in nearly every area of life. But Jesus tells us in this Sunday’s gospel of one very important area where numbers and counting are not to be used. Once again, it is Peter who has asked a question. “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus’ first response is short. “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times,” Jesus seems initially to be just as caught up with numbers as was Peter. But a parable quickly follows which tells about a servant who was forgiven many debts and then hypocritically went out and dealt forcefully with one who owed him a mere pittance.<br />
It all seems so obvious when Jesus teaches us, but applying it to our own situations is often another matter. We can relate to numbers in the sequence hymn, Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive, in this stanza by Rosamond E. Herklots that asks:<br />
How can your pardon reach and bless<br />
The unforgiving heart<br />
That broods on wrongs and will not let<br />
Old bitterness depart?<br />
This profound text, written in 1966, on the theme of forgiveness opens with a paraphrase of words from the Lord’s Prayer. It is deeply rooted in the life experience of the author, Rosaund Herklots. The inspiration for the hymn came as Miss Herklots, an English Hymn writer, dug weeds in her nephew’s garden. As she worked at the deep, tenacious roots, she saw a vivid parallel between the intrusive, smothering qualities of these weeds and the destructive ways in which deeply buried feelings of bitterness and resentment prevent us from growing as loving, concerned people. Framing her text with a line paraphrased from the Lord’s Prayer, the poet reminds us of the smallness of others’ debts to us when compared to our debt to our Lord who suffered and died on the cross for our sins. Miss Herklots closes her prayer with the petition that, through repentance and reconciliation with God and others, our lives will bear witness of God’s peace.<br />
Our recessional hymn, Praise the Lord, Rise Up Rejoicing is a jubilant paean of praise to God who in the Eucharist declares victory over cross and passion. Howard Gaunt’s text first appeared in 100 Hymns for Today (London, 1969). In it we express our oneness with the Creator and respond to the command to go out into the world as faithful followers of the risen Christ. Cyril Taylor wrote, “A splendid hymn in which to sum up at its end what the Eucharist has meant to us, and to thank God for it. Words and music fit like a glove.” The hymn was written with the 1662 Prayer Book communion service in mind. The first stanza includes an allusion to the Gloria in excelsis Deo which, in the 1662 rite, is sung near the end of the liturgy. In the service we celebrate at Grace Anglican Church, the greater Gloria is sung at the beginning of the liturgy. So, this hymn, when sung at the end of the Eucharist, makes the marvelous assertion that we end where we began: “GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH!”<br />
We are not to withhold forgiveness, Jesus tells us, no matter how deeply we feel we are owed, because we have been forgiven a debt of cosmic proportions. Just as we are to love because God first loved us, we are to forgive because God has first forgiven us.<br />
How often need we forgive? As often as necessary! And may God grant us the wisdom to know when we should remember to count and when we should remember to forget! Maybe it’s not about the numbers!<br />
Sources:<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
Then Sings My Soul<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
Tune My Heart to SingLanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-4820639947623358762011-08-31T08:00:00.000-06:002011-08-31T08:00:14.503-06:00Unison, Harmony, Dissonance & PeacePentecost 12, September 4, 2011<br />
Book of Common Prayer, 1928 service<br />
Exodus 12:1-14<br />
Psalm 149 from BCP<br />
Romans 13:8-14<br />
Matthew 18:15-20<br />
GRANT US O LORD, we pray thee, to trust in thee with all our heart; seeing that, as thou dost always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so thou dost not forsake those who make their boast of thy mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen<br />
Traditional Collect for Pentecost 12<br />
One of Jesus’ primary concerns was that of unity and camaraderie among His followers. He told parables and prayed at length for the unity of individuals with each other and with God. His great emphasis shows how crucial He felt unity to be and, perhaps even more importantly, how difficult He knew unity is to achieve. The state of the church proves His concerns were correct. As we, at Grace Anglican Church in Boise, are well aware, there are differences between Eastern and Western Christianity; between Catholics, Protestants, and in-betweens; between denominations that may even carry the same name, within synods, between parishes, between groups within congregations, and even within small groups such as choirs and classes. <br />
Our processional hymn on Sunday is indeed, one of Joy! Joyful, Joyful We Adore Three, with words written by Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933). The hymn tune is ODE TO JOY, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). We are called to remember that God is giving and forgiving and we ask Him to help us to love each other—even in our differences, as we sing in the third verse: <br />
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Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blest,<br />
Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean-depth of happy rest!<br />
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother: all who live in love are thine;<br />
Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.<br />
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In 1907, Henry van Dyke was invited to preach at Williams College in Massachusetts. At breakfast one morning, he handed the college president a piece of paper, saying, “Here is a hymn for you. Your mountains (the Berkshires) were my inspiration. It must be sung to the music of Beethoven’s ‘Hymn of Joy.’”<br />
When he was later asked about his hymn, van Dyke replied: “These verses are simple expressions of common Christian feelings and desires in this present time—hymns of today that may be sung together by people who know the thought of the age, and are not afraid that any truth of science will destroy religion, or any revolution on earth overthrow the kingdom of heaven. Therefore this is a hymn of trust and joy and hope.”<br />
Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word will be the sequence hymn surrounding the reading of Romans 13:8-14. The words are so fitting for the gospel reading, as well. In Germany in the seventeenth century when this hymn was written, it was customary for the congregation to sing a “sermon hymn,” part immediately before the sermon and part just after the sermon had ended. We carry that tradition into our Anglican liturgical service as our sequence hymn. The direct statements in the first two lines and throughout this hymn express the desire of the congregation to hear God’s Word, thus preparing their minds to receive the message of the scripture and sermon to follow.<br />
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Blessed Jesus, at thy word we are gathered all to hear thee;<br />
Let our hearts and souls be stirred now to seek and love and fear thee.<br />
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We would not blame Jesus one bit if the tone of His voice had been cynical or even sarcastic when He spoke the words we shall hear in this Sunday’s gospel—“If two of you agree on earth about anything you ask; it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.” Jesus the realist was decrying the divisiveness and uncooperativeness of His followers. Yes, within this lament lies a promise—“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” <br />
We surely have a special relationship with God on a one-to-one basis. It is a promise sealed in baptism and crucially important for every Christian life. But over and over we are told of the special presence of Christ with the community—the assembly of people, be it as large as thousands- as in the greater body of Christians- or as small as two or three—Grace Anglican Church’s Evening Prayer on Thursday’s, our Lady’s & Men’s Bible Study Groups or the Singers in the Lofty Pews. That special presence is the reason we assemble for corporate worship time after time. It is precisely in the corporateness of gathering, confessing, hearing, responding, baptizing, communing, speaking, and singing together that this lesson is proclaimed and learned anew. We are people, and we are a people. <br />
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The anthem during the Eucharist on Sunday will be O Praise God in His Holiness, John Weldon (1676-1736). Weldon was a chorister at Eton College and studied with the organist John Walter; from 1693 he studied with Purcell. His first appointment was as organist at New College, Oxford (1694-1702). In 1701 he became a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Royal, and the following year he was appointed organist of St. Bride's, Fleet Street in London. Weldon later acquired the positions of an organist of the Chapel Royal and organist of St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street (1708), organist of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (1714), and second composer to the Chapel Royal (1715). His compositions include several stage works (The Judgement of Paris,1701; The Tempest,ca. 1712), anthems, services, odes, songs, and several instrumental works. Posted below are the words: <br />
O praise God in His holiness;<br />
Praise Him in the firmament of His power;<br />
Praise Him in His noble acts,<br />
Praise Him in His noble acts;<br />
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness;<br />
Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet;<br />
Praise him upon the lute and harp:<br />
Praise Him in the cymbals and dances:<br />
Praise Him upon the strings and pipe.<br />
Let everything that hath breath<br />
Praise the Lord.<br />
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Have you noticed that some of the same terms can describe relationships and music? Unison and harmony –singing the same melody all together, or harmonizing in different parts—soprano, alto, tenor & bass—we recognize as positive attributes both inside and outside the Lofty Choir Pews. Dissonance and other off-key descriptions describe something else. <br />
Fortunately, Christ’s promise to be present whenever two or three are gathered in His name is not conditional upon all people being in agreement. At those times of conflict we may be less likely to sense the presence of Jesus, but, regardless His promise remains. <br />
The words of our recessional hymn are based on a prayer traditionally attributed to the medieval mystic St. Francis of Assisi and put to music here by the noted Roman Catholic hymn writer and theologian Rev James Quinn, S.J. The text, which appears in translation among the Prayers and Thanksgivings in the BCP (833, no 62) and expresses the teachings of the revered founder of the Franciscan Order cannot be dated any earlier than the present century. <br />
We need to earnestly pray with St Francis of Assisi as we sing our recessional hymn:<br />
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Lord, make us servants of your peace:<br />
Where there is hate, may we sow love;<br />
Where there is hurt, may we forgive;<br />
Where there is strife, may we make one.<br />
Lord Make Us Servants of Your Peace<br />
Our efforts at music-making at Grace Anglican Church to proclaim the word are parables in themselves on what greatness can happen when individuality is offered up for the benefit of the whole body, and when diversity is woven into harmony. For even here, in the midst of us who have gathered in His name, is the Lord. <br />
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THANKS BE TO GOD! <br />
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Sources:<br />
Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
Then Sings My Soul<br />
A Treasury of Hymns<br />
Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
101 More Hymn Stories<br />
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Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-70503973793828815982011-08-27T10:23:00.001-06:002011-08-27T10:30:22.347-06:00"Get Thee Behind Me, Satan!"<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">Pentecost 11, August 28, 2011</span><br />
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<strong>Exodus 3:1-15</strong><br />
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<strong>Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26 45c from BCP</strong><br />
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<strong>Romans 12:9-21</strong><br />
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<strong>Matthew 16:21-28</strong><br />
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This Sunday we shall be hearing again about Peter in the gospel reading – the rest of Matthew 16. You may recall that last week he was the proclaimer of Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the living God!” This week Jesus gives Peter a stern rebuke, “Get behind me, Satan!” Why the change? Is Peter, after all, the rock or a hindrance?<br />
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Truthfully, he is both for he is very human. Peter receives this strong admonition after a dispute with Jesus. Jesus says He must go to Jerusalem, suffer, be killed and be raised up. Peter is quick to protest, hoping as we all would, that such drastic measures will not be necessary. Jesus’ harshness shows how important He knows His mission to be. He will not let Peter soft pedal it or suggest an easy way out. We should likewise remember Jesus’ admonition whenever we are tempted to proclaim a non-crucified Savior, whenever we encounter a watered-down Christianity, or whenever the ways of the world are embraced as the ways of God. <br />
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We will hear the Old Testament lesson about Moses keeping his father-in-law, Jethro’s flock when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the burning bush. Moses is amazed that the bush has not burned up and God tells him that he is standing on holy ground. God said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” So, <strong>The God of Abraham Praise</strong> will be our processional hymn. <br />
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The Jewish creed was first formulated by Moses ben Maimonides (1135-1204) and consisted of 13 articles of faith; these were converted to a metrical version about a century and a half afterward. It is known now as the Yigdal, which is the first word of the metrical version and means magnify” or “extol.” A literal translation of the first article is: “extolled and praised be the living God, who exists unbounded by time.” It is sung at synagogues on the eve of festivals and on the Sabbath, and also in Jewish homes at family worship on Friday evening. Thomas Olivers translated the Yigdal from Hebrew into English, and gave it a decidedly Christian character by his very free paraphrase, although his first and last stanzas reflect the original thought of the beginning and the end of this creed. He entitled it “A Hymn to the God of Abraham,” which is our hymn for the day, and nearly every line echoes a Scripture text. There were originally 12 stanzas arranged in three groups of four in each. The hymn was written about 1770 and first published in a tract in 1772. <br />
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Olivers was born in early September 1725 at Tregynon, Montgomeryshire, near Welshpool in north central Wales. He lost both parents before he had passed his fifth birthday, and he was cared for by a succession of relatives, moving from one to the other. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker, but by the time he was 18 years of age he was a godless youth, poor, in debt, and miserable, and was compelled to leave his native village. He went to Bristol and there heard a sermon by George Whitefield on “a brand plucked from the burning” (see Zech. 3:2). He took courage and hope, and was converted. He wished to join Whitefield’s band, but was dissuaded. However, with a changed lifestyle, he went back to Wales, paid his debts, and returned to Bristol to set up in his trade. He met John Wesley, who discerned Oliver’s talents and encouraged him to become one of his itinerant preachers. So in 1753 Olivers went as an evangelist to Cornwall and for 46 years until his death continued in this work. He assisted Wesley for some of this time in editorial work and also wrote a few hymns. He died suddenly in London in March 1799 at the age of 74.<br />
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<strong>Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c</strong> will be chanted in plainsong by the cantors in the loft. The refrain, <strong>Remember the Marvels God Has Done</strong> is placed in several intervals giving the congregation the opportunity to join with the cantors in singing the Psalm. <strong><em>Hallelujah!</em></strong><br />
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The Eucharist will be accompanied from the loft with a duet, <strong>Author of Life Divine</strong>. The music is written by a contemporary composer, Cecilia McDowall. <br />
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Born in London, 1951, Cecilia has been described by the International Record Review as having ‘a communicative gift that is very rare in modern music." Often inspired by extra-musical influences, her writing combines a rhythmic vitality with expressive lyricism and is, at times, intensely moving. We think you will find this true in this piece with words written by the great hymnist, Charles Wesley (1707-1788). <br />
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<em>Author of life, of life divine,</em><br />
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<em>Who hast a table spread,</em><br />
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<em>Furnished with mystic wine</em><br />
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<em>Our needy souls sustain, our souls sustain, </em><br />
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Our recessional hymn with words written by Albert F. Bayly (1901-1984) will be <strong>Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service</strong>. Bayly submitted this hymn text in June 1961, when the Hymn Society of America asked for new hymns on social welfare. Accepted after some revision, it was used as the conference hymn for the Second National Conference on the Churches and Social Welfare, October 1961. Here we have another contemporary hymn! <br />
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Here is a link to a portion of the hymn tune: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1868135526">http://www.blogger.com/goog_1868135526</a><br />
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God’s ways, as Jesus has shown us again, are often paradox. To follow Jesus one must take up one’s cross. Those who try to save their own lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives for Christ’s sake will find them. Those who gain the world forfeit their lives, and ultimately, to live is to die. Such are the dynamic truths of Christianity. “They must be true” goes the old saying, “for no human could have invented such a preposterous faith.”<br />
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In the words of our sequence hymn, bookending the Gospel reading on Sunday:<br />
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<em>Take up your cross, then, in His strength,</em><br />
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<em>It guides you to abundant life</em><br />
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<em>And leads to victory o’er the grave. </em><br />
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This, then, is the paradoxical truth to which we witness whenever we gather for worship. Such fantastic and unbelievable truths must be constantly rehearsed and continually proclaimed for us to learn them. Even then, we must ultimately rely on God’s gift of faith to believe such claims and on God’s grace to fulfill them. Such a God is not for us to fully understand—only to trust, serve, imitate, worship and praise.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Sources:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hymnal ’82 Companion</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Companion to the SDA Hymnal </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Deacon Ron Jutzy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Then Sings My Soul</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">A Treasury of Hymns</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">101 More Hymn Stories</span><br />
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Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-21542217966066190292011-08-20T13:33:00.000-06:002011-08-20T13:33:29.533-06:00Rock Solid in Boise, Idaho!Pentecost 10, August 21 2011<br />
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Exodus 1:8-2:10<br />
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Psalm 124 from BCP<br />
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Romans 12:1-8<br />
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Matthew 16:13-20<br />
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In this Sunday’s gospel we will hear a dialogue between Jesus and His disciples. Jesus asks them, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” The disciples repeat what they have heard as they report, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” But then Jesus digs deeper and asks, “But who do you say that I am?”<br />
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Matthew does not indicate how much time passes before Peter responded with his famous confession, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!” “Blessed are you,” Jesus responds. He goes on to pronounce Peter’s confession as a divine revelation and that on this rock will be built His church; hell itself will not be able to prevail against it. This insight must have been of phenomenal importance to elicit such a response from Jesus.<br />
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There is nothing warm and fuzzy about a rock. And there is nothing sentimental about the keys of the kingdom and the power to bind and loose which Jesus grants to His disciples. How can we ever with a clear conscience proclaim Christ in minimizing or marginalizing language? Peter has given us an example to follow. Get past what others say; proclaim boldly in word and deed that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. We want to stay close to that which is rock-solid, and we pledge our loyalties to a faith so strongly rooted in the living God.<br />
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“Rock solid” is a term we often use to describe someone’s personality, dependability, or emotional stability. It is also used in music when describing someone with a strong sense of rhythm. They can keep the beat no matter what others are doing around them. Far from being boring, a steady beat provides the basis from which endless variations can be created. A rock-solid beat is the common language, the steady support, the living pulse.<br />
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GRANT WE BESEECH THEE, merciful God, that thy Church, being gathered together in unity by the Holy Spirit, may manifest thy power among all peoples, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, one God, world without end. <br />
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Those traditional words of Sunday’s opening collect is the inspiration for our processional hymn, Put Forth, O God, thy Spirit’s Strength. The text is a prayer for the Church, written by Howard Chandler Robbins, published in 1937. Robbins was an Episcopal priest and member of the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal. This text first appeared in the Episcopal Hymnal in 1940. The tune, CHELSEA SQUARE, was hummed by the author of the text to Ray Francis Brown at the General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Square, New York City in 1941. General Theological Seminary in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City was where both the author/composer and harmonizer were all faculty members so the seminary is memorialized in the name of the tune that honors the location of the school.<br />
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The sequence hymn will be Take My Life and Let It Be by Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879). Miss Havergal, whose brief life was devoted to religious and philanthropic work, wrote the hymn in 1874 in thanksgiving for the conversion of backsliders and recalcitrants in her church circle. Frances frequently used this hymn in her own devotions. On one occasion, as she pondered the words, “Take my voice and let me sing/ Always only for my King,” she felt she should give up her secular concerts. Her beautiful voice was in demand, and she frequently sang with the Philharmonic. But from that moment, her lips were exclusively devoted to the songs of the Lord. Reflecting the evangelical fervor of the era this hymn has become the most widely accepted of her hymns. <br />
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Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken will be our recessional hymn. This famous poem is from the Olney Hymns (1779). The tune, AUSTRIAN HYMN, was composed for the birthday of Francis II, last of the Holy Roman Emperors, on February 12, 1797. The functionary who ordered it wanted an Austrian equivalent of “God Save the King”—and Franz Josef Haydn did not disappoint him. Subsequently, Haydn used the melody with variations as the second movement of a string quartet in C major, now always called “The Emperor Quartet.” Still later, the Germans used it for “Deutschland uber alles.” There is a lovely soprano descant printed in our hymnal that you will hear sung from the Lofty Pews on the last verse.<br />
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Psalm 124 will be chanted in SATB Anglican Chant by the singers in the loft. Join the choir in the refrain as printed in your scripture insert.<br />
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The Eucharist anthem will actually be a combination of two hymns. Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken and Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted. They are both listed in our hymnal (#301 and #302) as Holy Eucharist hymns and they have the same hymn tune, RENDEZ A DIEU. The first part of Bread of the World, is a brief but evocative hymn based on John 6:51, 54-58 and addressed to Christ as revealed through the elements of the Eucharist and then as the one who has given us the words of life and died for our sins. The second half is a prayer to Christ for mercy to be granted to sinners and for God’s sustenance in the Eucharistic feast. In its earliest printing, the words “Before the Sacrament” were placed above this hymn. <br />
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Father, We Thank Thee is a metrical paraphrase of several brief traditional prayers found in the ninth and tenth chapters of the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, an important manual of the early Church. It was an attempt to write in apostolic language an account of the customs of the Montanists, differing from the Apocryphal Gospels in that there is no fictitious setting, no attempt to convey the impression that Christ and the Apostles are speaking. The prayers that were used in the paraphrase are considered still older than the main work and may very well date to the first century, from which the Gospel Canticles are also derived. <br />
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Is it not interesting that our gospel lessons --old as rocks and solid as stone-- as well as some of our prayers and hymns date back to the first century and are still being sung in churches around the world and here in Boise, Idaho. However, note that our processional hymn is contemporary—we continue to create prayers and praise based on our rock solid faith as we proclaim Christ to a needy world.<br />
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May our music, our worship, and our lives find their foundation and inspiration in the solid presence of the living God.<br />
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Sources:<br />
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Hymnal ’82 Companion<br />
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Companion to the SDA Hymnal <br />
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Deacon Ron Jutzy<br />
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Then Sings My Soul<br />
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A Treasury of Hymns<br />
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Tune My Heart to Sing<br />
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Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-53109554846404709162011-08-13T12:44:00.003-06:002011-08-13T16:38:31.127-06:00Tear Down Those WallsPentecost 9, August 14 2011<br />
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Genesis 45:1-15<br />
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Psalm 133 from BCP<br />
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Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32<br />
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Matthew 15:10-28<br />
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Last year, Grace Anglican Church was involved in a project at the Boise Rescue Mission. Several of our parish donated time, money and muscle to remodeling and furnishing a room at the mission on the Veteran’s wing. The new room had shelves and cabinets custom made, walls painted, curtains hung, furniture moved in along with bedspread, pillows and pictures on the wall. This new room had a new and different feel all its own. It is still at the mission, on the same hall, probably with the same door as all the other rooms and the same walls, but it is a new creation. <br />
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Walls serve many import practical purposes. They provide protection from elements and enemies, they reflect sound and light, and give us a place to hang our pictures. They provide a rich metaphoric purpose, as well. Whenever people are divided by race or religion, culture or custom, we inevitably turn to “wall-talk” to describe the situation. And how vivid the image is in our minds whenever we hear of walls coming down. <br />
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Jesus tore down many walls during His earthly ministry. This Sunday’s gospel tells of a particularly tough wall, breaking it down gives a new, panoramic view of His ministry. Jesus and His disciples are confronted by a woman who requests healing for her daughter. That should sound familiar, for such requests are plentiful in the Gospels. But this woman is a Canaanite, and one of the thickest, tallest walls in all history existed between her people and the Jews. The disciples knew of this wall, and they presumed it was impenetrable. “Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us,” they plead. Jesus’ response is also shocking. “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,” He says, defending His refusal. But she persists, provoking an even more scandalous response from Jesus, “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” Was He serious in His protests? Were there other incidents, perhaps unrecorded, where He refused healing when He was asked? Did He actually change His mind? Was He playing along just to make a point?<br />
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Perhaps those questions will be answered in the Sunday sermon. What we will note here is how her clever response caused Jesus to pronounce her faith great and her daughter healed. This episode signifies walls of huge proportions being scaled, shot full of holes, and brought crashing to the ground. The walls of racism, classism, sexism, and sectarianism have their very foundations undermined by this outrageous act of Christ.<br />
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Many of those same walls are still standing, we argue, and some seem stronger and taller than ever before. We may sing and hope for a world described in John Oxenham's hymn:<br />
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But are we naïve or even mistaken to believe it?<br />
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The processional hymn at Grace Anglican Church on Sunday will be Praise My Soul the King of Heaven, written in 1834 by Henry Francis Lyte. This wonderful hymn is paired because of the message of God’s grace as it relates to the Epistle reading for Sunday. It is based on Psalm 103 and was chosen by Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, for her wedding hymn in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947—the one hundredth anniversary of Lyte’s death.<br />
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If you’d like to spend the night in the home of one of England’s greatest hymnists, reserve a room at the elegant Berry Head Hotel in Brixham, on England’s southern coast. Years ago, this was the home of Henry Lyte, the author of our opening hymn as well as Abide with Me, Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken, and God of Mercy, God of Grace, all hymns we have in our Hymnal ’82 and have sung at Grace Anglican Church. For twenty-three years, Henry pastored the local church in Brixham, on the “English Riviera.” How Henry and his wife, Anne, acquired this elegant estate is something of a mystery, but it was most likely provided for the by the King of England in appreciation for Henry’s ministry. The estate was at water’s edge, and there in the tranquility of that house and grounds Henry wrote most of his sermons, poems and hymns. <br />
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The Old Testament reading will be more of the story of Joseph and how he confronted his brothers when he made himself known to them after they had sold him into slavery. When he asks if his father is still alive they cannot answer him, they were so dismayed at his presence. But, Joseph tells them not to be distressed or angry with themselves because God had sent him to preserve life during the great famine across the land. Surely Joseph, himself, marveled that God Moves In A Mysterious Way, His Wonders to Perform. We sing this hymn by William Cowper, as our sequence hymn this Sunday.<br />
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William was born in Hertforshire, England on November 26, 1731. He pronounced his name Cooper, as did his forbears (his great-grandfather’s great-grandfather was lord mayor of London in the mid-sixteenth century). When Cowper was only 6 years old, his mother died; this upset his highly strung and sensitive nature, all the more so as he was sent to a boarding school at Markyate, where he was mercilessly bullied. He suffered bouts of depression all his life. He eventually moved to Olney in Buckinghamshire, where John Newton was the Anglican curate. Cowper recovered and collaborated with Newton, whom he assisted in his ministry; 348 Olney hymns (68 by Cowper) were composed and used in their revival meetings in the town.<br />
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O Zion Haste will be our recessional hymn and the words that will send us out into the streets of Boise. Untold numbers of missionaries have been sent off to the regions beyond by congregations singing this rousing Episcopalian missionary hymn that exhorts the church (“Zion”) to hurry and fulfill its mission of telling “all the world that God is light.” But few realize it was written by a worried mother sitting at the bedside of her dangerously ill son. Mary Ann Fulkner was born in London in 1834 and her family immigrated to America when she was young. After marrying John Thomson, the first librarian of the Free Library in Philadelphia, she and her husband joined the Episcopalian church in Philadelphia, where they served many years. This is what she had to say about writing her most famous hymn:<br />
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“I wrote the greater part of the hymn “O Sion Haste,” in the year 1868. I had written many hymns before, and one night, while I was sitting up with one of my children who was ill with typhoid fever, I thought I should like to write a missionary hymn…..I left the hymn unfinished and about three years later I finished it by writing the refrain which now forms a part of it.”<br />
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The singers in the Lofty Pews will chant a short Psalm 133 in Anglican Chant SATB. The anthem during Eucharist will be a more contemporary (1923) and favorite hymn of many, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, by Thomas Obediah Chisholm. <br />
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Here I’ve placed a link to a mixed quartet in a small liturgical church singing this wonderful hymn. <br />
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http://youtu.be/ZUwKbD0x7J0<br />
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Thomas was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. At age 16, he began teaching school, despite the paucity of his own education. His health was unstable and he alternated between bouts of illness and gainful employment. Through all the ups and downs, he discovered new blessings from God every morning. Thomas sent several poems to his friend, musician William Runyan, who was so moved by the words of this hymn that he prayed earnestly for special guidance in composing the music. Eventually, it became an unofficial theme song for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Still, it remained relatively unknown until popularized around the world by George Beverly Shea and the choirs at Billy Graham Crusades. <br />
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The music of hymnody often carries comforting words to remind us of Christ’s enduring mercy. Sometimes these words are only remembered by singing them. I am transported back to my childhood by this wonderful hymn sung at my grandfather funeral in 1957 when I was only 8 years old.<br />
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The world that does not recognize Christ is also yet unaware that its walls are hollow. The chipping away goes slowly, it seems. But every deed of mercy done in Christ’s name loosens a stone or two. Every note of music that proclaims God’s way over the world’s way leaves a dent in the plaster. The barriers are doomed; we can live as if they don’t exist, walking freely the paths cleared by the wall-demolishing Christ. The new room looks marvelous, and the possibilities it opens up are exhilarating!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Then Sings My Soul</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Companion to the SDA Hymnal</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Hymnal ’82 Companion</span><br />
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Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-76261059867136126772011-08-05T21:09:00.000-06:002011-08-05T21:09:31.218-06:00Performance Anxiety<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pentecost 8, August 7, 2011</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28~~Psalm 105:1-6, 16-22 </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">from BCP</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">~~<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Romans 10:5-15</i>~~<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Matthew 14:22-33</i></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Book of Common Prayer, 1928 service</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you ever experienced performance anxiety?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even soloists who always appear calm and collected admit to being nervous at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been around performers of music all my life, having been born into a very musically oriented family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know about performance anxiety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We worry about our voice giving out, not getting enough breath to carry over a phrase, messing up the words, FORGETTING the words….just any number of things!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do we put ourselves through such anguish?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psychologists tell us that the worst nightmare for many persons is the fear of performing music in public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also tell us what is the ultimate goal of these same people—it is to perform music in public!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a strange paradoxical force that drives us to embark on that first performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It fulfills deeply, but what separates success from failure is only a thin layer of confidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can feel much like walking on water.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This Sunday it is Peter who is going “solo”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scene is familiar—Jesus’ disciples are in a boat when a storm hits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing someone walking toward them on the water, their fear is magnified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It is a ghost!” they cry out in fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I do not be afraid.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a comforting response from their master.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Peter needs more assurance that this is really Jesus and suggests, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus’ response is brief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Come,” He says.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We wonder what was going through Peter’s mind as he took those first tentative steps?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was probably bouncing around between confidence and doubt, much like we would do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m recalling when we first started Grace Anglican Church needing to add music to our services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who was going to do this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HOW IN THE WORLD would we accomplish this important aspect of an Anglican service without someone who really knew how to direct us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took it on with the encouragement and assistance of several friends, but my own mental conversation went something like this:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Who do I think I am that I can do this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, maybe I can do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, I have no idea what to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, if we can pull this off, it would make our services so lovely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I can count on Jesus to help us, but I’m just not sure of myself…..”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And all of those thoughts went on in my mind before we even considered chanting the Psalms!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We know how the story in the gospel turned out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peter did get wet, but let’s not forget those first few steps he took before his focus shifted from Jesus to his own fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus called his faith “little,’ but by doing so He did acknowledge its presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And by testing it He gave Peter a valuable lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, even a little faith can work wonders, and it can be the ripple that grows into a wave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, ultimately, we must take no pride in the magnitude of our faith, for it is not of our own creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a gift from the Master who calms the storms, holds out a gracious hand, and bids us come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We open<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>our service this Sunday with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O Worship the King, All Glorious Above, </b>a hymn of such stature in the minds of most congregations as to be thought of as a “classic.” The words were written by Sir Robert Grant and the rousing tune, had long been attributed to William Croft and before that to Handel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But now we must regretfully consign it to the “Anonymous” list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The popularity of this tune has been phenomenal throughout its history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since about 1750 it has been in almost every major hymnbook I the English-speaking world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the sixth most frequently printed sacred piece in American tunebooks up to the year 1810.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Second only to </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">OLD 100<sup>TH , </sup></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">it was the tune most frequently found on English organ barrels in the period of their widespread use (ca. 1790 to 1860).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will hear at the very end of the Gospel reading that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“those in the boat worshiped Him”</i> as in the words of our hymn, we too, will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“worship the King” </i>as we process in to the sanctuary.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Out of the Depths I Call</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> will be our sequence hymn, sung before and after the Gospel reading this Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was chosen to echo the thoughts of Joseph in the Old Testament reading of Genesis, when he was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps you can imagine being a 17 year old Joseph in those endless days away from his family, calling out to God to hear “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my supplicating voice and graciously reply.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The wonderful thing about planning for liturgical services is that everything is meant to fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you also hear a frightened Peter crying out to Jesus as he is about to sink, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Lord, save me!”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from our Gospel reading?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tune, </span><span style="font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">ST. BRIDE,</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">was composed in 1760 for use with this text and has been included in Episcopal tunebooks sice 1851.</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">O God Our Help In Ages Past</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is our recessional hymn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The melody of this hymn will already have been sung when we sing the antiphon to the Psalm for the day in SATB Anglican Chant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text by Isaac Watts is probably not only his best-known work, but one of his finest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A masterful paraphrase of ps. 90:1-5, it can be found in practically every English-language hymnal around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its matching with this tune occurred early in the nineteenth century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Wesley altered the opening from “Our God, our help” to “ O God, Our help”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today it is considered to be one of the finest texts in the English Hymn literature and is considered the finest hymn paraphrase written by Isaac Watts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Our guest organist this week will be Gene Arner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gene and his wife, Mary, have visited at Grace Anglican Church and have great appreciation for classical music and worship services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was told that Gene had been a church organist in years past, I asked him if he would consider accompanying our services on occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve had a great time preparing the music from the Lofty Pews for this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure Gene isn’t wondering (like Peter) why he thought he could do this, after so many years away from his regular organ position!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Welcome Gene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We look forward to future times we can raise our voices in praise with your accompaniment on the organ at Grace Anglican Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a pleasure.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eucharist anthem this week is Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“How Lovely Are the Messengers”,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>from his oratorio, St Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text of the work is based largely on the Acts of the Apostles and is a paraphrase of our Epistle for today, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Romans 10:15.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The anthem that the singers will sing is one of the oratorio’s best-loved choruses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Following are a couple of links to more about this piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can hear a choir in Stockholm singing it or read more about Felix Mendelssohn’s life.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.choirs.org.uk/prognotes/mendelssohn%20st%20paul.htm"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.choirs.org.uk/prognotes/mendelssohn%20st%20paul.htm</span></a></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #558ed5; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: 'lumm=60000 lumo=40000'; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ExwoK4j-w</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #558ed5; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: 'lumm=60000 lumo=40000'; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Sung by choir at the Ang</span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">lican Episcopal church in Stockholm on Sunday 6Th Dec 2009</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; 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</div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-67259800280975498602011-07-30T14:44:00.000-06:002011-07-30T18:31:55.520-06:00"I WANT TO BE ALONE!"<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Pentecost 9, July 31, 2011</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Genesis 45:1-15</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Psalm 133 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">from BCP</i></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32</span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Matthew 15:10-28</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I vant to be alone!” was the dramatic cry of legendary actress Greta Garbo. Most of us will never experience or understand the intense pressures faced by celebrities, but at least their fame and financial means often give them the opportunity to get the solitude they want.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I’ve been known to utter the same cry at times in my life. “I want to be alone,” might be the plea of our organist upon hearing the janitor entering with the vacuum cleaner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“We want to be alone,” complain the singers in the Lofty Pews when they hear the Altar Guild arrive to set up for a service. Music coordinators or worship leaders are usually happy when they are left alone to decide on music for a service, yet often feel pressure from many directions to alter the selection of music and hymns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wanting to be left alone can be a cop-out at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But being alone can also be a time of retreat, reflection, and renewal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to Saturdays when I am “left alone” to write the Lofty Pew Notes and polish the music for the next day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Jesus also desired alone time on earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our Lord is presented to us in a very human fashion as this Sunday’s gospel reading opens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has just heard of the tragic beheading of John the Baptist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matthew records that Jesus withdrew into a boat to a deserted place by Himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had much to contemplate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John was his relative, His forerunner, His baptizer, His preacher!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How different John’s life would have been had he not gotten involved with Jesus!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did this mean for all the others who proclaimed Him as the Savior?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was he signing their death warrants, too?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But Jesus’ retreat time, deserved as it was, was cut short; the crowds heard where He was headed and followed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seeing them, He had compassion and cured their sick. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there is even more work to do, for the crowd stays through the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The disciples are concerned for the people’s mealtime, for the high cost of providing enough food, and for the chaos that could ensue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shouldn’t they give a supper break so the people can go into the villages to buy food?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus chooses another storyline, one that creates a sensation of its own and proclaims the kingdom of God in a most profound way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than five thousand are fed from five loaves and two fish, and the copious leftovers are a sermon in themselves!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is nothing reposeful about this day! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sorrow and joy stand side by side on this day in Jesus’ life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a day of weariness and great activity, of retreat and full charge ahead, of solitude and massive crowds, of bad news and exuberant Gospel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it that Jesus cannot make up His mind?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, His day is one of contrasts because He is responding to the diverse needs around Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As His messengers in this world, we want nothing other than this for ourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We will sing<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> O God of Bethel, By whose Hand </b>as our processional hymn and present, in this hymn, our vows, our prayers before the throne of grace and ask God to spread His sheltering wings around us till all our wanderings cease and we unite with Him in peace at our “Father’s abode.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The words of this hymn were written by Phillip Doddridge (b 1702).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phillip was an English independent theologian, writer, and poet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He became minister of Kibworth chapel in 1723, though was not ordained until a few years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He founded his own academy for the training of Independent ministers in 1729 and was known and respected by fellow independents such as Watts, Anglicans such as bishops William Warburton and Thomas Secker, and “Methodists” such as the Wesley brothers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The hymn has two versions printed in our hymnal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first one is a unison setting, the second is in harmony (SATB) with the melody in the tenor line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the musical term <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fauxbourdon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>In hymn singing there is a treble descant superimposed upon the melody being sung by the congregation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Listen for this from the singers in the loft.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">God Has Spoken To His People</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, the sequence hymn, was well received when we had this hymn in our service recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a stirring hymn by the Rev. Dr. Willard F.. Jabusch, set to a very engaging Hasidic folk melody, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Demi','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">TORAH SONG</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, challenging God’s people to action in response to the Creator’s word. The text was altered for use in Hymnal ’82 to make its imagery totally consistent with Hebrew scripture and thus an even more authentic partner of the Hasidic melody. The emphasis on joy, of which music is an essential component, is a characteristic feature of the Hasidic movement of Judaism, founded by Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We find this fun to sing, yet the words call us to open our ears to <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hear God’s word being read to us -- the people -- as we bookend the reading of the Gospel with verses 1&2 before and 3&4 after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HALLELUJAH!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Now Let Us All Praise God and Sing </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">will be the anthem sung from the Lofty Pews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it is on Youtube at </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">“</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Festival of Pipes", an organ dedication concert of worship presenting the newly renovated 1875 George W. Ryder tracker organ. Organist: Peter Vantine. Choir: MCC Choir. Date: May 4, 2008. Location: Middleton Congregational Church.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2OAvzg35w"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: purple;">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2OAvzg35w</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Psalm 17:1-7, 16 </b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">from BCP </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">is the appointed Psalm for Sunday and will be sung in SATB Anglican Chant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please feel free to join in the antiphon when we sing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have the words printed in your insert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think you will catch on to the melody when we sing it for you at the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Have you noticed that we have had some new faces in the Lofty Pews recently?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week we will be joined by Abbe Adam’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>daughter visiting from California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are thrilled to have her as an alto with us while she is visiting Boise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Also, we have enjoyed having Rick Capezza in the Lofty Pews the last few weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rick is taking the Chaplain’s course this summer at St Luke’s Medical Center and is a member of Christ the King Anglican Church in Spokane, one of our sister churches in the Western Diocese of ACNA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and his wife, Rachel have 3 adorable children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were thoughtfully named, Kyrie Eleison (“Lord, have mercy!”), Antonio Giovanni (priceless grace of God”) and Epiphany Joy (“revelation of joy”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a pleasure singing with you, Rick and having your tenor voice blend with our quartet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Thank you also to Darrell Ludders and Bruce Moberly for joining us when they can and the faithful soprano, Sharon Helppie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a blessing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abbe Adams and Mary McGuire join us regularly to make music from the Lofty Pews with Pat O Neil on the organ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> is our recessional hymn. The words of this wonderful hymn were written by the contemporary English hymn writer, theologian, and activist for world development, the Rev. Brian Wren (b. 1930).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He wrote it for his congregation at Hockley, Essex, “to sum up a series of sermons on the meaning of communion.” The text begins with the individual worshiper, who comes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“with joy to meet my Lord”; </i>moves into the corporate dimension, “the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> new community of love”; </i>and ends in the spirit of the dismissal in the Eucharist<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, “together met, together bound, we’ll go our different ways, and…in the world we’ll live and speak His praise.”</i><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Yes, we want to be alone at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, more importantly, we want to <u>join with Jesus</u> in His daily routine of meeting needs in the world around us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we sing this hymn, contemplating the meaning of the words, let us consider “going our different ways” to meet the needs of our friends and neighbors as we “live and speak” praise to our Lord and Savior by telling others about Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>HALLELUJAH!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-14856263407479250962011-07-23T22:53:00.000-06:002011-07-23T22:53:51.205-06:00Metaphors, parables, hymns and psalms<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 Pentecost </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proper 12</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July 24, 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past week I had a friend send me one of those emails that wants you to come up with a description of the sender with the 3<sup>rd</sup> letter of your last name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My friend happened to be an Episcopal Priest so I labeled her “trinitarian” since “t” is the letter I needed to use. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another email this week asked me to fill in the blanks on what I was doing in the moment with one and ONLY ONE descriptive word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday’s gospel reading may sound as if Jesus has just been asked to explain God’s kingdom in ten sentences or less, as Matthew has recorded for us a series of mini-parables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll hear about the mustard seed, some yeast, a treasure in the field, a pearl and a fishing net.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll hear about sowers, birds, bread bakers, treasure hunters, pearl merchants and fish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Christians need not be ashamed of the many ways we think and speak of the triune God and the working of the kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May of our metaphors come right from scripture; others from disciples of distant times and cultures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And many new ones are graciously offered to us for our consideration and inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to discover that good metaphoric language does not disguise or distort the truth-- reveals it.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is even one more mini-parable in this package from Matthew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus tells the crowd, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the Kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We, too, are truly rich when we treasure the best poetic images from the past as well as make room for new ones that express the wide diversity of God’s world and God’s people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hymnody continues to be both a classroom and a playground for new images to mingle with the old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will experience the old and the new in the music at Grace this Sunday.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our processional hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">God of Grace and God of Glory </b>is one of the most popular hymns of the twentieth century. Harry Emerson Fosdick, a preacher of international acclaim, wrote the words at his summer home at Boothbay Harbor, Maine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hymn was sung the following fall at the opening of the Riverside Church in New York, October 5, 1930.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, this is a fairly contemporary hymn, especially when we consider the sequence hymn next.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">God Moves <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">in a Mysterious Way</span></span></span></b><span style="background: yellow; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;"> – our sequence hymn -- was written by William Cowper in the year 1772. Unfortunately, this was about a year before the onset of an intense period of depression</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> that led to attempted suicide in October1773, and brought his major hymn writing to an end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Lofty Pew Singers will chant <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Psalm 105</b> in SATB Anglican chant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are invited to join them in singing the printed antiphon available at the door.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">What God Ordains is Good Indeed </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">(Was Gott tut, das ist woblgetan), </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">by JS Bach will be the Eucharist anthem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Bach, sung in German or Latin might be preferable from a stylistic and musical standpoint, it is perhaps not always the best choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For that reason we will sing this Bach piece in both German and English, in case you don’t understand or speak German.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following is the text in English:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What God ordains is good indeed,</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For all life well providing.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The will of God is best for me,</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The ground of my confiding.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My faithful God,</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On every road</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You know the way unfolding;</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: windowtext 3pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: wave windowtext 3.0pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: wave windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your strong hand I am holding.</span></span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What God ordains is good indeed.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My friend will never fail me</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On danger’s path, in deepest need,</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When death in grief shall veil me.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My God so dear,</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">O, draw me near;</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In loving arms now hold me;</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">At last in light enfold me.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Here is a link</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <span lang="EN">to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Slidell,La, singing this piece, October 25, 2009 </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">on YouTube:</span><br />
<div style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1h4fTNIcAE" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1h4fTNIcAE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1h4fTNIcAE</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">If Thou But Trust in God to Guide Thee </b>will be our recessional hymn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hymn is a classic example of the hymns of “German Pietism,” but that is misleading, since it was written at least a generation before the Pietist movement was begun by Philipp Jacob Spener in the mid-1670s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is rather a classic example of the intense and personal hymnody that developed and grew during and following the devastation of the Thirty Years War.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both the text and melody of the hymn were written by Georg Neumark in the winter of 1640-41.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original 7 stanzas appeared after the heading:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A Song of Comfort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That God, in His own time will care for and preserve His own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the verse:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee’ [Ps. 55:22].”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Catherine Winkworth translated the hymn which has had extensive use, especially in American Lutheranism from the last quarter of the nineteenth century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Will all the metaphors in Sunday’s lessons bring even more confusion to our task of understanding God’s kingdom?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not if we realize that it is not an identity complex we have—what we have as Christians are richly complex identities. Serving God is a mystery. May god guide our paths as we serve him in submission and mystery and trust God to guide us as we process into the streets of Boise this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sources:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Youtube</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 7pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hymnal 1982 Companion</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tune My Heart to Sing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deacon Ron Jutzy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 7pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bach for All Seasons</span></div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-55877018866688292752011-07-16T16:19:00.000-06:002011-07-16T16:19:52.537-06:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Engravers MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pentecost 5</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Engravers MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Proper 11</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Engravers MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>July 17, 2011</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus often used the metaphor of seeds to teach important lessons about God’s kingdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week the gospel contains yet another “seedy” story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An enemy has sown weeds among the wheat, and the hungry sprouts threaten the success of the crop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The workers are ready to pull out all the weeds, but the wise householder points to a different solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eliminating the weeds will endanger the wheat, he fears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let them grow and ripen together; the harvest will be the time for separating the wheat and the weeds.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is much wisdom in this teaching, but we may wish Jesus’ message had been more definitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We get that we need tolerance and patience, how do we go about separating the wheat from the weeds? What is the key to wise discernment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to define and even harder to obtain and administer.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just as the farm hands had to be guided by their master’s wisdom, the discernment we seek most is the will of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are reminded in this story that the most important answers in life are seldom easy to do or even easy to understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zeal and quickness are not always virtues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And those that claim to speak for God must be cautious and ever open to change lest they stifle or deny the continuing creativity of the Holy Spirit. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed Jesus, At Thy Word</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, the processional hymn will be familiar to our ears because, if you were here last week, it was our opening hymn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just thought we’d have another chance to learn this lovely hymn, and since it was paired with the Gospel, why not?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week I wrote about the author of the text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week, I’ll tell you about the author of the hymn tune, Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Johann Ahle was born in Muhlhausen in the Thuringian Forest of East Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahle was an accomplished organist and composer who copied the Italian school of rhythm and ornate melody in an attempt to break away from the dull and stodgy German church music of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His sacred arias, however, were subjected to much criticism and were considered as introducing too lively a secular influence into sacred singing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder if they were using the parable of the weeds and the wheat to determine what was good music and what was bad?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems they were having the same issues with music and musicians 400 years ago!</span></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lofty Pew Choir will chant <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Psalm 139:1-11, 22-23</b> in Anglican Chant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will sing the anthem, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thou Knowest, Lord</b>, by Henry Purcell (1659-1695) during Eucharist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The music is paired with the Psalm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Henry Purcell wrote this anthem for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1694. He died himself a year later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a link to a beautiful rendition of it:</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf_84OQgZSg&NR=1"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf_84OQgZSg&NR=1</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.baroquemusic.org/cgpurcelloil2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxpurcell.html&usg=__gWtajNCL3LxLVjDvylQd2mabE3Y=&h=400&w=330&sz=38&hl=en&start=2&sig2=5W_fFcu3zs696Djk_PvOrA&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Qn-kmWNJVffRWM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=102&prev=/search?q=Henry+Purcell&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1243&bih=650&gbv=2&tbm=isch&ei=PQMiTt2bFI2ftwf-1rS_Aw"><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-no-proof: yes; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><shapetype coordsize="21600,21600" filled="f" id="_x0000_t75" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f"><stroke joinstyle="miter"></stroke><formulas><f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></f><f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></f><f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></f><f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></f><f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></f><f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></f><f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></f><f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></f></formulas><path gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" o:extrusionok="f"></path><lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></lock></shapetype><shape alt="Description: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOEBgeOgqm0FCfumBndwhdtU2dBVKeBhOZVqWhJIpNlUIOAxD6OxWbhxQ" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.baroquemusic.org/cgpurcelloil2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxpurcell.html&usg=__gWtajNCL3LxLVjDvylQd2mabE3Y=&h=400&w=330&sz=38&hl=en&start=2&sig2=5W_fFcu3zs696Djk_PvOrA&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Qn-kmWNJVffRWM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=102&prev=/search?q=Henry+Purcell&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1243&bih=650&gbv=2&tbm=isch&ei=PQMiTt2bFI2ftwf-1rS_Aw" id="ipfQn-kmWNJVffRWM_x003a_" o:button="t" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" style="height: 93pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 76.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75"><fill o:detectmouseclick="t"></fill><imagedata o:title="ANd9GcTOEBgeOgqm0FCfumBndwhdtU2dBVKeBhOZVqWhJIpNlUIOAxD6OxWbhxQ" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\LANAJU~1.YOU\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"></imagedata></shape></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our sequence hymn will be another “mission” hymn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have sung several in these weeks after Pentecost. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christ is the World’s True Light</b> first appeared in the Hymnal 1940 and was matched with the present tune written at a later time and now included in the Hymnal 1982.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text is the work of George Wallace Briggs, a major British hymn writer of the second quarter of the twentieth century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Erick Routley describes him as “one of the most sought-after of the writers of his time”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This hymn is paired the Epistle reading of Romans 8:12-25.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Fawcett (b January 6, 1740) was converted by the evangelist George Whitefield at the age of 16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He eventually became a Baptist minister, serving at Wainsgate, England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1782 he published a collection of 166 of his own hymns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his preface to this book he wrote:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“When I have digested my thoughts on some portion of God’s Word, I have frequently attempted to sum up the leading ideas, in a few plain verses, to be sung after the sermon; that so they might be more impressed on my own heart and on the heart of my hearers”</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After our sermon today, <span style="color: #333333;">let us keep the Gospel scripture in mind along with our closing hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lord Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing, </b>written by John Fawcett<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 1773.Here we have it paired with Matthew 13:24-30,36-<metricconverter productid="43, in" w:st="on">43, in</metricconverter> reference to the last line of the first stanza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original text has been changed to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“wilderness”</i> from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“in this dry and barren place.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>These may have been more fitting words for the parable of the wheat and the tares.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">May we work, pray, and struggle for the skills, artistry, insights, patience, and humility to be faithful caretakers of the seeds growing in and about God’s kingdom.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sources:</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Deacon Ron Jutzy</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erick Routley</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">YouTube</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SDA Hymnal Commentary</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 8pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1982 Hymnal Commentary</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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</div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-39437074379019110992011-07-09T14:23:00.000-06:002011-07-09T14:23:34.611-06:00Pentecost 4 at Grace Anglican Church<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pentecost 4</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Proper 10</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Engravers MT", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>July 10, 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you think that everyone in our congregation keeps silent and reverent during the organ prelude?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are our people always attentive when the choir sings from the Lofty Pews?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do our clergy catch every nuance of the choir’s message in text and tune?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we in the Lofty Pews pay close attention every word and action of the liturgy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we ever have to call out, “Can I have your attention!” or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Listen!” </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that just about everybody has been accused and reprimanded, let’s return to reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wayne Wold says it is human nature to be selective about our listening habits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a relief, because I was feeling rather nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says it is the nature of good music and full, rich, spiritual worship to contain more than we can ever appreciate and comprehend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even in the presence of Christ himself we need to be reminded to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so it has been with disciples of every age.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus announces His forthcoming parable by calling out, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Listen!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>He concludes the parable with the charge, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Let anyone with ears listen!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>In between these two exclamations is the story of seeds that fall on a variety of surfaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though we do not hold the power in ourselves to control the kingdom of God, we are blessed as God plants and brings about growth in and through us. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Germany in the seventeenth century it was customary for the congregation to sing a “sermon hymn,” part immediately before the sermon and part just after the sermon had ended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would be similar to how we do the Sequence Hymn in our services at Grace Anglican Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tobias Clausnitzer published such a hymn, to be sung before the sermon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The direct statements in the first two lines and throughout the hymn express the desire of the people to hear God’s Word, thus preparing their minds to receive the message of the sermon immediately to follow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The translation into English by Catherine Winkworth is our opening hymn for this week as we will be gathered together in song by these words:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blessed Jesus, at thy word</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We are gathered all to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hear</b> thee;</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">…….</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Open thou our ears and heart</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">,</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Help us by thy Spirit’s pleading.</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hear </span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">the cry thy Church upraises;</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Hear</span></i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">, and bless our prayers and praises.</span></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Blessed Jesus At Thy Word</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our sequence hymn will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O Christ, the Word Incarnate</b>, by William Walsham How (text) and tune credited to Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elijah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>It is among the best-known hymns for Holy Scripture, and is based on Psalm 119:105.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The singers in the Lofty Pews will be chanting this Psalm in Anglican chant form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let’s go back to our parable, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">open our ears and</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">listen </b>to another part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about that wasteful sower?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shouldn’t he have been more careful with his seeds than to scatter them on bad soil?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we answer the call to minister in our own unique ways, shouldn’t we be careful to not waste the precious gift of the kingdom?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jesus’ parable is not about smart farming, it is about God’s work and the assisting role we are privileged to share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God supplies the seed and under His management, the seed is so plentiful, the nurturing so effective, and the potential for growth so great that we can be excessive and even extravagant in our sowing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We may never know where the seeds fall and what becomes of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, even in those who are not paying attention to the hymns or musical offerings in the church, maybe a seed is being planted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just maybe, in those sermons, readings, and prayers whose full impact we may miss (a so-so sermon, a botched chanted Psalm, a glitch in a hymn) seeds have been planted in us and those who hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This past week I have been privileged to attend the American Guild of Organist’s Region VIII<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Convention held in Boise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening and closing worship ceremonies were held in St Michael’s Episcopal Church and Cathedral of the Rockies, respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The homilies presented for both were ‘music to my ears’ along with all the music that goes with liturgical worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At one of the workshops presented by a composer of choral music, Daniel Gawthrop, someone asked what the most important part of composing music is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His answer was “TEXT, TEXT, TEXT.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that he spends “significant time choosing text for what he writes, and often it is text from scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He further said that time then needs to be spent in the selection and presenting to the congregation our music in hymns and choral music in “searching, practice and performance.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because of the unique way that music carries the words of music into our hearts and minds he said that “sometimes the only sermon people will hear in church will be the sermon carried in the music – hymns and or choir.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a challenge it is to work towards perfecting the worship of the people in the liturgy of Grace Anglican Church as we speak, pray or sing the words to move forward together in perfect harmony.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we process out into the world this week singing the hymn <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Spread, O Spread, Thou Mighty Word, </b>we recollect the sower iin the parable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This wonderful missionary hymn is <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>calling us to be doers and hearers, not only in worship, but in every aspect of our lives to spread the MIGHTY WORD.</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-60453001468094745602011-07-02T17:44:00.000-06:002011-07-02T17:55:02.408-06:00Lofty Pew Notes<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3 Pentecost, Proper 9, July 3, 2011</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This Sunday, Grace Anglican Church will use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer for our Eucharist service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do this the first Sunday of every month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, you may bring your own BCP if you have one and turn its familiar pages or use our handy booklet that will be at the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also welcome our resident organist, Pat O Neil, back from California where she laid her 94 year old father to rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May he rest in peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Welcome home, Pat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We missed you.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our opening hymn will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Love Divine, All Loves Excelling</b>, written by Charles Wesley in 1747.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time there was a popular tune to the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Song of Venus”</i> in Dryden’s play <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King Arthur</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening words were: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fairest isle, all isles excelling,</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Seat of pleasures ad of loves,</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Venus here will choose her dwelling</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And forsake her Cyrian groves.</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wesley capitalized on the tune and wrote his hymn in the same meter, using also two of Dryden’s rhymes, but the hymn is virtually a composite of many verses of Scripture, showing Wesley’s familiarity with the Bible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The text of this hymn, which over the years has achieved both international acceptance and use, gained additional favor for Episcopalians when it was first matched with the Welsh tune </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">HYFRYDOL</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> in the 1940 Hymnal and continues in the Hymnal ’82 that we use at GAC.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Come Away to the Skies</b> will be our sequence hymn and is another hymn by the great hymn writer, Charles Wesley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The text was written on the anniversary of the birth of his wife, October 12, 1755, and first published in his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hymns for the Use of Families </i>(London, 1767), under the title<em> <strong>“On the birth-day of a friend.”</strong></em><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interesting that it written as a birthday hymn for Charles Wesley’s wife and we find it suggested as a hymn today to match with Genesis 24:34-38, 4249, 58-67.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the story of Rebekah and Isaac meeting, falling in love and marrying. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The hymn tune name is </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">MIDDLEBURY</span> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">and first appeared in the second edition of the four-shape shape-note tunebook <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony </i>in 1824, compiled by the Shenandoah Valley farmer, printer, and singing-school teacher Ananias Davisson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a spirited and fun hymn to sing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The recessional hymn is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jesus Shall Reign</b> -- one of Isaac Watts’ (1674-1748) most glorious poems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It comes from his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psalms of David Imitated </i>(1719), specifically from the second part of Psalm 72.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the earliest outstanding hymn written for overseas missions, and it is still the finest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of its modern, liberal tone it was somewhat neglected by the eighteenth century that gave it birth on the other hand, some of the best verses, relevant in 1719, are obsolete, and are thus omitted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The phrase “barbarous nations” has unfortunately ceased to apply to the countries outside the Christian pale. I'm not so sure about that, however.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The hymn tune for <strong>Jesus Shall Reign</strong>, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">DUKE STREET</span> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">is the only hymn tune written by John Hatton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little is known of John, except that he lived on Duke Street in the district of St Helens in the township of Windle, Lancashire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is said to have been killed in a stagecoach accident and was buried from (sic) the Presbyterian Chapel of St. Helens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This tune for which he is known is named after the street on which he resided.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Next Sunday, Fr Baker and Jeanmarie will be away on vacation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will have a Morning Prayer service officiated by our two Deacons, Mason Clingan and Ronald Jutzy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come prepared to sing The Lord’s Prayer….well, we’ll work on it before the service starts, but I think many of you will find it familiar and welcome it back in plainsong form instead of speaking it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll give it a try.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Sources:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">A Treasury of Hymns</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">101 Hymn Stories</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Companion to the SDA Hymnal</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Hymnal 1982 Companion</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;">Then Sings My Soul, Morgan</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971622616505901566.post-74328209683049277372011-07-01T15:35:00.000-06:002011-07-01T22:10:28.168-06:00Second Sunday after Pentecost<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;"></span><br />
<div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Second Sunday after Pentecost</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Proper 8 Year A</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">JUNE 26, 2011</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Do you remember those rather long readings during Lent?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our gospel reading this Sunday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Matthew 10:40-42</b>, makes up for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is only 3 verses long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite its brevity Jesus makes some firm pledges that have long-term impact on His disciples’ work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who welcome His disciples are welcoming Christ Himself, and hence the One who sent Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hence, welcoming a prophet or a righteous person is a deed that does more than just share kindness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, assisting at the Boise Rescue Mission, answering the telephones at Love INC or even giving a cup of cold water to a child in the name of a disciple is an act of divine worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In other words, Jesus is identifying Himself with His message, with all who carry it, and with all who receive it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Such a pledge of solidarity is possible only from one who has both the divine power to bring about what He pledges and the selfless love to share the honor rightfully due Him alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we not amazed at such power of love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we not amazed at what this revelation means to our discipleship?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our honor is due wherever God’s presence is celebrated and His word proclaimed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our mission field is everywhere and anywhere there is a need – with our next door neighbor, the stranger that comes to town and needs a meal or a place to sleep, a hurting coworker, a parishioner that sits in one of our pews or a school<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for teachers in India. Wherever we are called in this world of woe is where God has need of us.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But Christ’s pledge means much to our individual selves, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For we are blessed and called in baptism to be givers, receivers, and vessels of Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we witness to the salvation He has won, we carry His redemption to all we encounter, finding it true for us as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We can pledge our discipleship to Jesus only because He has first pledged His presence and power to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you sing the sequence hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O Day of God Draw Nigh, </b>that book ends the gospel reading this Sunday, consider what the gospel and hymn are speaking to you in the words of the 2<sup>nd</sup> verse:<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bring to our troubled minds,<br />
Uncertain and afraid,<br />
The quiet of a steadfast faith,<br />
Calm of a call obeyed.</span></i> <br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Church’s One Foundation </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">will be our processional hymn this week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same hymn was our recessional hymn in May and I wrote about it then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Someone in attendance at Grace Anglican Church had never heard this hymn before, so I think it calls for a little historical story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This magnificent hymn is as fitting today as at the time it was written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you read the following story, I think you’ll agree!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This great hymn emerged from a ragged and wearing controversy that threatened to tear asunder the Church of England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the mid-1800s, the liberal views of German theologians drifted like a poisonous fog over Anglicans worldwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In South Africa, Bishop John William Colenso, influenced by the German ‘higher critics” questioned whether Moses had really written the first five books of the Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also took liberal views toward Paul’s Book of Romans, denying the doctrine of eternal punishment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colenso had been a tireless missionary bishop, serving the Zulu people in northeastern S. Africa with laudable passion, but his emerging liberalism sent shock waves among evangelical Anglican leaders.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Colenso was removed from his post in 1853 and fought the order, eventually he was reinstated by a London court of law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The resulting conflict shook the Anglican Church to its <strong>FOUNDATION</strong>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One man on the side of evangelical truth was Samuel Stone, the curate of Windsor in the shadow of Windsor Castle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1866, he wrote twelve hymns based on the twelve articles of the Apostles’ Creed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“<strong>The Church’s One Foundation</strong>” was based on the ninth article of the creed, which says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I believe in the holy catholic (universal) church:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the communion of saints.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next year, Anglican bishops from around the world assembled for a theological enclave that became known as the first LAMBETH CONFERENCE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tone of the proceedings was set by Stone’s hymn, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Church’s One Foundation,”</b> which had been set to music by Samuel Wesley, the grandson of Charles Wesley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It became the processional for that conference, and has been one of the church’s best-loved hymns ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all the verses, however, are sung today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a stanza you many never have thought of before in light of the above story and in light of the state of our Anglican Church today:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though with a scornful wonder men see her sore oppressed,</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed:</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yet saints their watch are keeping, their cry goes up, “How long?”</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And soon the night of weekping shall be the morn of song!</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Gaelic Prayer</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> with words adapted from an ancient Gaelic rune, will be the anthem sung by the Lofty Pew Singers at the Eucharist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an imaginative setting of this comforting and peaceful Old Gaelic Blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our guest organist, Dr Glenn Pool will accompany them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a link to the Gloriae Dei Cantores choral group singing this prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharon Helppie and I were privileged to go to a choral workshop they did in Arizona in 2009. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://site.paracletepress.com/forms/audioPop.php?play=ppdemo07-agaelicprayer.wma&MED%5b%5d=ppdemo07-agaelicprayer.wma" title="http://site.paracletepress.com/forms/audioPop.php?play=ppdemo07-agaelicprayer.wma&MED[]=ppdemo07-agaelicprayer.wma"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="color: blue;">Click here: Audio Player</span></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Gaelic Prayer</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By David Lowry</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of the rolling wave to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of the flowing air to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of the quiet earth to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of the shining stars to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of the gently night to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Moon and stars pour their healing light on you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of Christ the light of the world to you;</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Deep peace of Christ to you.</span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As we recess into the world onto the streets of Boise, Idaho this Sunday, to the hymn, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">O God of Every Nation, </b>we will be singing a text that reflects the world we live in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A world divided by race and material wealth and devastated by war, let us never lose sight of the vision of God’s will for His world, a world where love, peace and justice will reign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us sing the words of this hymn and make it our prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will you hear that “still small voice?”</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Harlow Solid Italic"; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Convention Worship at St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img border="0" datasize="7874" height="190" id="MA32461671-0001" src="aoladp://MA32461671-0001/clip_image001.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" width="140" /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All are cordially invited to worship at St. Michael’s Cathedral for a </span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pre-Convention Eucharist on July 3 at 10:00 A. M.</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music will include:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Festive Eucharist” – Craig Phillips, “Love bade me welcome” – David Hurd</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Sing we merrily” – Sydney Campbell</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">OPENING SERVICE OF THE CONVENTION</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6:30 P. M. – Festive Prelude</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr. Thomas Joyce, organist</span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7:00 P. M. – Choral Evensong with the Cathedral Choir</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michael D. Boney, Canon for Music<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Dr. Thomas Joyce, organist</span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Music will include:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Eternal Light” – Leo Sowerby, “Versicles and Responses” – Michael Boney</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C” – C. V. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stanford, “For lo, I raise up” – C. V. Stanford</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The gate of heaven” – Paul Aitken (commissioned by the Les Bois Chapter of the AGO)</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">St. Michael’s Cathedral</span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><street w:st="on"></span><br />
<address w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">518 N. 8<sup>th</sup> Street</span></i></address></street><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Boise</span></i></city><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, <state w:st="on">ID</state></span></i></place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Located on the corner of 8<sup>th</sup> and State Streets; directly behind the Capitol)</span></span></i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div><div></div><div></div>Lanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15864850670216626188noreply@blogger.com0