Schedule and Repertoire Plans
January
Thursday, January 11
Thursday schedule for Chancel Choir resumes
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, January 14 (Second Sunday after Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
36:5-10 - Plainsong Tone I.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"How Brightly Beams the Morning Star" - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck [NOEAB p. 90]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"He Will Not Suffer Thy Foot to be Moved" - John Weldon
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, January 18
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, January 21(Third Sunday after Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
19 - Plainsong Tone VII.3
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"The Third Song of Isaiah" - Rchard Warner
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"It Is A Good Thing To Give Thanks To The Lord" - James Kent (1700-1776)
(Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, January 25
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, January 28(Fourth Sunday after Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
71:1-6 - Plainsong Tone VII.3
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Laudate Dominum" - W. A. Mozart
(Chancel Choir with Betty Schubert, soprano)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
February
Thursday, February 1
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, February 4(Fifth Sunday after Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
138 - [Anglican Chant] - David Hurd
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"There Shall a Star from Jacob" from Christus - F. Mendelssohn
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"I Will Lift Mine Eyes" - Peter Cornelius
(Betty Schubert, soprano and Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, February 8
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, February 11(Sixth Sunday after Epiphany)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"Seek Ye First " - Karen Laaferty
(Junior Choir)
Offertory:
"The Beatitudes" - Arvo Pärt
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"The Call" - Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, February 15
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, February 18(Last Sunday after Epiphany - Transfiguration)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
following Eucharist
Choir Appreciation Chili Lunch - hosted by Rector's Guild
(Junior and Chancel Choirs)
Psalm:
99 - [Anglican Chant] - Thomas Atwood
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Let All the World" - Robert Baker
(Chancel Choir with Don Stanislawski, bass)
Communion:
"Rejoice in the Lord" - Robert J. Powell
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Tuesday, February 20(Shrove Tuesday)
Wednesday, February 21(Ash Wednesday)
No Choir at Service
Thursday, February 22
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, February 25(First Sunday in Lent)
BLIZZARD - NO CHURCH SERVICES OR MEETINGS
Annual Parish Meeting
8:15 rehearsal??
9:00 AM One Service only today
10:00AM Annual Meeting
Psalm:
91:1-2, 9-16 - Plainsong Tone IV.4
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake" - Richard Farrant [NOEAB p. 138]
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"In This Moment of Remembrance" - Dale Wood
(Jane Ferris, alto)
March
Thursday, March 1
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, March 4(Second Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
27 - Plainsong Tone VIII.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Bread of the World " - Crawford Thoburn
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Jerusalem, Thou That Killest the Prophets" - Felix Mendelssohn
(Betty Schubert)
Thursday, March 8
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, March 11(Third Sunday in Lent)
Annual Parish Meeting
8:15 rehearsal
9:00 AM One Service only today
10:00AM Annual Meeting
Psalm:
"63:1-8" - Plainsong Tone II.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Like as the Hart" - Herbert Howells
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Ave Verum Corpus" - W.A. Mozart
(Betty Schubert, soprano; Jane Feriss, alto; Carl Dickson, tenor; Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, March 15
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, March 18(Fourth Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
32 - James Frazier
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake" - Richard Farrant [NOEAB p. 138]
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"In This Moment of Remembrance" - Dale Wood-
(Jane Ferris, alto)
Thursday, March 22
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, March 25(Fifth Sunday in Lent)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
126 - Plainsong Tone I.1
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Adoramus Te" - G.P. da Palestrina
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Forsake Me Not" - Johann Sebastian Bach
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
Thursday, March 29
7:15 rehearsal
April
Sunday, April 1(Sunday of the Passion:Palm Sunday - 1st weekend MMSD/UW Spring Break)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Liturgy of the Palms:
(procession to nave):
"Hosanna in excelsis"- Taize
(procession in nave); Hymn #154 "All Glory, Laud, and Honor":
Psalm:
31:9-16 - Plainsong Tone VII.3
(Cantor)
Offertory:
"Behold the Lamb of God" - Harry Wilkinson
(Chancel Choir)
Fraction Anthem:
"Jesus, Lamb of God" - Gerald Near
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"En Prière" [In Prayer] - Gabriel Fauré
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, April 5 - Maundy Thursday
6:30pm Holy Eucharist & Foot Washing - Bilingual Service
Offertory: (Mary Ray Worley, soprano)
Communion: (?Mary Ray Worley, soprano)
7:15 Chancel Choir rehearsal
Friday, April 6 - Good Friday
11:15 am rehearsal
Noon service
Prelude:
Psalm 22:1-11 (Mary Ray Worley, cantor in Spanish)
[Hymn between Reading 2 and Passion]
Hymn 164 "Alone Thou Goest Fort, O Lord" - Bangor
The Passion According To Saint John - Edited Mason Martens
(Don Stanislawski, Jesus; Hazel Holden, multiple characters; Betty Schubert, Crowd; Berkley Guse, Narrator)
[Hymn after the Homily]
Hymn 168 "O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded" - Herzlich tut mich verlangen
[Hymn after the Solemn Collects]
Hymn 160 "Cross of Jesus, Cros of Sorrow" - Cross of Jesus
Veneration of the Cross
[between Anthem 1 and 2 on BCP p. 281]
"Behold the Lamb of God" - Harry Wilkinson
(Chancel Choir)
[Hymn following Anthem 3 on BCP p. 282]
Hymn 166 "Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle" - Pange lingua
Saturday, April 7- Holy Saturday
8:30am-10:00am Brass/Organ rehearsal [in nave]
7:15 pm rehearsal
8:00 pm The Great Vigil of Easter
"The Light of Christ" - 3 times (Spanish and English - Mary Ray Worley, cantor?)
Exsultet: (Mary Ray Worley)
The Liturgy of the Word - Salvation History
The story of Creation:
Genesis 1:1-2.2
Hymnal #385 "Many and great, O God" (stanza 1 choir, stanza 2 all)
Israel's deliverance at the Red Sea:
Exodus 14:10-15:1
Hymnal #648 "Go Down, Moses"
(soloists on stanzas 1-4, all on refrain
Stanza 1: ?Mary Ann Germanson
Stanza 2: Carl Dickson
Stanza 3: ?Mary Ann Germanson
Stanza 4: Susan Brooks)
The valley of dry bones:
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 126 : #265 in Flor y Canto (Mary Ray Worley, cantor, sings the verses - all on response)
[insert response from Flor y Canto]
The gathering of God's people:
Zephaniah 3:12-20
Canticle 1 "A Song of Creation" - Benedicite, omnia opera Domini
(verses soloist Betty Schubert, soprano, all on refrain)
[insert refran]
The Liturgy of the Word - Resurrection
Hymnal 3280 Gloria in excelsis Deo (w\ bells)
Easter Alleluia:
Hymnal S70 The Great Alleluia
Batism:
Hymn #296 "We Know That Christ is Raised and Dies No More"
Offertory:
"Haec est dies" - Jacob Gallus
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
#406 in Flor y Canto - "Cristo Resucitó"
Hymn #187 "Through the Red Sea Brought at Last"
Hymn (processing out): #207 "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"
Sunday, April 8 - Easter (Last weekend MMSD/UW Spring Break)
9:00 rehearsal [in nave]
10:00 Eucharist
Prelude: Fantasia in G - J.S. Bach
Procession:
Hymn #175 "Hail thee, Festival Day" [arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins] (congregation,organ, and brass)
Psalm 118:24:
"Haec est dies" - Jacob Gallus
(Chancel Choir w\ brass)
Sequence[extended Gospel Procession out to nave]:
"Victimae Paschali laudes"
[insert translation]
(Chancel Choir w\ bells)
Gospel Procession[back from nave]:
Hymn #186 "" Christ lag in Todesbanden
Offertory:
"O Christ, the Heavens' Eternal King" - Eric Thiman
(Chancel Choir with Betty Schubert, soprano and brass)
Communion:
"Easter" from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
"Hallelujah" from Messiah - George Frideric Handel
(Brass and organ)
Hymn #174 "" Salzburg
Procession (out):
Hymn #207 "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" [arr. James Biery] (congregation,organ, and brass)
Postlude: Christ lag in Todesbanden - J.S.Bach
Thursday, April 12
Easter Break
NO REHEARSAL
Sunday, April 15 (Second Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"150" - spoken
Offertory:
"This Joyful Eastertide" - Dutch carol, arr. Charles Wood
[Hymnal 1982 #192] "
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
Thursday, April 19
7:15 rehearsal
Saturday, April 21
7:00 Concert
Schola Children's Choir from Grace Episcopal Churchh(http://www.graceoakpark.org), Oak Park, Illinois
Dennis Northway, Conductor
Sunday, April 22(Third Sunday of Easter)
NO CHANCEL CHOIR TODAY
Guest Choir for Eucharist
Schola Children's Choir from Grace Episcopal Churchh(http://www.graceoakpark.org), Oak Park, Illinois
Dennis Northway, Conductor
Thursday, April 26
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, April 29(Fourth Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"23" - Hymnal 1982 #663 - "The Lord My God My Shepherd Is" Crimond"
(Congregation)
Offertory:
"The King of Love my Shepheard is" - Edward C. Bairstow
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Christ the Lord is Risen Again!" - Anthony Foster
(Betty Schubert, soprano; Jane Ferris, alto; Berkley Guse, tenor; Charlie Morgan, bass)
May
Thursday, May 3
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, May 6(Fifth Sunday of Easter)
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"148 : 7-14" - Peter Hallock [The Ionian Psalter No. 9]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Most Glorious Lord of Life" - William Harris [AW2E p. 182]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Jesus unser Trost und Leben" - J.S. Bach
(Don Stanislawski, bass)
"Where True Charity and Love Dwell, God Himself is There" - [Hymnal 1982 # 606]
"Ubi Caritas" - Maurice Duruflé
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, May 10
Final Thursday for Chancel Choir
7:15 rehearsal
Sunday, May 13 (Ascension Day [moved to Sunday from Thursday])
Final Sunday for Chancel Choir
9:15 rehearsal
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
"47" - [Anglican Chant] - Monk
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Sing Alleluia Forth" - Eric H. Thiman
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"Ave Verum" - Charles Gounod
(Betty Schubert, soprano)
Thursday, May 17
NO REHEARSAL
Sunday, May 20 (Seventh Sunday of Easter) [Youth Sunday]
NO CHANCEL CHOIR rehearsal or service, but year end party is after service.
Following service, choir picnic hosted by John and Carrie Scherpelz at The Loraine across the street from Grace.
Psalm:
"God Is So Good" arr. by Larry Haron
(Angel Choir - Elsie Raymer, director)
Offertory:
"How Can I Keep From Singing" - Robert Lowry
(Junior Choir and Senior High School Singers)
Communion:
"I Will Rejoice in the Lord" - Georg Philipp Telemann
(Junior Choir)
"Domine Deus" from Gloria- Antonio Vivaldi
(Janet Stone, soprano)