2009 - Spring

Schedule and Repertoire Plans

January

Thursday, January 1

NO REHEARSAL - Christmas Break

Sunday, January 4 (Second Sunday after Christmas)

NO CHOIRS - Christmas Break

Thursday, January 8

NO REHEARSAL - Christmas Break

Sunday, January 11 ( First Sunday after the Epiphany - The Baptism of ChristThe Epiphany (transferred))

CHOIR RESUMES Sunday Schedule

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 29 S-415

Psalm 72:1-7,10-14 - S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day" - Traditional arr. Berkley Guse

(Chancel Choir)

"Far Away, What Splendour Comes This Way" - attrib. Lully arr. G. Bizet

(Chancel Choir)

[The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book p.55]

Communion:

"The Three Kings" - Peter Cornelius

((Don Stanislawski, bass)

Thursday, January 15

Grace Chancel Choir rehearsal cancelled for Thursday 01/15/2009 - rescheduled to 9:00am on Sunday 01/18/2009

CHOIR RESUMES Thursday Schedule

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, January 18 ( Second Sunday after the Epiphany)

9:00 am Rehearsal

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Day by Day" - Martin How [NOEAB p. 49]

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Lead Me, Lord" - Samuel Sebastian Wesley [NOEAB p. 127]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, January 22

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, January 25 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 62: 6-14 S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Take My Life, that I May Be" - Robert Hobby

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"There's A Wideness in God's Mercy" - Calvin Hampton [Hymnal 1982 #469]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, January 29

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

February

Sunday, February 1 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany)

Deadline for Sign-Up to attend the 2/8 Choir Appreciation Lunch - hosted by Rector's Guild

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 111 S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"How Beautiful Are the Feet" from Messiah - Georg Frederic Handel

(Betty Schubert, soprano)

Communion:

"Thy Word is a Lantern" - Henry Purcell

(Chancel Choir with Jane Ferris, alto; ?, tenor; and Don Stanislawski, bass)

"Lord, I Trust Thee" - G.F. Handel[NOEAB p. 140]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, February 5

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, February 8 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

following Eucharist

Choir Appreciation Lunch - hosted by Rector's Guild

Psalm:

Psalm 147:1-12, 21c S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Praise Ye the Lord" - Cesar Franck

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"He Shall Feed His Flock" from Messiah - Georg Frederic Handel

(Betty Schubert, soprano and Jane Ferris, alto)

Thursday, February 12

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, February 15 (Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 30 S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Thy Word is a Lantern" - Henry Purcell

(Chancel Choir with Jane Ferris, alto; Berkley Guse, tenor; and Don Stanislawski, bass)

Communion:

"O Splendor of God's Glory Bright" - plainsong [Hymnal 1982 #5]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, February 19

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, February 22 (Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 50:1-6 S-415

(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)

Offertory:

"Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies" - T. Frederick H. Candlyn

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Locus iste"- Anton Bruckner

(Chancel Choir)

Wednesday, February 24 (Ash Wednesday)

(Service will be spoken - no choir tonight.)

Thursday, February 25

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

March

Sunday, March 1 (First Sunday in Lent)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 25:1-9 - plainsong tone

(Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"A Lenten Prayer" - Gerald Near

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Call to remembrance" - Richard Farrant

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, March 5

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, March 8 (Second Sunday in Lent)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 22:22-30 - plainsong tone

(Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"O salutaris Hostia No. 3" - Edward Elgar [NOEAB p. 157]

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Day and Night I Call to Thee" - CPE Bach

(Don Stanislawski, bass)

Thursday, March 12

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, March 15 (Third Sunday in Lent)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 19 - plainsong tone

(Chancel Choir - men)

Offertory:

"Ave Verum" - Gabriel Fauré

(Chancel Choir sopranos and altos)

Communion:

"Eja, mater, fons amoris" from Stabat Mater - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

(Elsie Raymer, soprano)

Thursday, March 19

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, March 22 (Fourth Sunday in Lent)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - plainsong tone

(Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake" - Richard Farrant [NOEAB p. 138]

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Song of Penitence"- Ludwig van Beethoven

(Jane Ferris, alto)

Thursday, March 26

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, March 29 (Fifth Sunday in Lent)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 119:9-16 - plainsong tone

(Chancel Choir)

Offertory:

"Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts" - Henry Purcell

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Sighing, weeping, sorrow, need" from My Spirit was in Heaviness - J.S. Bach

(Betty Schubert, soprano)

April

Thursday, April 2

7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

Sunday, April 5 (Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday)

9:00 Rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Opening Anthem: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]

Opening Collect

Blessing over the Branches: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]

Gospel Reading for the Palm Blessing and Procession

Acclamation and Response: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]

At the Procession: H82 #153 [printed in bulletin]

Procession to nave: Psalm 118:12-29: H82 #157 [Last phrase of Antiphon(Hosanna in the highest)printed in bulletin with the instruction "The people join the choir in singing the refrain "Hosanna in the highest"]

Processional Collect

Processional Hymn: 154 "All glory, laud, and honor" Valet will ich dir geben

Psalm:

31:9-16 - plainsong

(Chancel Choir)

Sequence Hymn: 158 "Ah, holy Jesus" Herzliebster Jesu

Offertory:

"He Was Crucified" (Crucifixus) from Mass in B Minor - J.S. Bach

(Chancel Choir)

Sursum corda: S-120

Sanctus et benedictus: S-131 Gerald Near

The Lord's Prayer: said

Fraction: S-166 "Jesus, Lamb of God" Gerald Near

Communion:

"I Got Me Flowers" from 5 Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams

(Don Stanislawski, bass)

Communion Hymn: 166 "Sing my tounge, the glorious battle" Pange lingua

Final Hymn: 168 "O Sacred head, sore wounded" Herzlich tut mich verlangen

Thursday,April 9(Maundy Thursday)

5:30 Soup Supper

6:00 pre-service rehearsal

6:30 Service

7:30 rehearsal after service

Entrance Hymn: 171 "Go to dark Gethsemane"Petra

Song of Praise: S-280 Gloria Robert Powell

Psalm: 116:1, 10-17 (said in unison)

Sequence Hymn: 309 "O Food to pilgrims given" O Wlt, ich muss dich lassen

Foot Washing: (in silence without music)

Offertory:

"Ubi caritas et amor" - Traditional plainsong melody arr. John Barnard [AW2E p. 100]

(Chancel Choir)

Sursum corda: S-120

Sanctus et benedictus: S-131 Gerald Near

The Lord's Prayer: said

Fraction: S-166 "Jesus, Lamb of God" Gerald Near

Communion:

"Tantum Ergo" - Gabriel Fauré

(Betty Schubert, soprano)

Final Hymn: 329 "Now, my toungue, the mystery telling" Pange lingua

Friday, April 10(Good Friday)

Noon Service NO CHOIR for Good Friday Service

Psalm 22: 1-11 plainsong

(?Susannah Brooks, soprano)

The Veneration of the Cross:

Hymn 160 "Cross of Jesus" Cross of Jesus

Offertory:

"?" - "?"

(?Susannah Brooks, soprano)

Communion:

"?" - "?"

(?Susannah Brooks, soprano)

Hymn: 158 "Ah, holy Jesus" Herzliebster Jesu

Saturday,April 11(Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil)

8:30 am brass/organ rehearsal

7:15 pm rehearsal

8:00 pm Service

The Procession: (Margaret Irwin?)

[insert music from S-68 in the bulletin]

The Excultet: (Margaret Irwin?)

[insert music from S-69 in the bulletin]

The Service of Lessons

1. Creation, Gen 1: 1-22

Hymn 177 "Over the chaos of the empty waters" Bickford [with piano]

Stanza 1: Choir

Stanza 2-3: All

2. Flood, Gen 7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13.

Hymn 608 [Choir and Congregation unaccompanied]

3. Red Sea Ex 14:10-15:1

"Wade in the Water" - Spiritual

(Chancel Choir)

4. Valley of Dry Bones, Ez 37:1-14

Psalm 30 - Plainsong Tone I.2 (Cantor, all on refrain)

5. Gathering of God's People, Zeph 3:12-20

Hymn 413 "New songs of celebration render" Rendez a Dieu [with piano]

The Holy Baptism

Hymn 298 "All who believe and are baptized" Es ist das Heil [with piano]

The First Eucharist of Easter

The Easter Acclamation - [insert S-72 from hymnal]

After acclamation

S-278 Gloria William Mathias [with organ for this and following]

After Epistle...

Great Alleluia [insert S-70 from hymnal]

Offertory:

"Haec est dies" - Jacob Gallus

(Chancel Choir, organ)

Sursum corda S-120

Sanctus S-128 William Mathias

The Lord's Prayer S-119

Fraction Anthem S-152

Communion Hymn

"Lift Your Voice Rejoicing, Mary" - Thomas Foster

(Chancel Choir)

Hymn 205 "Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing" Gelobet sei Gott

Recessional Hymn

Hymn 194 "Jesus lives! thy terrors now can no longer, death, apall us" St. Albinus

Sunday, April 12 (Easter)

9:00 rehearsal

10:00 Eucharist

Choral Introit:

"This Joyful Eastertide" - Dutch carol, arr. Charles Wood [NOEAB p. 229]

(Chancel Choir)

Processional Hymn: 207 "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" Easter Hymn

Song of Praise: S-278 Gloria William Mathias

Psalm: 118:24

"Haec est dies" - Jacob Gallus

(Chancel Choir, brass, organ)

Sequence Hymn: 184 "Christ the Lord is Risen Again" Christ ist erstanden

Offertory:

"Sing Ye to the Lord" - Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

(Chancel Choir, brass, organ)

Sursum corda S-120

Sanctus S-128 William Mathias

The Lord's Prayer S-119

Fraction Anthem S-152

Communion:

"Victimae Paschali laudes" -plainsong

(Chancel Choir)

"Rigaudon" - Andre Campra

(Brass and Organ)

Hymn 174 "At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing" Salzburg

Final Hymn: 180 "He is Risen, He is Risen" Unser Herrscher

Thursday, April 16

NO CHOIR - Easter Break

Sunday, April 19

NO CHOIR - Easter Break

Thursday, April 23 (rehearsals resume)

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, April 26 (Third Sunday of Easter)

(Sunday choir schedule resumes)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 4 - Gelineau Psalter

(Chancel Choir with congregational antiphon)

Offertory:

"Sing A New Song" - Roland E. Martin

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Come, Risen Lord" - Leo Sowerby [Hymnal 1982 #305]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, April 30

7:15 rehearsal

May

Sunday, May 3 (Fourth Sunday of Easter)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 23 - Gelineau Psalter p.30

(Chancel Choir with congregational antiphon)

Offertory:

"Brother James' Air" - James Bain, arr. Alan Bullard [NOEAB p. 30]

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"If Ye Love Me" - Thomas Tallis [NOEAB p. 98]

(Chancel Choir)

Thursday, May 7

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, May 10 (Fifth Sunday of Easter - Visitation from Bishop Miller & Confirmations)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Psalm:

Psalm 22:24-30 - Gelineau Psalter p.53

(Chancel Choir with congregational antiphon)

Offertory:

"A Vineyard Grows" - English folk song, arr. K. Lee Scott

(Chancel Choir)

"Behold, the Tabernacle of God" - William H. Harris

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"?" - Antonio Vivaldi

(Martha Ferris, soprano; Jane Ferris, alto)

"Nueva creacion"

(Mary Ray Worley)

Thursday, May 14

NO CHOIR - Youth Sunday on May 17

Sunday, May 17

NO CHOIR - Youth Sunday

Thursday, May 21

NO CHOIR - Memorial Day Weekend this Sunday

Sunday, May 24

NO CHOIR - Memorial Day Weekend

Thursday, May 28 (final Thursday rehearsals for season)

7:15 rehearsal

Sunday, May 31 (Pentecost)

(final Sunday for season)

(End of Season Party hosted by John and Carrie Scherpelz after service)

9:15 am Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)

10:00 am Eucharist - (Nave)

Introit:

"Introit for Whitsunday"

(Chancel Choir)

Psalm:

Psalm 104: 25-35,37 - Gelineau Psalter p.63

(Chancel Choir with congregational antiphon)

Offertory:

"Come Down, O Love Divine" - Charles Beaudrot

(Chancel Choir)

Communion:

"Litany to the Holy Spirit" - Peter Hurford [NOEAB p. 133]

(Chancel Choir)