This page will list the most current schedule for rehearsals and services with the most current repertoire plans.
Spring 2018
January
Thursday, January 4
No Choir - Christmas Break
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 7 (First Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year B)
Volunteer Choir - vest, lead Service music, no choral repertoire
9:30 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 29 - ?
(?)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, January 11
Thursday rehearsals resume
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 14 (Second Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year B)
Sunday schedule resumes
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930) [S-415]
(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)
Offertory:
"Christ is the World's True Light" - Walter Kendall Stanton (1891 - 1978) [OBFA p. 31]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, January 18
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 21 (Third Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 62:6-14 - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930) [S-415]
(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)
Offertory:
"God Is My Strong Salvation" - Richard Shepherd
(Chancel Choir w\ ?)
Communion:
"God is Our Refuge and Strength" - W. A. Mozart [audio and score]
(Chancel Choir)
Thursday, January 25
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, January 28 (Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 111 - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930) [S-415]
(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)
Offertory:
"Ubi caritas et amor" - Traditional plainsong melody arr. Alan Bullard (b. 1947) [OBFA p. 273]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
February
Thursday, February 1
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 4 (Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 147:1-12, 21c - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930) [S-415]
(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)
Offertory:
"They That Wait on the Lord" - William C. Steere
(Chancel Choir with Katie Anderson, soprano)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, February 8
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 11 (Last Sunday after the Epiphany - Transfiguration - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 50:1-6 - Jerome Webster Meachen (born 1930) [S-415]
(Simplified Anglican Chant sung in unison by congregation with 4 part choral/organ accompaniment.)
Offertory:
"Christ Upon the Mountain Peak" - Frank Boles (score and audio)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord - David J. Evans [OBFA p. 10]
(Chancel Choir)
Wednesday, February 14 (Ash Wednesday)
No Choir
Thursday, February 15
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 18 (First Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 25:1-9 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
"Almighty And Everlasting God" - Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, February 22
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, February 25 (Second Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 22:22-30 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
“Greater Love Hath No Man” - John Ireland (audio and score)
(Chancel Choir with Katie Anderson, soprano and Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
March
Thursday, March 1
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 4 (Third Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 19 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
"Lord, Let Me Know Mine End" - Maurice Greene (1696 - 1755) (audio 1, audio 2)
(Chancel Choir with Katie Anderson, soprano and Kirstin Roble, mezzzo soprano)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, March 8
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 11 (Fourth Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Rector's Guild annual Choir Appreciation Chili Luncheon
After the 10:00 service
Psalm:
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
"God So Loved The World" - Alan Bullard (b/ 1947) [OBFA p. 87]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, March 15
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 18 (Fifth Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 51:1-13 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
"Adoramus Te" - Ludovico da Viadana (audio)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, March 22
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, March 25 (Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 31:9-16 - plainsong Tone II.1 (from Episcopal Musician's Handbook - see PDF at https://livingchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Year-B-psalms.pdf)
(Sung by all)
Offertory:
"Christus Factus Est" - Giovanni Francesco Anerio
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, March 29 (Maundy Thursday - RCL Year B)
Altered Schedule for Holy Thursday
6:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
6:15 The Liturgy of Maundy Thursday with Foot Washing
Entrance Hymn: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Song of Praise: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Psalm: 116:1, 10-17 (said in unison)
Sequence Hymn: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Foot Washing: <see Service Music Schedule link>
Offertory:
"Ubi caritas et amor" - Traditional plainsong melody arr. Alan Bullard (b. 1947) [OBFA p. 273]
(Chancel Choir)
Rehearsal starts after the service
7:30-9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Thursday, March 30 (Good Friday - RCL Year B)
No Choir
Saturday, March 31 (Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil)
10:00 am - 11:00 am - Brass/Organ rehearsal (Nave)
7:15 pm Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
8:00 pm Service - The Great Easter Vigil
The Procession: (?Carol Smith?)
[insert music from S-68 in the bulletin]
The Exsultet (?Margaret Irwin?)
[insert music from S-69 in the bulletin]
The Service of Lessons
1. Creation - Gen 1: 1-22
Hymn #385 - Many and great, O God, are thy works
(Stanza 1 soloist Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone, Stanza 2 sung by all, with percussionist <tbd>)
2.Abraham and Isaac - Genesis 22:1-18
Hymn #173 - O Sorrow Deep
(Stanza 1 sung by the choir, Stanzas 2-4 sung by all)
3. Red Sea - Ex 14:10-15:1
Wonder, Love, and Praise #747 - God the sculptor of the mountains
(Stanza 1 soloist Alec Brown, tenor, Stanzas 2-3 sung by Chancel Choir)
4. Invitation to the Thirsty - Isaiah 55:1-11
Canticle 9, The First Song of Isaiah - S213
(Chancel Choir with all on Antiphon)
5. The valley of dry bones - Ezekiel 37:1-14
Psalm 143 - plainsong Tone VIIIg
(Chancel Choir)
6. Zephaniah 3:12-20
Hymn #413 - New songs of celebration render
(Stanza 1 soloist Katie M. Anderson, soprano, Stanzas 2 soloist Kirstin Roble, mezzzo soprano, Stanza 3 sung by all)
The Holy Baptism
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]
(Cantor - Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone)
Offertory:
"This is the Day the Lord Hath Made" - Gerald Near (audio starts at 10:45)
(Chancel Choir)
Sursum corda S-120
Sanctus S-128 William Mathias
The Lord's Prayer S-119
Fraction Anthem S-154 David Hurd
Communionn:
[organ]
Hymn #183 Christians, to the Paschal Victim - Victimae Paschali laudes
Recessional Hymn
Hymn 296 "We know that Christ is raised and dies no more" Engelberg
April
Sunday, April 1 (Easter Day - RCL Year B)
9:00 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist
Introit: "Introit for a Feast Day" - Larry King (audio, score preview)
(Chancel Choir with <TBD>, Orchestral Tubular Bells)
Psalm:
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 - ?
From Psalm 118: "This is the Day the Lord Hath Made" - Gerald Near (audio starts at 10:45)
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Light's Glittering Morn Bedecks the Sky" - Horatio W. Parker (audio)
(Chancel Choir, brass, with Katie M. Anderson, soprano; Kirstin Roble, mezzzo soprano; Alec Brown, tenor; and Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone)
Communion:
(~2'00") "Tulerunt Dominum meum" from Surrexit Pastor bonus, Op. 39, No. 3 - Felix Mendelssohn (audio, score)
(Katie M. Anderson, soprano; Kirstin Roble, mezzzo soprano)
(~3'00") "Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth" - No. 39 from Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn (audio)
(Alec Brown, tenor)
Thursday, April 5
No Rehearsal - Easter Break
Sunday, April 8 (Second Sunday of Easter - RCL Year B)
Volunteer Choir - vest, lead service music, no choral repertoire
9:30 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist
Psalm:
Psalm 133
(said)
Offertory:
"?" - ?
(?)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, April 12
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, April 15 (Third Sunday in Lent - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 4 - George J. Elvey [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Come, Ye Faithful" - R.S. Thatcher [NOEAB p. 44] (audio)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, April 19
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, April 22 (Fourth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 23 - Edward Cuthbert Bairstow [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"The King of Love My Shepherd Is" - Edward Bairstow (audio)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, April 26
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, April 29 (Fifth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 22:24-30 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"I Am the Vine" - Raymond H. Haan
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
May
Thursday, May 3
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Sunday, May 6 (Sixth Sunday of Easter - RCL Year B)
Evensong in the afternoon this day, see below.
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 98 - Francis Jackson (born 1917) [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"My Eyes for Beauty Pine" - Herbert Howells (audio)
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Evensong
4:15 pm Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
5:00 pm - Evensong
Daily Evening Prayer; Rite Two (BCP p. 115-126)
Lectionary from Daily Office Lectionary, Year Two, Week of 6 Easter, Sunday, Evening (BCP p. 963)
Prelude: ? (organ from Mark)
Procession: #34 Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation - Innisfree Farm
The Invitatory and Psalter
Preces: S-26 (Officiant, Jonathan, and People)
Invitatory:
Phos Hilaron - “O Gracious Light”
#26 O gracious Light, Lord Jesus Christ
Psalter: Psalm 34
(Chancel Choir)
Plainsong
The Lessons
Lesson 1 : Leviticus 25:1-17
Canticle 1: The Song of Mary - Magnificat
Magnificat in D minor - (audio and score)
(Chancel Choir with Katie M. Anderson, soprano; Kirstin Roble, mezzzo soprano; Alec Brown, tenor; and Dr. Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, baritone)
Music: Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814 - 1856)
Lesson 2: Luke 12:13-21
Canticle 2: The Song of Simeon - Nunc dimittis
Nunc Dimittis in D Minor - Walmisley (audio and score)
(Chancel Choir)
Music: Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814 - 1856)
The Apostles’ Creed: (said)
The Prayers
Salutation and The Lord’s Prayer:
Salutation: (Officiant and People) S-28
The Lord’s Prayer S-119
Suffrages B, Tone I: S-29 (Cantor, Dr. Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, and People)
Collect Tone I: S-447 (Officiant and People)
Anthems:
"My Eyes for Beauty Pine" - Herbert Howells (audio)
(Chancel Choir)
The General Thanksgiving: (said)
Versicle and Response: S-31 (Officiant and People)
Procession: #46 The duteous day now closeth - O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
Postlude: ? (organ from Mark)
Thursday, May 10 (Ascension Day - RCL Year B)
Final Thursday Rehearsal
7:15-8:45 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
Saturday May 12. (end of the season party)
6:00 pm at L and C's
Sunday, May 13 (Seventh Sunday of Easter - RCL Year B)
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 1 - Sir George Job Elvey (1816–1893) [Anglican Chant]
(Chancel Choir)
Offertory:
"Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bonds" - J.S. Bach [audio]
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, May 17
No Rehearsal - Grace Presents concert
7:00 pm Kellogg Community College Choir
Sunday, May 20 (Day of Pentecost - Whitsunday - RCL Year B)
Final Sunday Schedule
9:15 Rehearsal (Choir Room, Nave)
10:00 Eucharist (Choir Room, Nave)
Psalm:
Psalm 104:25-35, 37 - ?
(?)
Offertory:
"Litany to the Holy Spirit" - Peter Hurford
(Chancel Choir)
Communion:
"?" - ?
(?)
Thursday, May 24
No Rehearsal - Summer Break
Sunday, May 27 (First Sunday after Pentecost - Trinity Sunday - RCL Year B)
No Choir - Summer Break
Thursday, May 31
No Rehearsal - Summer Break