Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Organ Prelude: Diapason Movement by: William Walond (1725-1770)
Processional Hymn: 558 Faith of Our Fathers
Gloria: S280, Powell
Gospel Hymn: 693 Just As I Am, Without One Plea
Offertory Anthem: Come Away to the Skies, Tune: Middlebury Choral Setting by: Richard Erickson
Come away to the skies,
My beloved, arise
And rejoice in the day you were born:
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
For thy glory we were
First created to share
Both the nature and kingdom divine;
Now created again,
That our lives may remain
Throughout time and eternity Thine.
We with thanks do approve
The design of that love
Which has joined us to Jesus’ name;
So united in heart,
Let us nevermore part,
Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb.
Hallelujah we sing to our Father and King,
And our rapturous praises repeat:
To the Lamb that was slain, hallelujah again;
Sing, all heaven, and fall at His feet.
Doxology
Holy: S125, Proulx
Communion Anthem: Communion Hymn, by: David M. Kellermeyer
Break Thou the bread of life, Dear Lord, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea.
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
My spirit pants for Thee, O Living Word!
Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
As Thou didst bless the bread by Gallilee;
Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall,
And I shall find my peace, my All-in-all.
Thou art the Bread of Life, O Lord, to me,
Thy holy Word the truth that saveth me;
Give me to eat and live with Thee above;
Teach me to love Thy truth, for Thou art love.
Break Thou the bread of life, Dear Lord, to me.
Organ Meditation: Air from Suite No. 3 in D, By: J. S. Bach (1685-1750), arranged by Gordon Phillips
Communion Hymn: 691 My Faith Looks Up to Thee
Recessional Hymn: 432 O Praise Ye the Lord
Organ Postlude: Kendron, Setting by Wilbur Held (1914-)
Music Notes
by: Ashley Sosis
The hymn tune Kendron (postlude) can be found in the Hymnal 1982 (Hymn #10) with a hymn text by John Keble. “New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and pow’r and thought. New mercies, each returning day, around us hover as we pray; new perils past, new sins forgiven, new thoughts of God, new thoughts of heaven…Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love, fit us for perfect rest above; and help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.” It is presented in today’s service as a very intense (and loud!) postlude. The text to “Come Away to the Skies” was written by Charles Wesley, one of the famous Wesleys mentioned in the music notes a few weeks ago. To recap, Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement, the father of organist/composer Samuel Wesley and the grandfather of the organist/composer Samuel Sebastian Wesley. Although Charles Wesley is famously associated with the Methodist Church and Hymnal, you can look up the many hymn texts of his that appear in our 1982 hymnal on page 941 within the index of Authors, Translators and Sources.