Sunday, July 27th, 2014

7^th Sunday after Pentecost

Organ Prelude: Be Thou My Vision, arranged by: Hal H. Hopson

Processional Hymn: 524 I love thy kingdom, Lord

Gloria: S280 by: Robert Powell

Before the Gospel: 423 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, stanzas 1 & 2

After the Gospel: 423 Immortal, invisible, God only wise, stanzas 3 & 4

Offertory: “Mein gläubiges Herze” from Cantata BWV 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (“God So Loved the World”), by J. S. Bach Soloist: Janet Haigh, Soprano

Mein gläubiges Herze, My faithful heart,

Frohlocke, sing, scherze, rejoice, sing, be merry,

Dein Jesus ist da! your Jesus is here!

Weg Jammer, weg Klagen, Away with sorrow, away with lamentation

Ich will euch nur sagen: I shall just say to you :

Mein Jesus ist nah. My Jesus is near.

Doxology

Sanctus: S125 by: Richard Proulx

Communion Anthem: O Savior, Hear Me, by: Gluck, adapted by: Dudley Buck

O Savior, hear me, I implore Thee,

In Thee alone can praise be found.

Thou canst sustain, and thou restore me.

Whate’er the cares that hover round.

Hear my supplication,

Turn on me Thy loving eyes,

Lord, I long for Thy salvation,

And would fain attain the prize.

When cares of earth to me seem heavy,

Heartsore, I seek of Thee relief,

Thy grace remaineth ever ready,

To soothe my pain, to assuage my grief.

Hear my supplication…

Organ Meditation: Air from Suite No.3, BWV 1068 by: J. S. Bach

Communion Hymn: 383 Fairest Lord Jesus

Recessional Hymn: 523 Glorious things of thee are spoken

Organ Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, by J. S. Bach

Music Notes

By: Ashley Sosis

With a line like, “Dein Jesus ist da,” or, “your Jesus is here,” you may guess that the Soprano aria included in today’s service comes from a Cantata written for Christmas. That is incorrect! The cantata that the Aria comes from was originally written for the second day (as in Monday) of the week of Pentecost.

In fact, all of the movements of Bach’s Cantata Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God So Loved the World), refer not to the coming of the Holy Spirit, but the incarnation of Jesus. The lyrics of movements 1,3 and 5 poetically frame John 3:16, 3:17 and 3:18. Movements 2 (the Aria you heard today) and 4 are devotional, reflecting the joy of the faithful in Christ’s birth, but do not have text that comes from scripture.

It is easy to forgive Bach for this “Christmassy” Pentecost Cantata. I suppose any time of the year is appropriate for Christians to be joyful in Christ’s birth. Rejoice, sing and be merry, your Jesus is here!