Sunday, August 9th

Rite II, 11^th Sunday after Pentecost

Themes from the Readings: Repent, forgive and be redeemed; I am the bread come down from heaven

Sermon on: First Reading- the death of Absalom

Other Themes: Last Sunday featuring Soloists before the Women of the Choir Sunday.

Prelude: O Savior, Hear Me, By: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), adapted by: Dudley Buck, Soprano: Janet Haigh, Violin: Stephen Williams

Soloist: 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…

Processional Hymn: 690 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Gloria: S280, Powell

First Reading: 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

Psalm: Psalm 130

Second Reading: Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Before the Gospel: 307 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor, stanzas 1-3

Gospel: John 6:35, 41-51

After the Gospel: 307 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor, stanzas 4-5

Offertory Anthem: Be Ye Sure, by: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Soloists: Janet Inman Haigh and Stephen Williams with the Carolina Forest String Quartet

Soloist: Be ye sure that the Lord He is God,

It is He that has made us and not we ourselves;

We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Doxology: Hymn 380, stanza 3

Holy: S125, Proulx

Communion Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus, by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Soprano: Elizabeth Glendinning , with the Carolina Forest String Quartet

Soloist: Ave verum corpus, Hail true body,

Natum de Maria Virgine Born of the Virgin Mary,

Vere passum, immolatum Who having truly suffered, was sacrificed

In cruce pro homine On the Cross for mankind,

Cuius latus perforatum From whose pierced side

Fluxit aqua et sanguine: Flowed water and blood:

Esto nobis praegustatum May it be for us a foretaste (of Heaven)

In mortis examine. In the trial of death.

Communion Meditation: Song without Words, op. 109 for cello and piano, by: Felix Mendelssohn, Rose Dagraca, Cello

Communion Hymn: 301 Bread of the world, in mercy broken

Recessional Hymn: 408 Sing praise to God who reigns above

Postlude: Canzona in D minor, by: J. S. Bach

Music Notes

By: Ashley Sosis

Since last week, I have been using the music notes section to draw your attention to excellent recordings that feature the composers included in the service. Mozart and Handel do not share a musical time period or home-country. They are alike in that they have contributed two of the most famous large scale sacred works (Mozart- Requiem, Handel-Messiah) in common concert repertoire today. If you are slightly-to-very musically literate, it is a fun and useful practice to listen to a good musical recording while following along with printed music (also called the score). An excellent full-length recording of the Mozart Requiem by the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Herbert von Karajan can be found on www.youtube.com. Also on youtube, a good “local” recording of Handel’s Messiah can be found by the Elsie Blackwell Pollock Festival Choir of Georgetown, SC. The most popular website for downloading free public domain scores is www.imslp.org.

In one of my undergraduate music education classes, a professor challenged my peers and I to teach music literacy with such fervor that music scores would be casually read and enjoyed like books. Ten years later, my classmates and I have not yet reached our goal. If you would like to become more musically literate, for your own personal enrichment or with the goal of joining a choir, please contact me or Janet Haigh about our free beginning and advanced music literacy classes we teach throughout the year.

Serving Today:

Elizabeth Glendinning is 12 years old and is a rising 7th grader. She studies voice with Janet Inman Haigh. She sings frequently at her church and for a nursing home ministry at Covenant Towers. Elizabeth has sung several years at the SCACS Fine Arts Festival where she received superior ratings and was chosen to participate in their showcase performances. Elizabeth also studies violin with Monique Perkins and piano with Daniel Francis.

The Carolina Forest High School String Quartet includes members Rose Dagraca, Cello; Angel O’Connell and Tyler Rushing, Violins. They are members of the Carolina Forest High School Orchestra, under the direction of Stephen Williams. Please visit CFHS select orchestra’s facebook page for ways you can support both orchestras this year, by attending their concerts or participating in their fundraising efforts.

Janet Inman Haigh has taught music in the Myrtle Beach-Conway area for over 40 years. She has served on the faculty of Coastal Carolina University for 9 years and Calvary Christian School and Conway Christian School for a total of 31 years. She has directed choral and instrumental groups and taught voice and flute during that time. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Conservatory of Music, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois and pursued a Master degree in Vocal Performance at the University of South Carolina. Janet has appeared in many musicals, operas and oratorios, but her greatest love is sacred music.

Rose Dagraca is a senior cellist. She has been playing since 6th grade and has progressed rapidly in her 7 years of playing. She has won county, region, state, and her first concerto competition(s) in her journey. She continue to strives towards a career in music performance as a cellist and will hopefully begin this journey at USC in the fall.

Stephon Williams started playing violin at age five in a Suzuki violin school in Augusta, GA and has since devoted his life to strings performance and education. His professional string engagements include the Longbay Symphony Orchestra, the Florence Symphony Orchestra, the ASO (All Strung Out) String Quartet as well as a solo tour through Europe, including performances in Paris, London and Scotland. He holds a Bachelors and Master’s degree in music performance and education from Coastal Carolina University, where he studied both strings and voice. Mr. Williams is currently the String Orchestra Director at Black Water Middle and Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.