11am Eucharist, Sunday, September 10th, 2017

Rite I, 14^th Sunday after Pentecost

Themes from the Readings: The Lord sought out a man after his own heart; Happy are those who walk in the way of the Lord!; the Transfiguration

Sermon Title: David: Man after God's Own Heart

Prelude: Varations on Laudate Dominum, By: Kenneth Lowenberg. I. Introduction, Hymn, and Bridge; II. Duet; IV. Intermezzo; V. Capriccio; VI. Nocturne

Processional Hymn: 401 The God of Abraham praise (Leoni)

Gloria: S204, Scottish Chant

First Reading: 1 Samuel 13:8-15

Psalm: Psalm 119:1-8, Peter Hallock Setting

Second Reading: Acts 13:16-22

Gospel Hymn: 435 At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow (King’s Weston)

Gospel: Matthew 17:1-7

Sermon Hymn: 383 Fairest Lord Jesus (St. Elizabeth)

Offertory Anthem: How lovely are the Messengers, by: Felix Mendelssohn

Choir: How lovely are the messengers that preach us the gospel of peace!

To all the nations is gone forth the sound of their words,

throughout all the lands their glad tidings.

-Romans 10:15

Doxology: Hymn 380, stanza 3

Holy: S114, Willan

Communion Anthem: The Garden Hymn, Arranged By: Ronald Perera

Choir: The Lord into his garden comes,

The spices yield a rich perfume,

The lilies grow and thrive;

Amazing love and grace divine,

From Jesus flow to ev’ry vine,

And make the dead revive.

Come, brethren, ye that love the Lord,

Who taste the sweetness of his word,

In Jesus’ ways go on.

Our troubles and our trials here

Will only make us richer there

When we arrive at home.

The glorious time is rolling on,

The gracious work is now begun,

My soul a witness is;

I taste and see the pardon free

For all mankind as well as me,

Who come to Christ to live.

Communion Meditation: “Varations on Laudate Dominum”, by: Kenneth Lowenberg. III. Cantliene

Recessional Hymn: 432 O praise ye the Lord! Praise him in the height (Laudate Dominum)

Postlude: “Varations on Laudate Dominum,” by: Kenneth Lowenberg. VII. Fugue and VIII. Toccata

Music Notes

By: Ashley Sosis

Those who have worked with me as a choir director probably can’t figure out what my favorite hymn actually is because I call so many hymn tunes and texts, “one of my favorites.” The Garden Hymn might be, of all of these, closest to the truth. One of the most powerful moments in the arrangement of The Garden Hymn we prepared for this morning is the way the composer set the text “Our troubles and our trials here will only make us richer there.” Perera puts an unexpected major chord on the word “there,” as if to make clearer that “there” is referring to heaven.

Our other anthem this morning is “How Lovely are the Messengers” by Felix Mendelssohn. The St. Augustine choir agrees that this piece sounds an awfully lot like “How lovely is thy dwelling place” from Johannes Brahms’ German Requiem, but we like them both.