April 12, 2026, Sunday

Services & Preacher

• 8:00am: Said Eucharist (Church)
• 10:00am: Choral Eucharist with Bishop, Confirmation & Reception (Church)
• Preacher & Celebrant: Father Matt at 8am; Bishop Heyd at 10am.

Events & Fellowship

• 8:50am: Vestry and Wardens with Bishop Heyd (Library *)
• 9:30am: Confirmation/Reception Candidates with Bishop Heyd (Library *)
• 10:00am: Nursery Care & Sunday School (Ranck Building)
• 11:15am: Festive Brunch Reception with Bishop Heyd (Hoag Hall)
• * Meetings with Bishop Heyd by the fireplace in the Library with divider closed. 

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Livestream Feeds and Bulletins

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About Worship Today

• The Church celebrates the resurrection with a feast of fifty days which begins on Easter Sunday, the Sunday of the Resurrection. On Fridays in Eastertide special acts of discipline and self-denial commemorating the crucifixion of the Lord are not practiced. “Alleluia” is said or sung repeatedly during our liturgy. The Paschal Candle burns throughout Eastertide.  The central Christian belief is that Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is remembered and made present in our worship and in our common life. “Easter” is the English language name for the Sunday of the Resurrection. In most languages, the given name is some form of the word “Passover.”  Easter celebrates the “Passover” of Jesus from death to life.  

• The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, 1979, are the regular services appointed for public worship in the Episcopal Church. At Christ Church we celebrate the Holy Eucharist every Sunday, and also on Holy Days and other occasions.

• In the course of their Christian development, those baptized at an early age are expected, when they are ready and have been duly prepared, to make a mature public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism and to receive the laying on of hands by the bishop. Those baptized as adults, unless baptized with laying on of hands by a bishop, are also expected to make a public affirmation of their faith and commitment to the responsibilities of their Baptism in the presence of a bishop and to receive the laying on of hands. Today we celebrate the Confirmation of Gia Boyer, Adeline McKee, Eden Ryder, and Riley Salvator.  Today we celebrate the Reception of Benito Salvatore, Donna Salvatore, and Sheila Toth in the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church.

• Today’s liturgy is from the red Book of Common Prayer 1979.  All hymns are taken from the blue Hymnal 1982 or other authorized hymnals for use in the Episcopal Church. All hymns are reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net A713125.

About  Bishop Heyd

• Our celebrant and preacher today is the Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd is the 17th Bishop of New York. Bishop Heyd was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 2009 by the Right Rev. Mark Sisk, Bishop of New York, and served at Trinity Church on Wall Street, Manhattan, until being called as rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 2013. He was consecrated as bishop co-adjutor on May 20, 2023, and was installed as the 17th Bishop of New York on February 10, 2024.

  His ministry is focused on the renewal of the church for the healing of the world through the congregations, chaplaincies, and schools of the Diocese of New York.

  Together, the Diocese is re-weaving its pastoral fabric around its local communities, re-structuring to care for clergy and support congregations. The Holy Spirit moves at ground level. 

  The Diocese has also organized and spoken out in support of immigration and LGBTQ+ rights. It is a sanctuary diocese, providing safety, belonging, and freedom across its local communities.
  Before his election as bishop, Matt served as the tenth rector of Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City, which was consecrated in 1868 to be a community for reconciliation and peace. As rector, he engaged with the congregation and staff to create a “bigger table” of deep belonging and wide invitation.

  Matt also served as director of Faith in Action at Trinity Church Wall Street. At Trinity, he expanded volunteer engagement with opportunities for children in New York City, New Orleans, Haiti, Panama, and Burundi. He supported the development of the Episcopal Service Corps. He was the third director of the global Trinity Grants Program.

  Matt also helped launch Episcopal Charities in the Diocese of New York and served as chief operating officer of a national non-profit connecting students and teachers in schools to service opportunities. He worked with the family of Martin Luther King Jr. on a program to help students celebrate the King National Holiday with service.

  He was a Morehead Scholar and student body president at the University of North Carolina. He holds a Master of Arts in religion summa cum laude from Yale University and a Master of Sacred Theology from The General Theological Seminary.

  He served as the founding board chair of the Community Learning School initiative in New York City — a collaboration of business, labor, and the faith community to strengthen public schools. He was board president of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes, now The Episcopal Parish Network. He led a successful funding campaign on behalf of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry for reconciliation with the Episcopal Church in Cuba. He is chair of the Board of Trustees for Episcopal Divinity School.

  His spouse, Ann Thornton, is Vice Provost and University Librarian at Columbia University. They have an eighteen-year-old daughter and a fourteen-year-old son.

  Matt grew up in Charlotte, NC. He graduated from Providence Day School. He likes to read and run and has completed five marathons.

Music & Lectionary Notes:

• Prelude: Prelude in Eb BWV 552 “St. Anne”    Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
• Processional:  #208, The Srtife is o'er, Victory
• The First Lesson: Acts 2:14a, 22-32
• Gradual: Psalm 16, Bairstow
• The Second Lesson: 1 Peter 1:3-9
• Sequence Hymn: #206, O sons and daughters let us sing, O filii et filiae
• Gospel: John 20:19-31
• Offertory Anthem: Hallelujah (Mount of Olives) by Ludvig can Beethoven 1770-1827
• Offertory Doxology: #380, vs 3, Old 100th
• Sanctus & Benedictus: #S-125 from A Community Mass by Richard Proulx (b. 1937)
• Agnus Dei: #S-163 by Robert Powell (b. 1932)
• Communion:  Locus Iste by Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
• Postcommunion Hymn: #376, Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, Hymn to Joy
• Processional: Fuge in Eb “St. Anne” BWV 552 by Bach