January 26, 2025, Sunday

Services & Preacher this Sunday

• Said Eucharist (Rite I) is celebrated at 8am .
• Choral Eucharist with Children's Choir & Parish Choir (Rite II) is celebrated at 10am. Sunday School & Nursery care are offered every Sunday at 10am.
• Our Celebrant and Preacher today is the Rev. Matthew Hoxsie Mead, Rector.  
• Donate to Christ Church HERE.

 Fellowship & Afternoon Events

• The Annual Meeting will be at 11am with a festive reception.

Livestream Feeds and Bulletins

• PDFs of Service Leaflets for all servicea are available below.
• The 10am Livestream is above.
• Livestreams for all of today's services and all prior weeks can be found HERE. Note - if you expereince any issues with the 10am live stream, click here.

About Today's Service

• Please submit your 2025 Pledge Cards if you have not yet done so. You can Pledge online here. Our Goal is 150 Pledges and a balanced budget. Currently we have 114 Pledges for $501,285. 
• 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 at 8am and 10am, occasionally Sundays at 5pm, and also on Holy Days and other occasions. The 10am celebration of the Holy Eucharist includes organ music, congregational hymnody, and during the academic year psalms, anthems, and motets sung by our choir. 
• This period in the Church year is known as the “Epiphany Season” or “Ordinary Time.”  The term “ordinary” refers to how the New Testament passages are generally read in order or in sequence, as opposed to being arranged by specific theme as in other seasons.  During this season the Gospel passages focus on the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and how he is revealed to the world as the Christ.  In Year C (the third in a three-year cycle: A, B & C) most of the Gospel passages are from the Gospel according to Luke.  The Old Testament Lesson and the Psalm are chosen because they relate to the words and message of Jesus.  The New Testament Lesson is independent of these readings and reflects the common life and mission of the first Christian community. 

Music & Lectionary Notes for the 10am Choral Eucharist

• Prelude: Piece D’Orgue BWV 572 by Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
• Procession Hymn: 460, Alleluia! sing to Jesus!, Hyfrydol
• Gloria in eleison: 421, All glory by to God on high, Allein Gott in der Höh
• Old Testament: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
• Gradual: The Battle of Jericho sung by the Children's Choir
• New Testament: 1 Corinthians 12:12:31a
• Sequence Hymn: 410, Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, Lauda anima
• Gospel: Luke 4:14-21
• Offertory Anthem: Let the people praise thee by William Mathias 1934-1992
• Offertory Hymn: 380, vs 3, Praise God , from whom all blessings flow, Old 100th
• Sanctus & Benedictus: S114 from Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
• Agnus Dei: S158 from Missa de Sancta Maria Magdalena, Healey Willan (1880-1968)
• Communion Voluntary: Improvisation by Justin Bischof
• Post-Communion Hymn: 376, Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, Hymn to Joy
• Processional Postlude:  Toccata on C.H.R.I.S.T. C.H.U.R.C.H. by Bischof