Services & Preacher this Sunday

  • Said Eucharist (Rite I) is celebrated at 8am .
  • Choral Eucharist (Rite II) with Parish Choir is celebrated at 10am. Sunday School and Nursery care are offered every Sunday at 10am.
  • Our Celebrant and Preacher today is the Rev. Matthew Hoxsie Mead, Rector. 
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 Fellowship & Afternoon Events

  • Coffee hour or refreshments follows every service. 
  • Hymn Sing & Coctail Party at 5pm.

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About Today's Service

Christ Church observes Remembrance Sunday on the Sunday following All Saints’ Sunday. On this day we read the names of this past years departed, and a list of departed parishioners and loved ones from years past is printed in the bulletin for the congregation to pray for while the choir sings an anthem. 

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 Season after Pentecost” 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 B (the second in a three year cycle: A, B & C) most of the Gospel passages are from the Gospel according to Mark.  The Old Testament Lesson aligns thematically with the Gospel.  The New Testament Lesson is independent of these readings and is almost always taken from one of the Letters in the New Testament that reflects the common life and mission of the first Christian community.  

Music & Lectionary Notes for the 10am Choral Eucharist

  • Prelude: Suite Francaise by Bischof
  • Procession Hymn: 523, Glorious things of thee are spoken, Abbot's Leigh
  • Gloria in excelsis: S280, Gloria by Robert Powell
  • Old Testament: 1 Kings 17:8-16
  • Psalm 146: Anglican Chant by Edward Cuthbert Bairstow
  • New Testament: Hebrews 9:24-28
  • Sequence Hymn: 525, The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord, Aurelia
  • Gospel: Mark 12:38-44
  • Prayers for the Departed & Anthem: Ave verum corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
  • Offertory Anthem: Jubilate Deo by Benjamin Britten 1913-1976
  • Offertory Doxology: Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Old 100th
  • Sanctus & Benedictus: S125 by Richard Proulx
  • Agnus Dei: S164 by Franz Schubert arranged by Richard Proulx
  • Communion Anthem: Notre Pére by Maurice Duruflé 1902-1986
  • Post-Communion Hymn: 362, Holy, holy. holy, Lord God Almighty, Nicea
  • Processional Postlude:  Toccata furioso by Bischof
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