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Services & Preacher

  • 8am: Holy Eucharist (Rite I).
  • 10am: Choral Eucharist (Rite II).
  • Father Matt is celebrant and preacher today.

Fellowship & Sunday Events Events

  • Sunday School at 10am.
  • Nursery Care is offered at 10am.
  • A Festive Reception for Stewardship Sunday will take place after each monring Eucharist
  • 11am: Confirmation Class (Library)

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About Worship Today

  • On the Last Sunday in the “Season after Pentecost” (also called “Ordinary Time”), the Church observes the Feast of Christ the King which emphasizes the true kingship of Christ over all earthly rulers and nations. The feast is a relatively recent addition to the liturgical calendar, instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church in the aftermath of World War I. The Episcopal Church and most other mainline Protestant churches adopted this feast, and it is contained in the Revised Common Lectionary used by those churches. The striking Christus Rex (“Christ the King”) above our altar features Jesus as Christ the King (see the crown on his head), Christ the High Priest (see the Eucharistic vestments he wears), Christ the Prophet (see the brown robe beneath his vestments), and Christ the Redeemer (see the snake below his feet that symbolizes redemption from sin). 

  • 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.

  • 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.

Music & Lectionary Notes at 10am

  • King Suite by Bischof
  • Processional Hymn: #477, All praise to thee, for thou O King divine, Engelberg
  • Gloria in excelsis: #S-280, Glory to God in the highest by Robert Powell
  • First Lesson: Jeremiah 21:1-6
  • Gradual: Psalm 46. The Psalm is sung by the Parish Choir to an Anglican Chant by Martin Luther.
  • Second Lesson: Colossians 1:11-20
  • Sequence Hymn: #494, Crown him with many crowns, Diademata
  • Gospel: Luke 23:33-43
  • Offertory Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord alway    Henry Purcell 1659-1695
  • Offertory Doxology: #380, vs 3, Old 100th
  • Sanctus & Benedictus: #S-130 from Deutsche Messe, Franz Peter Schubert (1797–1828); arr. Richard Proulx (b. 1937)
  • Agnus Dei: #S-161 From New Plainsong; David Hurd (b. 1950)
  • Communion Anthem: O God the King of Glory by Purcell
  • Postcommunion Hymn: #657, Love divine, all loves excelling, Hyfrydol
  • Processional Voluntary: Prelude in B Op. 7 #1 by Marcel Dupré

    Dr. J’s Music Notes

    Rejoice in the Lord alway (c. 1683–1685), Z. 49, sometimes known as the Bell Anthem, is a verse anthem by Henry Purcell. It was originally scored for SATB choir, countertenor, tenor and bass soloists, and strings, though it is also sometimes performed with organ replacing the strings. It has always been one of Purcell's better-known works and is today his most popular anthem and probably the most often performed of all verse anthems.

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