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.
  • Said Eucharist (Rite II) is celebrated at 5pm.
  • 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. 
  • Daughters of the King meet in the Library after the 10am service.

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About All Saints' Sunday

Today is All Saints’ Sunday, the first Sunday after All Saints’ Day, November 1. In Eastern Churches as early as the fourth century a day was set aside to celebrate and give thanks for the lives of Christian Martyrs.  The celebration was eventually expanded to include all the saints – even those that were not martyrs.  That feast was celebrated on a variety of dates (depending on the local custom), and in the East it is still celebrated in the late spring.  In Western Churches, All Saints’ Day has been celebrated on November 1 for over one thousand years.  It is thought that Irish churches celebrated the feast on November 1, and the celebration on that date gradually spread south until it was made “official” by the church in Rome when a chapel dedicated to All Saints was consecrated on November 1.  We give thanks for the lives of all the saints who have come before us, and we celebrate the saints in our midst. All hymns and service music reprinted in this leaflet are either in the public domain or reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net license A-713125.  

Music & Lectionary Notes for the 10am Choral Eucharist

  • The  Parish Choir sings at 10am.
  • Prelude: Prelude in Eb BWV 552 “St. Anne” by Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
  • Procession Hymn: 287, For all the Saints, Sine Nomine
  • Gloria in excelsis: S280, Gloria by Robert Powell
  • Old Testament: Wisdom 3:1-9
  • Psalm 24: Anglican Chant by George Thalben Ball
  • New Testament: Revelation 21:1-6a
  • Sequence Hymn: 286, Who are these like stars appearing, Zeuch mich, zeuch mich
  • Gospel: John 11:32-44
  • Offertory Anthem: Our Lady lay a-sleeping by Max Reger 1873-1916
  • Offertory Doxology: Festive tune, Laßt uns erfreuen
  • Sanctus & Benedictus: S125 by Richard Proulx
  • Agnus Dei: S164 by Franz Schubert arranged by Richard Proulx
  • Communion Anthem: Alas, vain world by Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
  • Post-Communion Hymn: 293, I sing a song of the saints of God, Grand Isle
  • Processional Postlude:  Fugue in Eb BWV 552 “St. Anne” by Bach 1685-1750
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