Services & Preacher

  • 8am: Holy Eucharist (Rite I).
  • 10am: Choral Eucharist (Rite II).
  • The Rev. Andrew Mead, Rector Emeritus of Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue, is celebrant and preacher today.

Fellowship & Sunday Events Events

  • Sunday School at 10am
  • Nursery Care is offered at 10am.
  • Coffee Hour follows each morning service.

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About Worship Today

  • 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 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 reads through the Pentateuch in sequence.  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. 

  • 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

  • Prelude: Suite Gothique    Léon Boëllmann 1862-1897
       I Introduction - Choral
       II Menuet Gothique
       III Prière à Notre Dame
  • Processional Hymn: #524, I love thy kingdom, Lord, St. Thomas (Williams)
  • Gloria in excelsis: #S-280, Glory to God in the highest by Robert Powell
  • First Lesson: Malachi 4:1-2A
  • Gradual: 8am Psalm 98; 10am Children's Choir, Joshua faught the battle of Jericho & I sing a song of the saints of God.
  • Second Lesson: 2 Thassalonians 3:6-13
  • Sequence Hymn: #565, He who would valiant be, Monk's Gate
  • Gospel: Luke 21:5-19
  • Offertory Anthem: Like as the Hart by Herbert Howells 1892-1983
  • 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: Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessor) K339 by W. A. Mozart 1756-1791
  • Postcommunion Hymn: Jerusalem, my happy home, Land of Rest
  • Processional Voluntary: Toccata (Suite Gothique) by Boëllmann

    Dr. J’s Music Notes

    Léon Boëllmann was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is Suite Gothique (1895), which is a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its concluding Toccata. Boëllmann was born in Alsace, the son of a pharmacist. At the age of nine, he entered the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse in Paris, winning first prizes in piano, organ, counterpoint, fugue plainsong, and composition.  After his graduation in 1881, Boëllmann was hired as "organiste de choeur" at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul in Paris, and six years later he became cantor and organiste titulaire, a position he held until his early death at age 35, probably from tuberculosis. His wife died the following year leaving their 3 children orphaned but thankfully they were adopted by the great French organist Eugene Gigout.

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