Services & Preacher

  • 8am: Holy Eucharist (Rite I).
  • 10am: Choral Eucharist (Rite II).
  • 4pm: Holy Eucharist (Rite II).
  • Mother Meredith is celebrant and preacher.

Fellowship & Sunday Events Events

  • Sunday School at 10am
  • Nursery Care is offered at 10am.
  • Coffee Hour follows each morning service.
  • Youth Group meets at 4:30pm (after the 4pm)(Undercroft)
  • Oktoberfest at 5pm (Parish Hall)

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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: Fall Meditation by Bischof
  • Processional Hymn: #414, God my King, thy might confessins, Stuttgart
  • Gloria in excelsis: #S-280, Glory to God in the highest by Robert Powell
  • First Lesson: Genesis 32:22-31
  • Gradual: Psalm 121 (8am only); Children's Anthem, "I sing a song of the saints of God" (10am only)
  • Second Lesson: 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
  • Sequence Hymn: #511, Holy Spirit, ever living, Abbot’s Leigh
  • Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
  • Offertory Anthem: Canique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924
  • 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: Ave Maria  by Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
  • Postcommunion Hymn: #458, My song is love unknown, Love unknown
  • Processional Voluntary: Grand March by Bischof