September 20, 2026, Sunday

Services & Preacher

• 8:00am: Said Eucharist (Church)
• 10:00am: Choral Eucharist & Sunday School (Church)
• Preacher: Father Matt

Events & Fellowship

• 10:00am: Nursery Care (Ranck Building)
• Walter's Hot Dogs!

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• A PDF of the 10am Service Leaflet is available below.
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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 Jesus’ ministry, how he is revealed to the world as the Christ, and what he teaches to his followers. In Year A (the first in a three-year cycle: A, B & C) most of the Gospel passages are from the Gospel according to Matthew. When Track 1 is used, the Old Testament Lesson is read in thematic sequence throughout the summer, in Year A we will read from the Pentateuch (first five books of the Bible).  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.
• Today's Lessons can be found at the Lectionary Page (Track 1)

10am Service Order:

• Prelude: Fall Suite by Bischof
• Processional:  #690, Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, Cwm Rhondda
• Gloria in excelsis: S-280, Powell
• The First Lesson: Exodus 16:2-15
• Gradual: Psalm 105: 1-39-45, chant by David Hurd
• The Second Lesson: Phillipians 1:21-30
• Sequence Hymn: #482, Lord of all hopefulness, Slane
• Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
• Offertory Anthem: Hallelujah (Mount of Olives) by Ludvig van Beethoven 1770-1827
• 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: Jesu, Joy of man’s desiring (Cantata No. 147) BWV 147 by Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
• Postcommunion Hymn: #335, I am the bread of life, Bread of Life
• Processional: Toccata (Symphony No. 5) by Charles Marie Widor 1844-1937

Prayer List:

• Our prayers are asked for Sean our Presiding Bishop, Matthew and Allen our Bishops, Father Matt our Rector, Mother Meredith, Deacon Chisara, and our Wardens, Officers, and Vestry members. We pray also for: Charles, Sara, Edward, Cathy, Annette, Patricia, M&D, Brian, Marion, Fronda, Coulby, Michael, Jane, and Sandy. We pray for those in our Armed Services. We also pray for those who have died. We give thanks for those celebrating birthdays this week: Luke Carberry (/21), Thomas Fear (9/20), Missy Kisob (9/22), Adeline McKee (9/21).

Dr. J's Notes:

• Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the defining creative figures in Western music, composed his only oratorio, Christ on the Mount of Olives, in 1803, at the threshold of his great, heroic period. The work presents the drama of Christ in Gethsemane with striking immediacy, beginning with His anguish and acceptance of His fate and moving toward the ultimate promise of redemption. Beethoven brings the oratorio to a thrilling conclusion with the radiant chorus “Hallelujah,” as the full orchestra and chorus proclaim Christ’s victory and the glory of God. The music has the dramatic force and irrepressible forward momentum that are unmistakably Beethoven.