Easter Sunday:
Jesus Christ is risen today, / Easter hymn
Now is eternal life, / Eastview
Yours be the glory, / Maccabaeus
The day of resurrection, / Ellacombe
Choral:
Introit: He is Risen (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Easter Song of Praise (Richard Shephard)
Yours be the glory?
It's been modernised in some hymnbooks, which Is (obviously) Outrage...
At the 10.00 service we sang a metrical Exsultet - metrical(Sing choirs of heaven) (Woodlands) Gloria - metrical (WÜRTEMBERG) Alleluia, alleluia! hearts to heaven (Ode to Joy) Now the green blade riseth (NOEL NOUVELET) Christ is alive (TRURO (Williams)) Sanctus - metrical (O holy, most holy) (Ash Grove) Agnus Dei - metrical (REPTON) Thine be the glory
We had to cut our musical coat according to our cloth - many visitors, organist on indefinite sick leave - covered by other musicians - guitar, flute, violin and bass clarinet.
We also had Christ the Lord is Risen Today - varied lyrics but traditional tune.
In addition we had:
The Greatest Day in History (O Happy Day) I Cast My Mind to Calvary (O Praise the Name of the Lord our God) Living Hope (How Great the Chasm That Lay Between Us) Because He Lives (I Can Face Tomorrow) What A Beautiful Name It Is (You Were the Word at the Beginning)
Your chicken and eggs sound intriguing, @Gill H . Just wondering which came first...
Introit: Most Glorious Lord of Life (Harris)
Hymn: Give me joy in my heart (yes, that one. Preceded Children's Talk)
Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Gloria: Peruvian (Trad.)
Alleluias: Halle Hallelujah
Hymn: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noël Nouvelet)
Sanctus (Slane, arr. Forster)
Communion Anthems: We are coming Lord to the table (from Sierra Leone); Hallelujah (G F Handel).
Final Hymn: Thine be the Glory (Maccabeus)
We in the choir were somewhat knackered at the end.
Thanks @Nenya! It's not one I'd come across before, until I heard Marjolein van Hoef's version, but I had an idea that there might be more lyrics.
I agree that it goes better with a bit of a swing! The pianist on the video is Gert van Hoef, Marjolein's husband, and a popular organist who performs mainly in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany (and occasionally in the UK).
All Age Communion at 10 am.
Jesus Christ is risen today
Alleluia, Alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
He is Lord
Thine be the glory
During Communion the choir sang
Sing, God’s Easter people, sing
( Trier Gesangbuch 1847, arr Charles Wood)
The choir was augmented by one young granddaughter and one adult son ( bass ).
In the last hymn exeunt Grandma, granddaughter, deputy organist and Vicar, to go to an 11 am service in the next village, leaving lay reader to finish off.
“Jesus Christ is risen today”.
“The day of resurrection!” - Ellacombe.
“Jesus is risen, alleluia!” - Tanzanian song from Iona Community.
“See what a morning” - Townend.
“Thine be the glory”.
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, or so we have been told.
Today we had:
“Christ Is Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”/EASTER HYMN
“Be Not Afraid” (Taizé, J. Berthier)
“Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded”/IN DIR IST FREUDE
“The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”/THE FEAST IS READY
“Christ Is Alive”/TRURO
Brass and tympani accompanied the organ where appropriate.
I think this was our largest post-pandemic congregation yet—somewhere just shy of 200.
It's been modernised in some hymnbooks, which Is (obviously) Outrage...
Quite!
Decently full at St Pete's this morning where we had a bit of a Sullivan-fest*:
Jesus Christ is ris'n today - Easter Hymn Alleluia, alleluia, hearts to heaven and voices raise - *Lux Eoi Hail the day that sees him rise - Llanfair I come with joy, a child of God - St Botulph Jesus, Prince and Saviour - *St Gertrude
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, or so we have been told.
Today we had:
“Christ Is Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”/EASTER HYMN
“Be Not Afraid” (Taizé, J. Berthier)
“Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded”/IN DIR IST FREUDE
“The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”/THE FEAST IS READY
“Christ Is Alive”/TRURO
Brass and tympani accompanied the organ where appropriate.
I think this was our largest post-pandemic congregation yet—somewhere just shy of 200.
Our morning service - although all of the four congregations which make up our Church were meeting together in an All-Age Service. About 300 of us in the Church car park - thankfully the Sun had also risen.
See what a morning (Resurrection hymn)
Our God is a Great Big God
I Choose to Worship
Living Hope
Thine be the glory
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, or so we have been told.
Today we had:
“Christ Is Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”/EASTER HYMN
“Be Not Afraid” (Taizé, J. Berthier)
“Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded”/IN DIR IST FREUDE
“The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”/THE FEAST IS READY
“Christ Is Alive”/TRURO
Brass and tympani accompanied the organ where appropriate.
I think this was our largest post-pandemic congregation yet—somewhere just shy of 200.
Brass and timps .... excellent!
It was nice! A nearby college with a good music department had gotten new tympani, and our then-music director, who also taught there, bought the old ones at a very good price and gave them to the church. We’ve got a handful of people who’ve learned to play them well for things like hymns. And we’ve got a good group of brass players as well, so it’s all “in-house,” so to speak.
191 at the 11.00 Mass, very few singing as there were lots of "Oh Muuum, do I have to go to church?" folks among them. Kids were hyper having gorged on rocket fuel Easter eggs since dawn. Parents chasing escaped toddlers down the aisles to catch them before they got to the altar.
Well it is supposed to be about new life, isn't it?
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven, or so we have been told.
Today we had:
“Christ Is Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”/EASTER HYMN
“Be Not Afraid” (Taizé, J. Berthier)
“Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded”/IN DIR IST FREUDE
“The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”/THE FEAST IS READY
“Christ Is Alive”/TRURO
Brass and tympani accompanied the organ where appropriate.
I think this was our largest post-pandemic congregation yet—somewhere just shy of 200.
Brass and timps .... excellent!
It was nice! A nearby college with a good music department had gotten new tympani, and our then-music director, who also taught there, bought the old ones at a very good price and gave them to the church. We’ve got a handful of people who’ve learned to play them well for things like hymns. And we’ve got a good group of brass players as well, so it’s all “in-house,” so to speak.
We had the usual Easter staples and a modern one for the children with actions (Lord I lift your name on high) accompanied by our minister on guitar. but the highlight (for me at least) was an attempt at a choir piece in 4 part harmony, 'Malawi Alleluia' unaccompanied apart from a toy drum I'd brought in from work (library) being struck by a paintbrush (it was the most suitable thing we could find just before the service!...I thought someone else was bringing a drumstick) https://youtu.be/Yg1WZlH7AIg?t=1817
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn)
Christians, to the Paschal victim (Victimae Paschali laudes)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St Kevin for stanzas 1 & 3; Gaudeamus pariter for 2 & 4)
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (Rosedale)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St Albinus)
The day of resurrection! (Ellacombe)
Choral:
Mozart: Missa brevis in D, K. 194
Byrd: Haec dies
Willan: Christ, our Passover
Easter Sunday:
Jesus Christ is risen today, / Easter hymn
Now is eternal life, / Eastview
Yours be the glory, / Maccabaeus
The day of resurrection, / Ellacombe
Choral:
Introit: He is Risen (Percy Whitlock)
Anthem: Easter Song of Praise (Richard Shephard)
Yours be the glory?
It's been modernised in some hymnbooks, which Is (obviously) Outrage...
Yes, the usual Oz hymn book, Together in song, which is the successor to the Australian Hymnbook, has a lot of fiddling with the words. The proper words are rather entrenched in my memory, and tended to triumph.
We refuse to use the TIS hymnbook which has trashed many hymns by fiddling with the words. Our preference is for the NEH although at times we still use the AHB.
“O sons and daughters of the King”.
“Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord”.
“Now the green blade riseth”.
“When fear and grief had barred the door”.
“These are the facts as we have received them”.
“I know that my Redeemer lives!”
Guide me o thou great redeemer
Amazing grace
Jesus stand among us at the meeting of our lives.
We have a Gospel to proclaim
During Communion
Love’s redeeming work is done.
Tonight we have Songs of Praise for Easter:
The day of resurrection
In Christ alone
Now the green blade riseth
To God be the glory
There is a redeemer
Lord of the dance
Thine be the glory
Choir anthems
Sing, God’s Easter people, sing - from Trier Gesangbuch, arr Charles Wood
Come let us with our Lord arise ( Sussex carol)
Come ye faithful, raise the strain - R S Thatcher
I think it would feel rather odd singing the tune of the Sussex Carol at this time of year!
Our offerings today:
Love's redeeming work is done - Savannah At the Lamb's high feast we sing - Salzburg Now is eternal life - Christchurch Now the green blade riseth - Noel Nouvelet The strife is o'er, the battle done - Victory
At the Lamb's high feast we sing (Salzburg) Christ the Lord is risen again (Wurttemburg) Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St John Damascene) I danced in the morning (Traditional tune, adapted by S Carter)
Quite a good selection, even if Lord of the Dance is a bit 1960s now...
A fair turnout for *Low Sunday*, with (so my Spy tells me) 30% of the congregation under 30 years of age...
“The Day of Resurrection”/LANCASHIRE
“Glory to God”/Taizé, J. Berthier
“Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright”/PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Easter 1
Jesus! The name high over all, / Lydia
Hail our Once-Despised Jesus, / Hyfrydol
Now the green blade rises, / Noel Nouvelet
My heart and voice I raise, / Ascalon
Choral
You will show me the path of life, / Roger Petrich
Blessed are they that have not seen, / George McFarren
Rather a gruesome theme seems to have run through that service...TGBTG mentions being bought by blood, and LHCWCD dwells on wounds and wailing...
Hymns probably chosen to reflect the sermon on The Second Coming, which seemed to concentrate on the negative Left Behind TM aspects rather than the positive new heavens and earth
Rather a gruesome theme seems to have run through that service...TGBTG mentions being bought by blood, and LHCWCD dwells on wounds and wailing...
Hymns probably chosen to reflect the sermon on The Second Coming, which seemed to concentrate on the negative Left Behind TM aspects rather than the positive new heavens and earth
Much of this "Left behind" stuff seems the wrong way round to me. Jesus links it to the days of Noah, and would you see being taken away by flood waters positively?
Rather a gruesome theme seems to have run through that service...TGBTG mentions being bought by blood, and LHCWCD dwells on wounds and wailing...
Hymns probably chosen to reflect the sermon on The Second Coming, which seemed to concentrate on the negative Left Behind TM aspects rather than the positive new heavens and earth
Sounds like one of those awful Jack Chick tracts...
@Darda - I'm assuming the hymn There is a fountain is the one by William Cowper? Here are the lyrics of the first verse, hidden for the sake of the squeamish:
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
There seem to be a number of later songs in a similar (ahem) vein...
There's also the rather splendid Who is this with garments gory?:
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It's been modernised in some hymnbooks, which Is (obviously) Outrage...
Gloria - metrical (WÜRTEMBERG)
Alleluia, alleluia! hearts to heaven (Ode to Joy)
Now the green blade riseth (NOEL NOUVELET)
Christ is alive (TRURO (Williams))
Sanctus - metrical (O holy, most holy) (Ash Grove)
Agnus Dei - metrical (REPTON)
Thine be the glory
We had to cut our musical coat according to our cloth - many visitors, organist on indefinite sick leave - covered by other musicians - guitar, flute, violin and bass clarinet.
Christ the Lord is Risen Today (BBC Songs of Praise version, with lots of lyrics I have never encountered anywhere else)
Thine be the Glory
The service also featured a rubber chicken (don't ask) and instruction on how to smash chocolate eggs in a liturgical fashion.
In addition we had:
The Greatest Day in History (O Happy Day)
I Cast My Mind to Calvary (O Praise the Name of the Lord our God)
Living Hope (How Great the Chasm That Lay Between Us)
Because He Lives (I Can Face Tomorrow)
What A Beautiful Name It Is (You Were the Word at the Beginning)
Your chicken and eggs sound intriguing, @Gill H . Just wondering which came first...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCkUzDzL9I
(She sings it first in Dutch, and then the English words!)
More like this one.
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (Pange lingua)
Choral:
Victoria: Popule meus
Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus
Introit: Most Glorious Lord of Life (Harris)
Hymn: Give me joy in my heart (yes, that one. Preceded Children's Talk)
Hymn: Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Gloria: Peruvian (Trad.)
Alleluias: Halle Hallelujah
Hymn: Now the Green Blade Riseth (Noël Nouvelet)
Sanctus (Slane, arr. Forster)
Communion Anthems: We are coming Lord to the table (from Sierra Leone); Hallelujah (G F Handel).
Final Hymn: Thine be the Glory (Maccabeus)
We in the choir were somewhat knackered at the end.
Thanks @Nenya! It's not one I'd come across before, until I heard Marjolein van Hoef's version, but I had an idea that there might be more lyrics.
I agree that it goes better with a bit of a swing! The pianist on the video is Gert van Hoef, Marjolein's husband, and a popular organist who performs mainly in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany (and occasionally in the UK).
Jesus Christ is risen today
Alleluia, Alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
He is Lord
Thine be the glory
During Communion the choir sang
Sing, God’s Easter people, sing
( Trier Gesangbuch 1847, arr Charles Wood)
The choir was augmented by one young granddaughter and one adult son ( bass ).
In the last hymn exeunt Grandma, granddaughter, deputy organist and Vicar, to go to an 11 am service in the next village, leaving lay reader to finish off.
“The day of resurrection!” - Ellacombe.
“Jesus is risen, alleluia!” - Tanzanian song from Iona Community.
“See what a morning” - Townend.
“Thine be the glory”.
Today we had:
“Christ Is Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“Jesus Christ Has Risen Today”/EASTER HYMN
“Be Not Afraid” (Taizé, J. Berthier)
“Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded”/IN DIR IST FREUDE
“The Trumpets Sound, the Angels Sing”/THE FEAST IS READY
“Christ Is Alive”/TRURO
Brass and tympani accompanied the organ where appropriate.
I think this was our largest post-pandemic congregation yet—somewhere just shy of 200.
Quite!
Decently full at St Pete's this morning where we had a bit of a Sullivan-fest*:
Jesus Christ is ris'n today - Easter Hymn
Alleluia, alleluia, hearts to heaven and voices raise - *Lux Eoi
Hail the day that sees him rise - Llanfair
I come with joy, a child of God - St Botulph
Jesus, Prince and Saviour - *St Gertrude
Brass and timps .... excellent!
See what a morning (Resurrection hymn)
Our God is a Great Big God
I Choose to Worship
Living Hope
Thine be the glory
Jealous.
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn)
Christians, to the Paschal victim (Victimae Paschali laudes)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St Kevin for stanzas 1 & 3; Gaudeamus pariter for 2 & 4)
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (Rosedale)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St Albinus)
The day of resurrection! (Ellacombe)
Choral:
Mozart: Missa brevis in D, K. 194
Byrd: Haec dies
Willan: Christ, our Passover
Yes, the usual Oz hymn book, Together in song, which is the successor to the Australian Hymnbook, has a lot of fiddling with the words. The proper words are rather entrenched in my memory, and tended to triumph.
I think I really need to stop posting first thing in the morning, or I need to be better caffeinated before posting.
Thanks!
Now the green blade.
This is my body.
Jesus Christ is ris'n today.
Plus the usual Mass bits. It will be interesting to see what numbers are like after the Holy Week increases.
“Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord”.
“Now the green blade riseth”.
“When fear and grief had barred the door”.
“These are the facts as we have received them”.
“I know that my Redeemer lives!”
Amazing grace
Jesus stand among us at the meeting of our lives.
We have a Gospel to proclaim
During Communion
Love’s redeeming work is done.
Tonight we have Songs of Praise for Easter:
The day of resurrection
In Christ alone
Now the green blade riseth
To God be the glory
There is a redeemer
Lord of the dance
Thine be the glory
Choir anthems
Sing, God’s Easter people, sing - from Trier Gesangbuch, arr Charles Wood
Come let us with our Lord arise ( Sussex carol)
Come ye faithful, raise the strain - R S Thatcher
Our offerings today:
Love's redeeming work is done - Savannah
At the Lamb's high feast we sing - Salzburg
Now is eternal life - Christchurch
Now the green blade riseth - Noel Nouvelet
The strife is o'er, the battle done - Victory
Love divine, all love excelling (Blaenwern)
Hail O Once Rejected Jesus (Hyfrydol)
I am a New Creation
Will your anchor hold
At the Lamb's high feast we sing (Salzburg)
Christ the Lord is risen again (Wurttemburg)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St John Damascene)
I danced in the morning (Traditional tune, adapted by S Carter)
Quite a good selection, even if Lord of the Dance is a bit 1960s now...
A fair turnout for *Low Sunday*, with (so my Spy tells me) 30% of the congregation under 30 years of age...
O I don't dislike it, but it does seem a bit dated (maybe because I remember when it first appeared!).
You're right about some of the Stuff from the century before that...
“The Day of Resurrection”/LANCASHIRE
“Glory to God”/Taizé, J. Berthier
“Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers”/SUO GAN
“That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright”/PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
I would argue that most of the worst dreck from the 1860s has already been buried in an unmarked grave.
To God be the Glory / TO GOD BE THE GLORY
There is a Fountain Filled with Blood / CLEANSING FOUNTAIN
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending /HELMSLEY
Jesus! The name high over all, / Lydia
Hail our Once-Despised Jesus, / Hyfrydol
Now the green blade rises, / Noel Nouvelet
My heart and voice I raise, / Ascalon
Choral
You will show me the path of life, / Roger Petrich
Blessed are they that have not seen, / George McFarren
Yes, TIS has fiddled with the words again.
To God be the Glory
There is a Fountain Filled with Blood
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
That second one is a nightmare for anyone with a good visual imagination.
Indeed. Not really a hymn that I'm familiar with. It was sung to a rather grim, minor key tune.
Sounds like the drain at the Abattoir is blocked again.
Hymns probably chosen to reflect the sermon on The Second Coming, which seemed to concentrate on the negative Left Behind TM aspects rather than the positive new heavens and earth
Much of this "Left behind" stuff seems the wrong way round to me. Jesus links it to the days of Noah, and would you see being taken away by flood waters positively?
I've done my usual thing of being unable to remember all that we sang yesterday but two of them were:
My Jesus, My Saviour (Shout to the Lord)
Blessing and Honour, Glory and Power (Ancient of Days)
Sounds like one of those awful Jack Chick tracts...
@Darda - I'm assuming the hymn There is a fountain is the one by William Cowper? Here are the lyrics of the first verse, hidden for the sake of the squeamish:
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
There seem to be a number of later songs in a similar (ahem) vein...
There's also the rather splendid Who is this with garments gory?:
All heaven declares
Crown Him with many crowns
Here is love (all 4 verses) then communion
Be thou my vision
Sermon on Thomas and "Joining in"
Easnt thete a fountain like that in Teheran fairly recently?