"For all the saints" / SINE NOMINE
Psalm 34, 1-10, 22, chanted
"I sing a song of the saints of God" / GRAND ISLE
"Jerusalem, my happy home" / LAND OF REST
"Jerusalem the golden" / EWING
"Ye watchers and ye holy ones" / LASST UNS ERFREUEN
@Sicut Cervus, what denomination is this church? I ask only because we’ve had discussion recently on which traditions do and don’t observe Reformation Day/Sunday.
Hark the sound of holy voices (Deerhurst)
Te Deum
For all thy Saints O Lord (St Ethelwold)
Jerussalem my happy home (Staniforth as in the appendix of the old English Hymnal, this was used in street processions many decades ago I believe)
My God accept my heart this day (Belmont)
Bride of Christ whose glorious warfare (Lux Oei)
The last was a wonderful eccentric choice lifted from the old standard A&M but the original Latin also has a translation in the English Hymnal. It was noticeable that the first hymn in particular did not seem very well known, it was a standard on Saints' days at one time but not these days I should imagine. The offertory hymn was even less well known but mainly due to the (requested) tune!
We didn't sing on All Saints Day and it wasn't transferred to the Sunday.
However had there been singing I would certainly have picked Welcome all ye noble saints of old, if only for its assurance that harlots are present. Its always good to wake up the "old dears" in the congregation. http://www.sacredhearthull.uk/Welcome all ye noble saints of old.pdf
@Sicut Cervus, what denomination is this church? I ask only because we’ve had discussion recently on which traditions do and don’t observe Reformation Day/Sunday.
The Uniting Church in Australia, which was formed by union of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches. My particular church has a Methodist background.
* we had our AGM after the service, and the church was so full that when the members of the Youth Group came and joined us for Communion after their meeting, they had to bring out spare folding chairs for them!
Daggers of envy heading your way. The last time we had a service that large was at the funeral of a parishioner who had a wide range of interests outside the church.
Remembrance Sunday at Our Place, so a rather predictable, but suitable, selection:
All my hope on God is founded (Michael) O God, our help in ages past (St Anne) Just as I am, without one plea (probably Saffron Walden) National Anthem Eternal Father, strong to save (Melita)*
(*Very appropriate, I suppose, as most of the men and boys whose names are on our WW1 Memorial were killed in the sinking of two separate warships).
We processed in to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings (played on the organ)
Offertory hymn, Eternal Father strong to save
After the act of remembrance the National Anthem
Recessional Jerusalem
"Behold! the mountain of the Lord” - Glasgow.
“Put peace into each others’ hands” - St Columba.
“Your kingdom come, O God!” - St Cecilia.
“Come soon, the day, when peace shall reign” ( a newish Scottish hymn) - "Newcastle".
“Sing we the King who is coming to reign” - The Glory Song.
O God, our help in ages past - St Anne Eternal Father, strong to save - Melita Put peace into each other's hands - St Columba As with silent hearts we bring to mind - The Supreme Sacrifice* God is our strength and refuge - Dambusters' March God save the King
The organist played Barber's Adagio sotto voce over the reading of In Flanders Fields, and as a postlude the slow movement from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
* For reasons best known to herself, today's organist (who also runs the choir) decided that the dotted rhythms in "The Supreme Sacrifice" were too jiggy and smoothed them out. She's lovely in many respects, but it doesn't half get on my wick when she decides that she knows better than the composer how something should go!
I was going to post a question asking whether we were the only ones singing Abide With Me this morning.
So far it seems we might have been.
Some Places might sing it if they have a service this evening - it always seems to me to be more suitable for late in the day. but that may be because we often sang it at Evensong in the Tin Tabernacle of my Youth (630pm BCP Choral Evensong was the principal service there).
I was going to post a question asking whether we were the only ones singing Abide With Me this morning.
So far it seems we might have been.
Some Places might sing it if they have a service this evening - it always seems to me to be more suitable for late in the day. but that may be because we often sang it at Evensong in the Tin Tabernacle of my Youth (630pm BCP Choral Evensong was the principal service there).
Probably the words: "Fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens..."
O Lord of life whose power sustains (Melita)
Psalm 46
O God our help in ages past (St Anne)
God the all terrible! King who ordainest (Russia)
Act of Remembrance
O valiant hearts (Supreme Sacrifice)
National Anthem
Land of hope and glory played on the organ at the end during the handing back of flags etc!!
I was going to post a question asking whether we were the only ones singing Abide With Me this morning.
So far it seems we might have been.
Some Places might sing it if they have a service this evening - it always seems to me to be more suitable for late in the day. but that may be because we often sang it at Evensong in the Tin Tabernacle of my Youth (630pm BCP Choral Evensong was the principal service there).
Probably the words: "Fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens..."
Yes, exactly that, although the hymn does, I think, refer more to the evening of Life than the actual end of the day...
'Abide with me' was the opening hymn at the Mass of Remembrance I attended this morning. The other hymn was 'Praise to the holiest in the height' and the Mass ended with the augmented choir singing 'funeral Sentences from the Book of Common Prayer' with music by Purcell.
We did begin with Abide with me, followed by:
Make me a channel of your peace
I vow to thee my country (bleurgh, but I decided to just grit my teeth and get on with it; I'll have a discussion about it with our new minister another time)
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder
Look forward in faith
At this morning's service which followed on directly from uniformed groups parade, wreath laying, roll of honour and two minutes silence at the town war memorial adjacent to our churchyard.
O God our help in ages past (ST ANNE)
Lord, for the years (LORD OF THE YEARS)
In Christ alone (Townend / Getty)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)
National Anthem
“Here in This Place” (“Gather Us In”)/GATHER US IN
“For Everyone Born” (“A Place at the Table”)/FOR EVERYONE BORN
“God Be the Love to Search and Keep Me” (“O Christ, Surround Me”)/GREEN TYLER
So we had the recently-discussed Marty Haugen, the wonderful Shirley Erena Murray (prompting prayers for @Galilit, who is much in my prayers lately), and one of my favorite newish (2004) hymns.
Indeed - if I were going to offer a bit of Elgar, it would be Nimrod - doesn't everybody like that?
I confess to not really minding I vow to thee, my country, but only at this time of year, and because it's got a rather nice tune, as long as it isn't pitched too high.
Our annual Mass for the bereaved. About 150 attended. Normal RC modern stuff was sung. The names of those who have died in the past year were read - 85 of them. The bereaved came forward and lit candles to soft background music. Lights were dimmed so the only light was from the candles at the foot of the altar and a minute of silence was kept. It was quite lovely.
We used to do that at our now-discontinued Memorial Service, though it wasn't a Mass. From memory, we usually had the following hymns, all to the customary tunes:
Amazing grace
The Lord's my shepherd
Blessed are the pure in heart
Thine be the glory
Indeed - if I were going to offer a bit of Elgar, it would be Nimrod - doesn't everybody like that?
I confess to not really minding I vow to thee, my country, but only at this time of year, and because it's got a rather nice tune, as long as it isn't pitched too high.
I hate the way the tune has to move phrases down an octave to make it singable. A damned cheek.
Hymns
Love divine, / Hyfrydol
Worship, honour, glory, blessing, / Austria
All my hope on God is founded, / Meine Hoffnung
God gives us a future, / Camberwell
Choir
Lamp of our feet, / J. B. Dykes, words Bernard Barton
Your word is a lamp to guide me, / J. Rawson
And tonight we are hosting the diocesan Mass for the victims of abuse. Our priest is the Vicar General responsible for safeguarding (and victims when the unthinkable happens.) It will be interesting to see what tone is adopted.
"Judge eternal throned in splendor" / KOMM, O KOMM DU GEIST DES LEBENS
Psalm 78:1-7 chanted
"O God of Bethel by whose hand" / DUNDEE
"Rejoice! rejoice believers" / LLANGLOFFAN
"Jesus came, adored by angels" / LOWRY
"Lift up your heads ye mighty gates" / TRURO
Hymns
Worship the Lord in the beaty of holiness, / Was lebet
Ye watchers and ye holy ones, / Lasst uns erfreuen
Soldiers of Christ arise, / From strength to strength
O Thou who camest from above, / Hereford
How shall I sing that majesty, / Coe Fen, words John Mason, music Ken Naylor.
Choir
God be in my head, / H Walford Davies
Lord, I trust Thee, / Handel
We were marking St Margaret of Scotland this morning, although she only really got a mention in the Collect, an apology from the priest that he wasn't going to preach about her, and the fact that we had white vestments!
I was serving, so had rather less input than usual into the singing:
God of grace and God of glory - Regent Square O God unseen but ever near - St Flavian Seek ye first the kingdom of God - Seek Ye First All I once held dear - Knowing You* The Saviour will come, resplendent in joy - Laudate Dominum
* I hope whoever wrote the tune to The Ugly Duckling sued Graham Kendrick into the middle of next week for plagiarism, as that's basically the tune of the second half of the refrain.
There's no place in civilised worship for the output of that charlatan.
Every three years the readings are relevant to our wedding anniversary which was yesterday .... Proverbs 31 about a perfect wife and Psalm 127 describing a wife like a fruitful vine, and children like shoots of the olive. 1 Thess about the Day of the Lord coming like a thief in the night and the parable of the talents maybe less applicable.
Any road we sang
Lord of all faithfulness (with a greatly reduced number of chord changes to give it a gentle lilt.)
In bread we bring you Lord
Centre of my life - Inwood
Make way for the King of Kings - Kendrick.
And we launched a new group of singers. Not a choir up front performing, but a group to give the congregation a strong lead especially when learning new things. We used to be a place with strong congregational sing, but advancing years and especially Covid have taken their toll. This is an attempt to encourage people to raise their voices and sing. We started with a new Mass setting, Chris Walkers Glastonbury Mass for advent. A simple responsorial setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Wh-lh0HqI
Good heavens! It's years since I sang Ebenezer, but it is indeed a super tune! Takes me back to the Church Of My Youth, and our churchwarden, who used to roar it out in a deep bass voice...
Our Place warbled the following, for the 2nd Sunday before Advent:
Lord of all hopefulness (Slane) I danced in the morning (the tune by Sydney Carter, of course) Let all the world in every corner sing (Luckington) Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord)
Three of my favourites - alas! I don't care much for Lord of the dance, having perhaps heard/sung it too many times...
Judge eternal throned in splendour (Rhuddlan)
O Holy Spirit Lord of grace (Tallis ordinal)
God is working his purpose out (Benson)
Father who dost thy children feed (Stella)
God of grace and God of glory (Regent Square)
I danced in the morning (the tune by Sydney Carter, of course)
Or rather the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts,” written by Joseph Brackett and adapted by Sydney Carter.
Today, we had:
“Our God, Our Help in Ages Past”/ST. ANNE
“Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God”/SARADAY
“Be Not Afraid” (“You Shall Cross the Barren Desert”)
“We Praise Thee, O God”/KREMSER
I danced in the morning (the tune by Sydney Carter, of course)
Or rather the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts,” written by Joseph Brackett and adapted by Sydney Carter.
Today, we had:
“Our God, Our Help in Ages Past”/ST. ANNE
“Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God”/SARADAY
“Be Not Afraid” (“You Shall Cross the Barren Desert”)
“We Praise Thee, O God”/KREMSER
O yes, indeed - though our hymnbook simply describes it as a *traditional American melody adapted by Sydney Carter*, with no mention of Mr Brackett.
I've just checked the book, and must have just read the author as Mr Carter, without looking to see who actually wrote the music. My bad!
"Lord Christ when first thou cam'st to earth" / MIT FREUDEN ZART
Psalm 123 ("the indolent rich") chanted.
"Before thy throne O God we kneel" / Tune by our Organist/Choirmaster
"Strengthen for service, Lord" / MALABAR
"Awake awake to love and work" / MORNING SONG
"Come labor on" / ORA LABORA
At today's midmorning service:
Hosanna (PRAISE IS RISING)
Father you are King of Heaven (Dan Adams & Gareth Loh aka "Awesome Cutlery") One for the children before they left for their own groups
From Heaven you came (THE SERVANT KING)
Behold the Lamb who bears our sin away [Communion Hymn] (Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend)
And can it be that I should gain (Nathan Felligham tune, not SAGINA☹️)
Christ the King Sunday at Our Place, so they had:
O worship the King (Hanover) Christ triumphant (Guiting Power) Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal) Crown him with many crowns (Diademata)
An excellent selection, which I hope was sung with very great gusto, as this morning was chilly, and Our Place is a huge barn to have to heat up...
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"For all the saints" / SINE NOMINE
Psalm 34, 1-10, 22, chanted
"I sing a song of the saints of God" / GRAND ISLE
"Jerusalem, my happy home" / LAND OF REST
"Jerusalem the golden" / EWING
"Ye watchers and ye holy ones" / LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Hymns
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, / Lobe den Herren
A mighty fortress is our God, / Ein feste Burg
The church’s one foundation, / Aurelia
Choir
Love the Lord your God, / Christopher Lancaster
Ubi caritas, / harmonised by Peter Carter
(I have been away from my computer, so am a week late with this list)
Hark the sound of holy voices (Deerhurst)
Te Deum
For all thy Saints O Lord (St Ethelwold)
Jerussalem my happy home (Staniforth as in the appendix of the old English Hymnal, this was used in street processions many decades ago I believe)
My God accept my heart this day (Belmont)
Bride of Christ whose glorious warfare (Lux Oei)
The last was a wonderful eccentric choice lifted from the old standard A&M but the original Latin also has a translation in the English Hymnal. It was noticeable that the first hymn in particular did not seem very well known, it was a standard on Saints' days at one time but not these days I should imagine. The offertory hymn was even less well known but mainly due to the (requested) tune!
However had there been singing I would certainly have picked Welcome all ye noble saints of old, if only for its assurance that harlots are present. Its always good to wake up the "old dears" in the congregation.
http://www.sacredhearthull.uk/Welcome all ye noble saints of old.pdf
The Uniting Church in Australia, which was formed by union of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational churches. My particular church has a Methodist background.
Daggers of envy heading your way. The last time we had a service that large was at the funeral of a parishioner who had a wide range of interests outside the church.
Good, good Father
Faithful One, so unchanging
And can it be?
All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
O God, our help in ages past (St Anne)
Just as I am, without one plea (probably Saffron Walden)
National Anthem
Eternal Father, strong to save (Melita)*
(*Very appropriate, I suppose, as most of the men and boys whose names are on our WW1 Memorial were killed in the sinking of two separate warships).
So far it seems we might have been.
Offertory hymn, Eternal Father strong to save
After the act of remembrance the National Anthem
Recessional Jerusalem
“Put peace into each others’ hands” - St Columba.
“Your kingdom come, O God!” - St Cecilia.
“Come soon, the day, when peace shall reign” ( a newish Scottish hymn) - "Newcastle".
“Sing we the King who is coming to reign” - The Glory Song.
O God, our help in ages past - St Anne
Eternal Father, strong to save - Melita
Put peace into each other's hands - St Columba
As with silent hearts we bring to mind - The Supreme Sacrifice*
God is our strength and refuge - Dambusters' March
God save the King
The organist played Barber's Adagio sotto voce over the reading of In Flanders Fields, and as a postlude the slow movement from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
* For reasons best known to herself, today's organist (who also runs the choir) decided that the dotted rhythms in "The Supreme Sacrifice" were too jiggy and smoothed them out. She's lovely in many respects, but it doesn't half get on my wick when she decides that she knows better than the composer how something should go!
Some Places might sing it if they have a service this evening - it always seems to me to be more suitable for late in the day. but that may be because we often sang it at Evensong in the Tin Tabernacle of my Youth (630pm BCP Choral Evensong was the principal service there).
O Lord of life whose power sustains (Melita)
Psalm 46
O God our help in ages past (St Anne)
God the all terrible! King who ordainest (Russia)
Act of Remembrance
O valiant hearts (Supreme Sacrifice)
National Anthem
Land of hope and glory played on the organ at the end during the handing back of flags etc!!
Yes, exactly that, although the hymn does, I think, refer more to the evening of Life than the actual end of the day...
Make me a channel of your peace
I vow to thee my country (bleurgh, but I decided to just grit my teeth and get on with it; I'll have a discussion about it with our new minister another time)
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder
Look forward in faith
O God our help in ages past (ST ANNE)
Lord, for the years (LORD OF THE YEARS)
In Christ alone (Townend / Getty)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)
National Anthem
Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia)
Make me a channel of your peace.
“Here in This Place” (“Gather Us In”)/GATHER US IN
“For Everyone Born” (“A Place at the Table”)/FOR EVERYONE BORN
“God Be the Love to Search and Keep Me” (“O Christ, Surround Me”)/GREEN TYLER
So we had the recently-discussed Marty Haugen, the wonderful Shirley Erena Murray (prompting prayers for @Galilit, who is much in my prayers lately), and one of my favorite newish (2004) hymns.
That sounds a bit jingoistic for a remembrance service
I confess to not really minding I vow to thee, my country, but only at this time of year, and because it's got a rather nice tune, as long as it isn't pitched too high.
Amazing grace
The Lord's my shepherd
Blessed are the pure in heart
Thine be the glory
I hate the way the tune has to move phrases down an octave to make it singable. A damned cheek.
Hymns
Love divine, / Hyfrydol
Worship, honour, glory, blessing, / Austria
All my hope on God is founded, / Meine Hoffnung
God gives us a future, / Camberwell
Choir
Lamp of our feet, / J. B. Dykes, words Bernard Barton
Your word is a lamp to guide me, / J. Rawson
"Judge eternal throned in splendor" / KOMM, O KOMM DU GEIST DES LEBENS
Psalm 78:1-7 chanted
"O God of Bethel by whose hand" / DUNDEE
"Rejoice! rejoice believers" / LLANGLOFFAN
"Jesus came, adored by angels" / LOWRY
"Lift up your heads ye mighty gates" / TRURO
Choral: "A Joyful Song" by Gordon Young.
Hymns
Worship the Lord in the beaty of holiness, / Was lebet
Ye watchers and ye holy ones, / Lasst uns erfreuen
Soldiers of Christ arise, / From strength to strength
O Thou who camest from above, / Hereford
How shall I sing that majesty, / Coe Fen, words John Mason, music Ken Naylor.
Choir
God be in my head, / H Walford Davies
Lord, I trust Thee, / Handel
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven / LAUDA ANIMA
Jesus is King / JESUS IS KING AND I WILL EXTOL HIM
*Be Thou my Vision / SLANE
*Well, it was "Vision Sunday" where we looked forward to our hopes & plans for next year
I was serving, so had rather less input than usual into the singing:
God of grace and God of glory - Regent Square
O God unseen but ever near - St Flavian
Seek ye first the kingdom of God - Seek Ye First
All I once held dear - Knowing You*
The Saviour will come, resplendent in joy - Laudate Dominum
* I hope whoever wrote the tune to The Ugly Duckling sued Graham Kendrick into the middle of next week for plagiarism, as that's basically the tune of the second half of the refrain.
There's no place in civilised worship for the output of that charlatan.
Any road we sang
Lord of all faithfulness (with a greatly reduced number of chord changes to give it a gentle lilt.)
In bread we bring you Lord
Centre of my life - Inwood
Make way for the King of Kings - Kendrick.
And we launched a new group of singers. Not a choir up front performing, but a group to give the congregation a strong lead especially when learning new things. We used to be a place with strong congregational sing, but advancing years and especially Covid have taken their toll. This is an attempt to encourage people to raise their voices and sing. We started with a new Mass setting, Chris Walkers Glastonbury Mass for advent. A simple responsorial setting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Wh-lh0HqI
Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
God is in his Temple (Arnsberg)
O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus (Ebenezer)
The middle hymn is a particular favourite of mine and Ebenezer is a rollicking tune to finish with.
Our Place warbled the following, for the 2nd Sunday before Advent:
Lord of all hopefulness (Slane)
I danced in the morning (the tune by Sydney Carter, of course)
Let all the world in every corner sing (Luckington)
Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord)
Three of my favourites - alas! I don't care much for Lord of the dance, having perhaps heard/sung it too many times...
“What shall we do with our money today?” - a little ditty to "What shall we do with the drunken sailor?"
“A charge to keep I have” - Venice - no-knew it!
“God, whose giving knows no ending” - Nettleton.
“Christ for the world we sing” - Moscow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmj0JFGqE30
O Holy Spirit Lord of grace (Tallis ordinal)
God is working his purpose out (Benson)
Father who dost thy children feed (Stella)
God of grace and God of glory (Regent Square)
Today, we had:
“Our God, Our Help in Ages Past”/ST. ANNE
“Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God”/SARADAY
“Be Not Afraid” (“You Shall Cross the Barren Desert”)
“We Praise Thee, O God”/KREMSER
O yes, indeed - though our hymnbook simply describes it as a *traditional American melody adapted by Sydney Carter*, with no mention of Mr Brackett.
I've just checked the book, and must have just read the author as Mr Carter, without looking to see who actually wrote the music. My bad!
"Lord Christ when first thou cam'st to earth" / MIT FREUDEN ZART
Psalm 123 ("the indolent rich") chanted.
"Before thy throne O God we kneel" / Tune by our Organist/Choirmaster
"Strengthen for service, Lord" / MALABAR
"Awake awake to love and work" / MORNING SONG
"Come labor on" / ORA LABORA
Choral: "Lord be thy word my rule" by John Wood
Splendid! Still relevant really as her agenda is still around.
Hosanna (PRAISE IS RISING)
Father you are King of Heaven (Dan Adams & Gareth Loh aka "Awesome Cutlery") One for the children before they left for their own groups
From Heaven you came (THE SERVANT KING)
Behold the Lamb who bears our sin away [Communion Hymn] (Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend)
And can it be that I should gain (Nathan Felligham tune, not SAGINA☹️)
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus
O worship the King (Hanover)
Christ triumphant (Guiting Power)
Rejoice, the Lord is King (Gopsal)
Crown him with many crowns (Diademata)
An excellent selection, which I hope was sung with very great gusto, as this morning was chilly, and Our Place is a huge barn to have to heat up...