Played a requiem today. 13 mourners, four hymns. One person singing - me. Better to have no hymns and the organist playing suitable music at the appropriate places.
Our deacon did the liaising. Apparently its a clerical prerogative ....... or something.
Played a requiem today. 13 mourners, four hymns. One person singing - me. Better to have no hymns and the organist playing suitable music at the appropriate places.
Our deacon did the liaising. Apparently its a clerical prerogative ....... or something.
I agree, although I recall one occasion (I was doing my Lay Reader's funeral training by assisting Our Place's Next-Door Vicar)) at the local crem chapel when the service before us raised the roof with What a Friend we have in Jesus.
When the minister (another Lay Reader) came into the vestry where we were waiting, we remarked on the fine singing, and were surprised to learn that there were only a dozen people in the congregation...
Ok not strictly 'at church' and it won't happen until this evening, but just wanted to register my excitement at being part of a massed choir of over 400 people for Prom Praise at the Albert Hall today. The theme is Creation and the music ranges from Haydn's 'The Heavens are telling' through old classics I know (such as How Great thou Art) to several modern worship songs (mainly from the Townend/Getty stable) which were mostly unfamiliar to me....then there's new material as well where we mostly sing oohs and ash's as backing for a soloist or ensemble. And a rather Disneyesque extravaganza called 'A Symphony of Praise'. It will all be live streamed so if anyone wants to watch at 7.30 pm here is the link https://www.youtube.com/live/BQzXoe3hcpI?feature=shared
VE Sunday/Easter 3 at Our Place, with a mix of paschal and patriotic hymns:
The strife is o'er, the battle done (either Vulpius or Victory) O God, our help in ages past (St Anne) Now the green blade riseth (Noel Nouvelet) God save our gracious King (National Anthem) Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
The Union Flag is to be draped on the altar, says FatherInCharge, but I think he might mean the old High Altar rather than the free-standing table now used...
Clerical Shipmates will know better than I, but I should have thought it was strictly a no-no to drape national flags on an altar, whether it be used regularly, or not.
Our offerings this morning, most of which I didn't sing as I was serving:
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty - Lobe den Herren Majesty, worship his majesty - Majesty (AGAIN!!! If she's going to have the same hymn two weeks running, could she not make it something decent??? ) I cannot tell - Londonderry Air* (where's the old throwing-up emoji when I need it?) Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord - Holy is the Lord We have a gospel to proclaim - Fulda
* which was pitched far too high for the congregation - it really is a ghastly old wailer.
“This is the day the Lord has made” - Richmond.
“Open our eyes, Lord” (Bob Cull).
“I serve a risen Saviour” (Ackley).
“I come with joy to meet my Lord” - University.
“Send out the gospel!” - Fulda.
From another country, two familiar tunes, sung at Skara Cathedral.
The entrance hymn was a paraphrase of Psalm 121 to St Theodulph (All glory, laud, and honour), and and the final hymn was the Swedish version of There's a wideness in God's mercy to the well-known Daily, daily...
There was no choir this morning at Skara (there are various groups, though they seem to use them on High Days and Holy Days rather than every Sunday), but the congregation - being good Lutherans, I suppose! - sings well.
Our Place had Now the green blade riseth today, and my Spy tells me that our organist played it on the grand piano, and was in absolutely sparkling form, despite the small congregation...
My Spy was not so taken with Alleluia, sing to Jesus - not because she doesn't like it, but because she'd requested it for the Sunday after Ascension (Though the cloud from sight received Him, when the forty days were o'er), which is a fair point...
Our Place's Churchwardens have decreed that the church heating will not be put on until winter. By then, it may not matter, as the congregation seems to diminish further each week...
Our Place's Churchwardens have decreed that the church heating will not be put on until winter. By then, it may not matter, as the congregation seems to diminish further each week...
The Man Who Controls The Heating (and who never feels cold) was Away this morning ...
We are fortunate in that our smallish building heats up pretty quickly. My last place - a huge Victorian barn - took forever!
Our Place's Churchwardens have decreed that the church heating will not be put on until winter. By then, it may not matter, as the congregation seems to diminish further each week...
The Man Who Controls The Heating (and who never feels cold) was Away this morning ...
We are fortunate in that our smallish building heats up pretty quickly. My last place - a huge Victorian barn - took forever!
Our huge Edwardian barn takes a long while to warm up, too. The Hall is not too bad, and, if plans to install double-glazing and a false ceiling come to fruition this year, it would make sense to hold services in there during the colder months...
We had:
All things B&B (which I find I loath more with each passing year)
Sing to God new songs of worship
Take my life Lord let it be
I the Lord of sea and sky
Look forward in faith
. . . and the final hymn was the Swedish version of There's a wideness in God's mercy to the well-known Daily, daily...
Well known by some and in some places, perhaps. Totally unfamiliar to me. A quick search isn’t turning it up in any American hymnals.
Today, we had:
“This Is the Day”/ESTA ES EL
DÍA
“As Pants the Deer for Living Streams” (Ps. 42 & 43)/SEACHRIST
“Where Charity and Live Prevail”/TWENTY-FOURTH
“God in Whom All Life Begins”/NOEL
. . . and the final hymn was the Swedish version of There's a wideness in God's mercy to the well-known Daily, daily...
Well known by some and in some places, perhaps. Totally unfamiliar to me. A quick search isn’t turning it up in any American hymnals.
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I should have said that Daily, daily is well-known in certain circles in the UK as one of the tunes for a favourite Marian hymn, viz. Ye who own the faith of Jesus.
It being the first Sunday of the month, we had Evensong:
Ferial responses, usual chants for Mag & Nunc
Psalm 116 - chant by Richard Massey
Hymns:
Our Father - Our Father (Wiener)* This joyful Eastertide - Vreuchten Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste
* because J "thinks it's lovely", which it sort of isn't ... <rolleyes>
Re: Aurelia, I agree with BT - I can very easily live without it, but I suppose it's de rigueur for TCOF. It's still preferable to anything by K*ndr*ck!
The King of love (Dominus regit me)
Merbecke
Psalm 80
The Lord my pasture shall prepare (Addisons)
Faithful Shepherd feed me (Pastor pastorum)
I met the Good Shepherd just now on the plain (St Denio)
All rather predictable 😳 but the last one I had only ever seen (and never sung or accompanied) in the Mirfield Mission Hymn Book. I don't know how well known it is but sung to "St Denio" it went very well.
I'm glad we weren't the only folk to have "He lives!". I announced it as a "Golden Oldie" and it went down well, I think.
Yes, my folks, despite it not being standard Episcopal fare, always enjoy it. One of those hymns where it's just sort of fun to belt it out.
It belongs to a genre of hymns—or more precisely, hymn tunes—that I will confess I call “merry-go-round hymns” or “carousel hymns.” Almost always in 6/8 (occasionally in 3/4), it’s the kind of tune that would sound perfect on a merry-go-round calliope. I always have to suppress the urge to move up and down with the music.
I'm glad we weren't the only folk to have "He lives!". I announced it as a "Golden Oldie" and it went down well, I think.
Yes, my folks, despite it not being standard Episcopal fare, always enjoy it. One of those hymns where it's just sort of fun to belt it out.
It belongs to a genre of hymns—or more precisely, hymn tunes—that I will confess I call “merry-go-round hymns” or “carousel hymns.” Almost always in 6/8 (occasionally in 3/4), it’s the kind of tune that would sound perfect on a merry-go-round calliope. I always have to suppress the urge to move up and down with the music.
And always with a grand ritardando at the end of each refrain, then immediately snapping back to the tempo!
A suitably paschal and pastoral selection for Easter 4 (Good Shepherd Sunday) at Our Place tomorrow:
Christ the Lord is risen again (Wurttemberg) The King of love my shepherd is (Dominus regit me) Faithful shepherd, feed me (Pastor pastorum) You shall go out with joy (words and music by Steffi Rubin and Stuart Dauermann)
That last one has the fun bit about the trees of the field clapping their hands, so our organist will no doubt enjoy herself muchly, playing the piano...
May the Mind of Christ My Saviour (St Leonards)
Be Still and Know that I am God (Be Still and Know)
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er The Sun (Duke Street)
Blessèd Assurance (Assurance)
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex All heaven declares - All Heaven Declares The king of love my shepherd is - Dominus Regit Me Only by grace can we enter - Only by Grace Blessèd assurance - Blessèd Assurance
Dorcas and her service (with a nod to Christian Aid).
“Angel voices, ever singing” - Angel Voices.
“I give my hands to do your work” (Estelle White).
“We cannot measure how you heal” - Ye Banks and Braes.
“Christ, you call us all to service” - Everton.
“You servants of God” - Laudate Dominum.
Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King, his love endures for ever (Forever God is faithful) Amazing Grace (with the "My chains are gone, I've been set free" interludes) All my life you have been faithful (I love you, Lord, for your mercy never fails me) Holy Forever (A thousand generations falling down in worship) I cast my mind to Calvary chorus - that is, "O praise the name of the Lord our God"
For whatever reason we had Jesus walking on water today rather than Good Shepherd Sunday. We had:
Let us build a house
Tell out my soul
Jesus is the name we honour (this was originally going to be At the name of Jesus until I pointed out we'd had it two weeks ago)
Lord you have come to the seashore
Spirit of God come dwell within me
Baptism today with an acknowledgment of ‘Vocations Sunday’
Now the green blade riseth (NOEL NOUVELET)
The Lord’s my Shepherd ([The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want] (Townend))
Brother, sister let me serve you (THE SERVANT SONG)
Lord of the dance (SIMPLE GIFTS)
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That is an Abomination Before The Lord™.
Our deacon did the liaising. Apparently its a clerical prerogative ....... or something.
I agree, although I recall one occasion (I was doing my Lay Reader's funeral training by assisting Our Place's Next-Door Vicar)) at the local crem chapel when the service before us raised the roof with What a Friend we have in Jesus.
When the minister (another Lay Reader) came into the vestry where we were waiting, we remarked on the fine singing, and were surprised to learn that there were only a dozen people in the congregation...
VE Sunday/Easter 3 at Our Place, with a mix of paschal and patriotic hymns:
The strife is o'er, the battle done (either Vulpius or Victory)
O God, our help in ages past (St Anne)
Now the green blade riseth (Noel Nouvelet)
God save our gracious King (National Anthem)
Alleluia, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol)
The Union Flag is to be draped on the altar, says FatherInCharge, but I think he might mean the old High Altar rather than the free-standing table now used...
Clerical Shipmates will know better than I, but I should have thought it was strictly a no-no to drape national flags on an altar, whether it be used regularly, or not.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_full/public/Nazi-Church-altar.jpg?itok=hlif0FRy
Quite. That photo of the Nazi altar is horrifying, but it's at the end of an easily-trodden road...
Apologies to H&As for the rather Hellish tangent I seem to have started.
The subject of patriotic music/flags in church might be best put elsewhere...
Yes, please do. And while we’re on the subject:
Arethosemyfeet - terms like “butcher’s apron” to describe a national flag aren’t appropriate for Ecclesiantics, even if that is your opinion.
Spike
Eccles host
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty - Lobe den Herren
Majesty, worship his majesty - Majesty (AGAIN!!! If she's going to have the same hymn two weeks running, could she not make it something decent???
I cannot tell - Londonderry Air* (where's the old throwing-up emoji when I need it?)
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord - Holy is the Lord
We have a gospel to proclaim - Fulda
* which was pitched far too high for the congregation - it really is a ghastly old wailer.
“This is the day the Lord has made” - Richmond.
“Open our eyes, Lord” (Bob Cull).
“I serve a risen Saviour” (Ackley).
“I come with joy to meet my Lord” - University.
“Send out the gospel!” - Fulda.
The entrance hymn was a paraphrase of Psalm 121 to St Theodulph (All glory, laud, and honour), and and the final hymn was the Swedish version of There's a wideness in God's mercy to the well-known Daily, daily...
There was no choir this morning at Skara (there are various groups, though they seem to use them on High Days and Holy Days rather than every Sunday), but the congregation - being good Lutherans, I suppose! - sings well.
Now the green blade riseth
One bread, one body
I will be with you.
My Spy was not so taken with Alleluia, sing to Jesus - not because she doesn't like it, but because she'd requested it for the Sunday after Ascension (Though the cloud from sight received Him, when the forty days were o'er), which is a fair point...
(I'm guessing that you mean hymns that conflate Ascension and Easter, which is indeed the case).
Tonight the temperature is supposed to drop to 5 degrees!!
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go (St. Margaret)
The Church’s One Foundation (Aurelia)
Restore, O Lord (Kendrick)
A collection that I enjoyed singing - controversial I know, given the majority opinion here on Aurelia.
The Man Who Controls The Heating (and who never feels cold) was Away this morning ...
We are fortunate in that our smallish building heats up pretty quickly. My last place - a huge Victorian barn - took forever!
Although I'm not keen on Aurelia, that is the hymn that needs it! And Brownie points for all the others.
Our huge Edwardian barn takes a long while to warm up, too. The Hall is not too bad, and, if plans to install double-glazing and a false ceiling come to fruition this year, it would make sense to hold services in there during the colder months...
All things B&B (which I find I loath more with each passing year)
Sing to God new songs of worship
Take my life Lord let it be
I the Lord of sea and sky
Look forward in faith
When I mentioned this to the organist, his response was “Nothing to do with me. Blame the vicar”
This one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEzc5-xikkk
Today, we had:
“This Is the Day”/ESTA ES EL
DÍA
“As Pants the Deer for Living Streams” (Ps. 42 & 43)/SEACHRIST
“Where Charity and Live Prevail”/TWENTY-FOURTH
“God in Whom All Life Begins”/NOEL
I should have said that Daily, daily is well-known in certain circles in the UK as one of the tunes for a favourite Marian hymn, viz. Ye who own the faith of Jesus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2vWRUbXRro
Yes, unfortunately
Ferial responses, usual chants for Mag & Nunc
Psalm 116 - chant by Richard Massey
Hymns:
Our Father - Our Father (Wiener)*
This joyful Eastertide - Vreuchten
Hail, gladdening light - Sebaste
* because J "thinks it's lovely", which it sort of isn't ... <rolleyes>
Re: Aurelia, I agree with BT - I can very easily live without it, but I suppose it's de rigueur for TCOF. It's still preferable to anything by K*ndr*ck!
"Patronal Holy Communion" BCP
The King of love (Dominus regit me)
Merbecke
Psalm 80
The Lord my pasture shall prepare (Addisons)
Faithful Shepherd feed me (Pastor pastorum)
I met the Good Shepherd just now on the plain (St Denio)
All rather predictable 😳 but the last one I had only ever seen (and never sung or accompanied) in the Mirfield Mission Hymn Book. I don't know how well known it is but sung to "St Denio" it went very well.
Christ is Alive! Let Christians Sing! (TRURO)
We Sing the Glorious Conquest (MUNICH)
Shepherd of Souls (ST. AGNES)
He Lives! (ACKLEY)
Yes, my folks, despite it not being standard Episcopal fare, always enjoy it. One of those hymns where it's just sort of fun to belt it out.
And always with a grand ritardando at the end of each refrain, then immediately snapping back to the tempo!
I don’t think I could have sung anything to Lincolnshire Poacher, I would be tempted to throw in a Rambling Syd Rumpo impression.
It can also be sung (if you really must) to Ellacombe (The day of resurrection), or to Forest Green (O little town of Bethlehem).
Christ the Lord is risen again (Wurttemberg)
The King of love my shepherd is (Dominus regit me)
Faithful shepherd, feed me (Pastor pastorum)
You shall go out with joy (words and music by Steffi Rubin and Stuart Dauermann)
That last one has the fun bit about the trees of the field clapping their hands, so our organist will no doubt enjoy herself muchly, playing the piano...
This Joyful Eastertide
Blessed Assurance
Alleluia! Alleluia! (Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise)
Be Still and Know that I am God (Be Still and Know)
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er The Sun (Duke Street)
Blessèd Assurance (Assurance)
Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex
All heaven declares - All Heaven Declares
The king of love my shepherd is - Dominus Regit Me
Only by grace can we enter - Only by Grace
Blessèd assurance - Blessèd Assurance
“Angel voices, ever singing” - Angel Voices.
“I give my hands to do your work” (Estelle White).
“We cannot measure how you heal” - Ye Banks and Braes.
“Christ, you call us all to service” - Everton.
“You servants of God” - Laudate Dominum.
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
There's a Spirit in the Air
Take My Life and Let it Be
Community of Christ
Numbers down again this morning. A wet morning and Mother's Day
Amazing Grace (with the "My chains are gone, I've been set free" interludes)
All my life you have been faithful (I love you, Lord, for your mercy never fails me)
Holy Forever (A thousand generations falling down in worship)
I cast my mind to Calvary chorus - that is, "O praise the name of the Lord our God"
Let us build a house
Tell out my soul
Jesus is the name we honour (this was originally going to be At the name of Jesus until I pointed out we'd had it two weeks ago)
Lord you have come to the seashore
Spirit of God come dwell within me
Now the green blade riseth (NOEL NOUVELET)
The Lord’s my Shepherd ([The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want] (Townend))
Brother, sister let me serve you (THE SERVANT SONG)
Lord of the dance (SIMPLE GIFTS)