Bless the Lord my Soul (Taize)
When the Wheel of Fate is Turning (Austria)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
God of Life and God of Freedom (Hyfrydol)
Meditation on 'Love Unknown' John Ireland
Anthems
See Father thy beloved Son - Benjamin Rogers
The Royal Banners - plainsong
Ave Verum - Byrd
A Litany - William Walton
As a point of interest, in the order of service, the following note was added to the Reproaches:
'............. at times in Christian history the Reproaches have been used explicitly or implicitly to condemn Jewish people or to stir up hostility against Jewish people, or to stir up hostility against Jewish people in the present day. It is important to remember that Jesus' words are to be understood as applying to the present Church, rather than to his own contemporaries. Here, 'Israel' and 'my people' stand for the Church, and we are to hear the Reproaches as directed to our own hardness of heart and failure of discipleship.'
To make the the point about the Reproaches being heard as addressed to the Church, our service book* introduces the reproaches with:
O my people, O my church,
what more could I have done for you?
Answer me.
And this is included as the penultimate Reproach:
I grafted you into my people Israel,
but you made them scapegoats for your own guilt,
and you have made a cross for your Savior.
The final Reproach is:
I was hungry and you gave me no food,
thirsty and you gave me no drink,
a stranger and you did not welcome me,
naked and you did not clothe me,
sick and in prison and you did not visit me,
and you have made a cross for your Savior.
* Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELCA 2006) is identified as the source for the version in our book.
As regards The Reproaches, I'm pretty sure Our Place uses the current Roman Catholic version. Without further research, I'd assume that it's along the lines @Heron refers to.
Our Place probably had a sung responsorial Psalm, too, as a cantor was available.
We had two hymns this morning, both enjoyably unfamiliar to me. The one I liked better was the 17th C Ah! holy Jesu, how hast thou offended; J. Heermann, J. Crüger. It wasn't easy to sing, but the choir carried it well. The words are powerful, complete, and convey the mood of the day. It could have been a Good Friday litany with nothing else needed.
We had two hymns this morning, both enjoyably unfamiliar to me. The one I liked better was the 17th C Ah! holy Jesu, how hast thou offended; J. Heermann, J. Crüger. It wasn't easy to sing, but the choir carried it well. The words are powerful, complete, and convey the mood of the day. It could have been a Good Friday litany with nothing else needed.
That hymn has one of the most beautiful melodies ever composed.
Some old favourites at Our Place tomorrow:
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) I danced in the morning (Sydney Carter)
Something from The Sheet (possibly the Lord's Prayer) This joyful Eastertide (Vreuchten - congregation to join in only with the refrain) Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St Albinus) Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
“Jesus Christ is risen today”- Easter Hymn.
“Jesus is risen, alleluia!” - Tanzanian tune/Wild Goose.
“See what a morning, gloriously bright” - Getty/Townend.
“O sons and daughters of the King” - St Albinus.
“Myrrh-bearing Mary” - Slane.
"Christ is alive, let Christian sing" - Truro.
Decided to give "Thine be the glory" a rest this year.
Various words, various harmonies / arrangements
St Matthew:
no 16 My saviour why must all this befall thee?
No 55 O wondrous love that suffers this correction
St John:
no7 O mighty love, O love beyond all measure.
No 27 O king of glory, king for time unending
I'm singing (or more properly intoning) the Exultet in church around 8. It will be done from the pulpit, rather than round the fire at the door.
I thought it was a shame, but it actually makes more sense for it to happen after the readings, as we move properly from vigil with Christ in hell/the tomb, and into the joy of Easter.
It's quite a sing. I used to split it with another man. We sang alternate sections from a high gallery out of sight into the darkened Church.
There are versions with congregational refrains.
It is quite a sing. I've decided to do it with A as the reciting note, since it suits my baritone voice better than the C at which it is written. Easy enough once one has realised the key signature that comes with it.
Easter Vigil this evening. A lot of music, calling for soloists.
5 psalms, Litany of the Saints, usual Mass parts.
Hymns inlude
Water of life
Now the green blade
All heav'n declares
Jesus Christ is ris'n today.
5 adults are joining the church tonight, 3 are adult baptisms the others are already baptised and are being confirmed. This is the most I can remember.
Easter morning communion
Jesus Christ is Risen Today - EASTER HYMN
All Heav'n Declares - own tune
Jesus is Lord of all the earth - ALLELUIA
Thine be the Glory - JUDAS MACCABEUS
Group service of Holy Communion.
Mass of St Thomas.
Jesus Christ is risen today
Now the green blade riseth - Noël Nouvelet
At the lamb’s high feast we sing
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
Thine be the glory.
Unable to worship in person today so joined the Cathedral Eucharist online.
Introit: This Joyful Eastertide, trad. arr. Charles Wood
The Easter Anthems
Mass: Communion Service in D minor, Vaughan Williams
Psalm: 31 vv9-16
Motet: Civitas sancti tui, William Byrd
Hymns:
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing Easter Hymn
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem St Fulbert
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son Maccabaeus
Quick visits to Other Places (online), and it was interesting to hear JesusChrist is risen today (Easter Hymn) sung in Dutch (Old-Catholic Cathedral, Utrecht), in Swedish (Lutheran Cathedral, Uppsala) - both at last night's Vigil Masses - and again in Swedish (Lutheran Cathedral, Borga/Porvoo, Finland).
Our Place had it this morning as the entrance hymn, and uses the tune for the Regina Coeli at the end of Sunday Mass from now until Pentecost.
I assume thr Regina Coeli is an expanded paraphrase. The original is the shortest of the Marian antiphons by some margin, while the tune is quite long.
Early Service this Morning - in advance of an Easter Baptismal Service
Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)
Thine Be The Glory (Maccabeus)
Low In The Grave He Lay (Christ Arose)
Led Like a Lamb To The Slaughter (Kendrick)
I Serve A Risen Saviour (Ackley)
Crown Him With Many Crowns (Diademata)
Baptismal Service with Seven Believers' Baptisms
Living Hope (Phil Wickham, Brian Mark Johnson)
Resurrection Hymn (Getty/Townend)
Abide (Aaron Keyes, Aaron Williams, Jake Fauber)
Firm Foundation (He Won't) (Austin Davis / Chandler Moore / Cody Carnes)
Build my Life (Pat Barrett, Brett Younker, Karl Martin, Kirby Kaple, and Matt Redman)
Goodness of God (Jenn Johnson, Ed Cash, Ben Fielding, Jason Ingram, Brian Johnson)
Take my Life and Let it Be (Nottingham)
I Offer My Life (Claire Cloninger, Don Moen)
O Praise the Name (Martin W. Sampson / Benjamin William Hastings / Dean Michael Ussher)
I Thank God (Chuck Butler / Maryanne George / Jesse Cline / Enrique Holmes / Dante Bowe / Aaron Moses)
Easter Day Communion - a packed house including one sleepy lurcher.
Organ before opening hymn: Four pieces for musical clocks (Haydn)
Mass setting: Missa Sancti Nicolai: Haydn
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father: Wesley
Hymns:
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) - liberal use of the organ's zimbelstern
Light's glittering morn (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)
If Christ had not been raised (Kingsfold)
Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
Voluntary: Symphony V: Toccata: Widor.
Lovely music with great solo work from choral scholars. Wesley was new to me + I really enjoyed it.
Was I perhaps a little under-rehearsed? A bit squirrelly in some of the faster sections? Whatever the truth (and I can get chuckle-y in faster runs unless I really work at it), the choir were all caught up in the wonder of Easter.
I assume the Regina Coeli is an expanded paraphrase. The original is the shortest of the Marian antiphons by some margin, while the tune is quite long.
Yes. IIRC, it goes something like this:
1. Sung by all to hymn tune:
Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven, Alleluia!
He whom thou wast meet to bear, Alleluia!
As he promised hath arisen, Alleluia!
Pour for us to God thy prayer, Alleluia!
2. Chanted by officiant, response by all
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia! For the Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia!
3. Said or chanted by officiant:
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
BTW, Our Place has had a good Holy Week TBTG. 36 on Palm Sunday, 28 at the Good Friday Liturgy (plus 9 at Stations in the evening), 22 at the Vigil yesterday, and 60 at Mass this morning. Usual Sunday attendance is around 30. Maundy Thursday was low - a Baker's Dozen - but this always seems to be the one for the Really Faithful (IYSWIM), who can spend a good couple of late-ish evening hours in church...
Apart from the first hymn, mostly crud at St Pete's:
Jesus Christ is risen today - Easter Hymn I will enter his gates - He has made me glad Jesus, stand among us - Kendrick Jesus, name above all names From the very depths of darkness - Battle Hymn of the Republic* 🙄
* I made my escape before the last hymn, as I had a bus to catch.
An exhilarating service altogether today, closing with a thunderous rendering of the 'Hallelujah Chorus'.
Presbyterians... The interim minister threw up his hands several times during the service and cried out, "Hallelujah!"while the congregation (some of us) just nodded approvingly.
Apart from the first hymn, mostly crud at St Pete's:
Jesus Christ is risen today - Easter Hymn I will enter his gates - He has made me glad Jesus, stand among us - Kendrick Jesus, name above all names From the very depths of darkness - Battle Hymn of the Republic* 🙄
* I made my escape before the last hymn, as I had a bus to catch.
O dear.
I'd have gone for that bus somewhat earlier than you did...
I didn't have much choice - the rest of the choir were in need of my support, such as it is.
It was perhaps unfortunate that although out resident guitarist was there, his guitar wasn't. (In fairness to him, he's been away, and may not have realised it was needed).
Jesus Christ is risen today
I danced in the morning
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
All in an Easter garden*
Thine be the glory
*This is in the children’s section of Complete Anglican, set to a truly appalling tune that reminds me of “Knees up Mother Brown”, but we sing it to “Day of Rest” instead (one of the older tunes to “O Jesus I have promised”) which works much better.
We actually only had two hymns as such this morning:
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”/LLANFAIR
“Rise, O Church, like Christ Arisen”/SURGE ECCLESIA
There were other sung bits, but these two, sung at the beginning and the end of the service, were the two that qualify (in my mind) as hymns. My initial disappointment that there wouldn’t be more hymns was much alleviated by having brass and tympani on these two, and when all was said and done, I didn’t miss having more.
We had:
Jesus Christ is risen today
A Kendrick thing (sorry can't remember its name)
See what a morning, gloriously bright
Thine be the glory
The first and last ones were enlivened by a trumpeter who accompanied the organist. The congregation were in good voice (by our modest standards) but numbers were down on last year. We had about 40 in the congregation. Last Easter we had 60. A usual Sunday has 25 - 30. I don't know if people had gone to Away, or if Storm Dave had put them off.
Apart from the first hymn, mostly crud at St Pete's:
Jesus Christ is risen today - Easter Hymn I will enter his gates - He has made me glad Jesus, stand among us - Kendrick Jesus, name above all names From the very depths of darkness - Battle Hymn of the Republic* 🙄
* I made my escape before the last hymn, as I had a bus to catch.
You need to gently hint to your rev that her calling isn't choice of hymns and have the job passed to someone with a little taste.
The much-reviled Orange Book does at least have the advantage of a comprehensive set of indexes, suggesting hymns for the various Sundays, major Holydays, and other liturgical occasions.
Having used them myself, in conjunction with the CD recordings, I can only say that it isn't rocket science, and that it is fairly easy to compile a selection of hymns - traditional and contemporary, if the latter is required - for any given service.
@Piglet's Rector could do with a tutorial or two...
"Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say (Fortunatus)
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! (Easter Hymn)
Christians, to the Paschal victim (Victimae Paschali laudes)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St. Kevin / Gaudeamus pariter - alternating stanzas)
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (Rosedale)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St. Albinus)
The day of resurrection! Eart, tell it out abroad (Ellacombe)
Choral:
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices
Byrd: Haec dies, quam fecit Dominus
Byrd: Terra tremuit
Our DM chooses hymns for churches in the group, using the RSCM guidance. Yes, clergy can make changes, but rarely do in the interregnum.
Whoever led the service on Good Friday had his own ideas. I don’t know what he substituted , but who ignores There is a green hill, My song is love unknown and When I survey in a traditional BCP church on Good Friday?
We had Communion on Good Friday, strange folk that we are!
Not strange at all - many churches have Communion, sometimes from the Reserved Sacrament set aside on Maundy Thursday. I know that isn't your tradition, of course, but some form of receiving Communion is widespread.
I’ve known churches that have communion on Good Friday. At my church we receive from the reserved sacrament, but I used to worship at a place that had a full Eucharist as part of the Good Friday Liturgy. There used to be a service book authorised by the Church of England called “Lent, Holy Week and Easter” (usually referred to as “the red book”) that allowed for this and had a long paragraph explaining why it was appropriate.
Yes, I remember Lent, Holy Week, and Easter, though I no longer have my copy. It was a very useful source of liturgical material, much of which AFAIK has been incorporated into Common Worship.
There was also a handy booklet by (IIRC) +Michael Perham, giving hints on how to use the LHWE material in one's own parish.
"Called to Serve - You are my Witnesses" from Luke 24:36-53 is the sermon theme and text. Usual four hymns in our sandwich today:
Praise my soul the king of heaven (Lauda Anima)
Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise (Steve McEwan)
Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus (Autumn)
Hallelujah! sing to Jesus (Hyfrodol)
Comments
Bless the Lord my Soul (Taize)
When the Wheel of Fate is Turning (Austria)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Rockingham)
God of Life and God of Freedom (Hyfrydol)
Meditation on 'Love Unknown' John Ireland
Anthems
See Father thy beloved Son - Benjamin Rogers
The Royal Banners - plainsong
Ave Verum - Byrd
A Litany - William Walton
And that is an unfamiliar text to me.
To make the the point about the Reproaches being heard as addressed to the Church, our service book* introduces the reproaches with:
O my people, O my church,
what more could I have done for you?
Answer me.
And this is included as the penultimate Reproach:
I grafted you into my people Israel,
but you made them scapegoats for your own guilt,
and you have made a cross for your Savior.
The final Reproach is:
I was hungry and you gave me no food,
thirsty and you gave me no drink,
a stranger and you did not welcome me,
naked and you did not clothe me,
sick and in prison and you did not visit me,
and you have made a cross for your Savior.
* Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELCA 2006) is identified as the source for the version in our book.
Our Place probably had a sung responsorial Psalm, too, as a cantor was available.
That hymn has one of the most beautiful melodies ever composed.
Variously harmonised.
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn)
I danced in the morning (Sydney Carter)
Something from The Sheet (possibly the Lord's Prayer)
This joyful Eastertide (Vreuchten - congregation to join in only with the refrain)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St Albinus)
Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
“Jesus Christ is risen today”- Easter Hymn.
“Jesus is risen, alleluia!” - Tanzanian tune/Wild Goose.
“See what a morning, gloriously bright” - Getty/Townend.
“O sons and daughters of the King” - St Albinus.
“Myrrh-bearing Mary” - Slane.
"Christ is alive, let Christian sing" - Truro.
Decided to give "Thine be the glory" a rest this year.
Forgive my ignorance, but in which sections?
St Matthew:
no 16 My saviour why must all this befall thee?
No 55 O wondrous love that suffers this correction
St John:
no7 O mighty love, O love beyond all measure.
No 27 O king of glory, king for time unending
I thought it was a shame, but it actually makes more sense for it to happen after the readings, as we move properly from vigil with Christ in hell/the tomb, and into the joy of Easter.
There are versions with congregational refrains.
5 psalms, Litany of the Saints, usual Mass parts.
Hymns inlude
Water of life
Now the green blade
All heav'n declares
Jesus Christ is ris'n today.
5 adults are joining the church tonight, 3 are adult baptisms the others are already baptised and are being confirmed. This is the most I can remember.
This is the St John I was thinking of:
https://hymnary.org/tune/st_john_13355
I'm afraid I can't remember which hymn we sang it to; it was getting on for 40 years ago!
Jesus Christ is Risen Today - EASTER HYMN
All Heav'n Declares - own tune
Jesus is Lord of all the earth - ALLELUIA
Thine be the Glory - JUDAS MACCABEUS
Mass of St Thomas.
Jesus Christ is risen today
Now the green blade riseth - Noël Nouvelet
At the lamb’s high feast we sing
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
Thine be the glory.
Introit: This Joyful Eastertide, trad. arr. Charles Wood
The Easter Anthems
Mass: Communion Service in D minor, Vaughan Williams
Psalm: 31 vv9-16
Motet: Civitas sancti tui, William Byrd
Hymns:
At the Lamb’s high feast we sing Easter Hymn
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem St Fulbert
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son Maccabaeus
Our Place had it this morning as the entrance hymn, and uses the tune for the Regina Coeli at the end of Sunday Mass from now until Pentecost.
Christ The Lord Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)
Thine Be The Glory (Maccabeus)
Low In The Grave He Lay (Christ Arose)
Led Like a Lamb To The Slaughter (Kendrick)
I Serve A Risen Saviour (Ackley)
Crown Him With Many Crowns (Diademata)
Baptismal Service with Seven Believers' Baptisms
Living Hope (Phil Wickham, Brian Mark Johnson)
Resurrection Hymn (Getty/Townend)
Abide (Aaron Keyes, Aaron Williams, Jake Fauber)
Firm Foundation (He Won't) (Austin Davis / Chandler Moore / Cody Carnes)
Build my Life (Pat Barrett, Brett Younker, Karl Martin, Kirby Kaple, and Matt Redman)
Goodness of God (Jenn Johnson, Ed Cash, Ben Fielding, Jason Ingram, Brian Johnson)
Take my Life and Let it Be (Nottingham)
I Offer My Life (Claire Cloninger, Don Moen)
O Praise the Name (Martin W. Sampson / Benjamin William Hastings / Dean Michael Ussher)
I Thank God (Chuck Butler / Maryanne George / Jesse Cline / Enrique Holmes / Dante Bowe / Aaron Moses)
Organ before opening hymn: Four pieces for musical clocks (Haydn)
Mass setting: Missa Sancti Nicolai: Haydn
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father: Wesley
Hymns:
Jesus Christ is risen today (Easter Hymn) - liberal use of the organ's zimbelstern
Light's glittering morn (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)
If Christ had not been raised (Kingsfold)
Thine be the glory (Maccabaeus)
Voluntary: Symphony V: Toccata: Widor.
Lovely music with great solo work from choral scholars. Wesley was new to me + I really enjoyed it.
Was I perhaps a little under-rehearsed? A bit squirrelly in some of the faster sections? Whatever the truth (and I can get chuckle-y in faster runs unless I really work at it), the choir were all caught up in the wonder of Easter.
(2 smaller singers got badges today too!)
Heron
Yes. IIRC, it goes something like this:
1. Sung by all to hymn tune:
Joy to thee, O Queen of Heaven, Alleluia!
He whom thou wast meet to bear, Alleluia!
As he promised hath arisen, Alleluia!
Pour for us to God thy prayer, Alleluia!
2. Chanted by officiant, response by all
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia!
For the Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia!
3. Said or chanted by officiant:
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
BTW, Our Place has had a good Holy Week TBTG. 36 on Palm Sunday, 28 at the Good Friday Liturgy (plus 9 at Stations in the evening), 22 at the Vigil yesterday, and 60 at Mass this morning. Usual Sunday attendance is around 30. Maundy Thursday was low - a Baker's Dozen - but this always seems to be the one for the Really Faithful (IYSWIM), who can spend a good couple of late-ish evening hours in church...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgel4KKwhA&list=RDIOgel4KKwhA&start_radio=1
Jesus Christ is risen today - Easter Hymn
I will enter his gates - He has made me glad
Jesus, stand among us - Kendrick
Jesus, name above all names
From the very depths of darkness - Battle Hymn of the Republic* 🙄
* I made my escape before the last hymn, as I had a bus to catch.
Presbyterians... The interim minister threw up his hands several times during the service and cried out, "Hallelujah!"while the congregation (some of us) just nodded approvingly.
Jesus Christ is risen today
See what a morning, gloriously bright
Christ triumphant, ever reigning
O dear.
I'd have gone for that bus somewhat earlier than you did...
It was perhaps unfortunate that although out resident guitarist was there, his guitar wasn't. (In fairness to him, he's been away, and may not have realised it was needed).
I danced in the morning
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
All in an Easter garden*
Thine be the glory
*This is in the children’s section of Complete Anglican, set to a truly appalling tune that reminds me of “Knees up Mother Brown”, but we sing it to “Day of Rest” instead (one of the older tunes to “O Jesus I have promised”) which works much better.
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”/LLANFAIR
“Rise, O Church, like Christ Arisen”/SURGE ECCLESIA
There were other sung bits, but these two, sung at the beginning and the end of the service, were the two that qualify (in my mind) as hymns. My initial disappointment that there wouldn’t be more hymns was much alleviated by having brass and tympani on these two, and when all was said and done, I didn’t miss having more.
All in all, a very joyous service.
Jesus Christ is risen today
A Kendrick thing (sorry can't remember its name)
See what a morning, gloriously bright
Thine be the glory
The first and last ones were enlivened by a trumpeter who accompanied the organist. The congregation were in good voice (by our modest standards) but numbers were down on last year. We had about 40 in the congregation. Last Easter we had 60. A usual Sunday has 25 - 30. I don't know if people had gone to Away, or if Storm Dave had put them off.
You need to gently hint to your rev that her calling isn't choice of hymns and have the job passed to someone with a little taste.
Having used them myself, in conjunction with the CD recordings, I can only say that it isn't rocket science, and that it is fairly easy to compile a selection of hymns - traditional and contemporary, if the latter is required - for any given service.
@Piglet's Rector could do with a tutorial or two...
"Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say (Fortunatus)
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia! (Easter Hymn)
Christians, to the Paschal victim (Victimae Paschali laudes)
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (St. Kevin / Gaudeamus pariter - alternating stanzas)
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (Rosedale)
Jesus lives! thy terrors now (St. Albinus)
The day of resurrection! Eart, tell it out abroad (Ellacombe)
Choral:
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices
Byrd: Haec dies, quam fecit Dominus
Byrd: Terra tremuit
Basically I get a bit of free rein with introits and extroits, and one of the others, and she can put crud what she likes in between.
I realise it isn't rocket science, but even with the indexes, I find it's harder than it looks!
Whoever led the service on Good Friday had his own ideas. I don’t know what he substituted , but who ignores There is a green hill, My song is love unknown and When I survey in a traditional BCP church on Good Friday?
However, I suspect the custom in many places was for the rather long service to be Mattins, Litany, and Ante-Communion...
Not strange at all - many churches have Communion, sometimes from the Reserved Sacrament set aside on Maundy Thursday. I know that isn't your tradition, of course, but some form of receiving Communion is widespread.
There was also a handy booklet by (IIRC) +Michael Perham, giving hints on how to use the LHWE material in one's own parish.
"Called to Serve - You are my Witnesses" from Luke 24:36-53 is the sermon theme and text. Usual four hymns in our sandwich today:
Praise my soul the king of heaven (Lauda Anima)
Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise (Steve McEwan)
Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus (Autumn)
Hallelujah! sing to Jesus (Hyfrodol)