Worship at Home
WORSHIP AT HOME To hear the music, prayers and readings included in this service order, please watch our April 26, 2020 service.
Prelude “Meet Me Here” from Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson
Gathering Music MV 85 Take, O Take Me as I Am John L. Bell
Led by Chris Norman – Tenor
Lighting the Christ Candle
Opening Prayer Opening
Hymn MV 161 I Have Called You by Your Name KELLY
Led by Peter Bull – Bass
Learning Together You are invited to take part in the an all ages activity with Natalie and Mary if you wish.
Song MV 50 Alleluia Nora Duncan
Led by Matthew Boutda and Courtney Dakers
Scripture Reading Luke 24:13-35
Reflection
Offertory Solo Christians on this Day of Gladness
Led by Sheila McCoy – Alto
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Hymn VU 186 Now the Green Blade Rises NÖEL NOUVELET
Led by Rachel Wood – Soprano
Blessing
Sharing the Peace
Music Notes
Prelude – “Meet Me Here” from Considering Matthew Shepard by Craig Hella Johnson. This song is the first movement of the Epilogue from the major work Considering Matthew Shepard. This is the singers and the listeners first chance to begin the healing process. To “meet me where the old fence ends and the horizon begins.” We are reminded that “There’s a balm in the silence,” “There’s a joy in the singing,” and “We’ll sing on through the darkness.” One of the choirs I conduct is Pax Christi Chorale and we put together a virtual choir performance of this song. Pax Christi Chorale was planning to have the Toronto Premiere of this work Sunday April 26, 2020, and how fitting this song would be as Leaside United’s Affirming Anniversary Sunday.
Gathering Music MV 85 Take, O Take Me as I AmThis sung response is written by John L. Bell and Graham Maule. This is one of the best0known and often-used songs from the Iona Community in Scotland, having found its way into numerous hymnals, songbooks, and arrangements. The Iona Community is an ancient Christian community on the small island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides Islands of western Scotland. It was founded by St. Columba, a monk from Ireland and missionary to Scotland, in 563 A.D. It has become a major center for ecumenism, social justice, healing, reconciliation, and worship renewal. The text of this song is derived from the Book of Song of Songs.
Opening Hymn MV 161 I Have Called You by Your NameThis hymn was written by Daniel Damon. Damon is an internationally published writer and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.
Offertory Solo “Christians on this Day of Gladness”This solo is from the Schemelli Gesand-Buch in which the music was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The arrangement of this song is by Neil Jenkins. The English tenor, Neil Jenkins, received his musical education at Westminster Abbey and at King’s College, Cambridge in England. In his capacity as a music editor, Jenkins has edited song albums for Oxford University Press. Closing Hymn VU 186 Now the Green Blade RisesThe tune Noel Nouvelet is a medieval French carol, harmonized by Martin Fallas Shaw 1928. You may recognize it from its use in the Christmas carol, “Sing We Now of Christmas.” While the composer is unknown, the tune is known to have come from France in the mid-15th century. The text was written by John M. C. Crum in 1928. Crum is a graduate of New College, Oxford, and was ordained as a deacon in 1897. This Easter hymn is full of beautiful imagery and metaphors for Christ.
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