October 19, 2023

Holy Comforter

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It is always our intention to be available to any church member with any questions or concerns that might come up. The approved monthly minutes of each month's vestry meeting will be posted on the board outside of Terri’s office. If they are not, please see any vestry member and we will make sure to get them printed and posted. As well, please come to any of us with any issues or questions you might want to address.
- Amy Seanor

John Harrell, Ann Montgomery, Michael Paul, and Jeri Tippit

On Sunday, we will be providing a handout with their bios. This way, you will have all the information you need to make an informed decision.

Blessing of the candy dish in honor of Diane,

Vestry elections & Potluck lunch

We are pleased to announce that once again this year, we will be paying tribute to our beloved ones by showcasing their cherished framed photographs as their names are announced. Additionally, we will be conducting a special blessing for Diane's candy dish. Following this, the vestry vote will take place, and afterward, we will gather in McMaster Hall for a delightful potluck lunch. Bring your favorite covered dish!

Please send Terri your names of remembrance by October 23

It seems impossible that we are at the end of the tenth month of 2023. This foretells the impending end to another Liturgical Year Lectionary cycle and the arrival of the Advent season. The next two Sundays in the Lectionary include Readings from Isaiah, Leviticus, 1 Thessalonians, and Matthew, with a pair of familiar Psalms. The largest amount of music for these two Sundays is comprised of works by or based on the works of a pair of 20th Century giants of British composition: Charles Villiers Stanford and Ralph Vaughn Williams. Stanford was born in Dublin to a well-to-do, musically literate family and spent most of his life in England, while Vaughn Williams was born in a Cotswolds village, Down Ampney, the son of the local vicar. Stanford was educated at Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. He was instrumental in the founding of the Royal College of Music and a professor of composition at Cambridge where some of his pupils, including Vaugh Williams, surpassed his fame. Vaughn Williams said of Stanford: “In Stanford's music the sense of style, the sense of beauty, the feeling of a great tradition is never absent. His music is in the best sense of the word Victorian.” Vaughn Williams has been described as “visionary” and Michael Kennedy, his biographer, says that the music has a strongly individual blending of the modal harmonies familiar from folk‐song with the French influence of Ravel and Debussy.

This Sunday’s opening organ Voluntary is by Stanford. It is a perfectly captivating setting of “an old Irish church melody” that we know as St. Columba, a tune for a metrical setting of the 23rd Psalm, hymn 645 in The Hymnal 1982. The concluding Voluntary is based on the tune Duke Street, first published anonymously in Henry Boyd’s Select Collection of Psalms and Hymn Tunes (1793). Duke Street was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington England, c. 1710; d. St. Helen’s, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon’s Euphonia  (1805). Virtually nothing is known of Hatton, other than that he lived on Duke Street in St. Helen’s and that his funeral was at the Presbyterian chapel there. Jan Bender, Dutch-born German, who spent most of his career in America, composed the sturdy Festive Prelude that concludes that day’s service. The Offertory anthem is Stanford’s glorious setting of a tune from The Sottish Psalter 1635 and a text by William Cowper (pronounced ‘Cooper’, b. Hertfordshire, England 1731; d. Norfolk England, 1800) who is regarded as one of the best early romantic poets. To biographers, he is also known as “mad Cowper.’ Although Cowper frequently battled depression, doubt, and melancholy, this text expresses an intimate walk with God. That walk is rooted in scripture (st. 1), rejoices in the Holy Spirit (st. 2) and concludes with the prayer of the first stanza which is now sung with increased confidence and serenity.

On October 29th, Ralph (pronounced ‘Rafe’) Vaughn Williams takes center stage. The opening Voluntary is based on The Call, hymn 487 in The Hymnal 1982, adapted from RVW’s setting of “Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life” by poet George Herbert, one of  RVW’s Five Mystical Songs for baritone. chorus, and orchestra, arranged for organ by Alec Wyton. Dr. Wyton points out, “Every note in this piece, save one, is found in Vaughn Williams’ exquisite melody. Which is one of his perfect miniatures.” The concluding Voluntary is RVW’s majestic organ setting of Hyfrydol, the tune associated with the “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!” text, one of his Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ. The Offertory Anthem is a magnificent setting of texts from Psalm 84 and Psalm 90. It includes some profoundly soaring melodies for the choir, some solid organ writing, and a glorious ending incorporating the hymn tune “St. Anne” with the “O God, our help in ages past” text—our concluding hymn on that Sunday.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your kind and selfless dedication to the work in the office. Thank you!

the Backpack program

canned peas, fruit, soups, tuna, Vienna sausage, peanuts, granola bars and juice boxes

 Donations can be left in the basket outside of the office window.

Thank you for your support :)

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NOVEMBER

Birthdays & Anniversaries 

Watch over thy children O Lord, as their days increase; bless and guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when they stand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise them up if they fall; and in their heart may thy peace which passeth understanding abide all the days of their life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Birthdays

Rosa Lindahl, Mary Gibson, Adam Winter, Grayson Anzalone, Paul Hard,

Allan Barber, Rand Neeley, Claudene Thomas, Braxton Trest, Callie Miles, Bob Yonker, Roger Brewer, Roy Paul, Bebe Neeley

(no anniversaries)

October

Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 - Food Pantry 10 AM

Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 - Morning Prayer 10:30 AM Facebook live

Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - Compline 7:00 PM Facebook live

 November

Nov. 5 (daylight saving) - All Saints Sunday: the blessing of the candy dish in honor of Diane, potluck lunch, and Vestry elections

Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28 - Food Pantry 10 AM

Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - Morning Prayer 10:30 AM Facebook live

Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 - Compline 7:00 PM Facebook live

 December

Dec. 10 - Advent II Christmas pageant and tree decorating

Dec. 17 - Carols with hot chocolate and cookies

Dec. 5, 12, 19, 26 - Food Pantry 10 AM

Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27 - Morning Prayer 10:30 AM Facebook live

Dec. 4, 11, 18 - Compline 7:00 PM Facebook live

Dec. 24 - Morning Prayer 10 AM, Christmas Eve service 5 PM

Dec. 25 - Christmas Day service in the chapel 10 AM

Dec. 31 - Morning Prayer 10 AM

 Please pray for

  Parishioners — Ann Carlton, Barbara Dailey, Rob Dailey, Fred Earle, Dennis Endicott, Sidney Hennessey, Jason Hicks, Lamar Higgins, Scott Lollar, Maria Mallow,

Alden Monroe, Eddie Norred, John Parker, Lea Russell,

Mark & Maurice Semler, Claudene Thomas, Judith Granger Ward,

Lee Wilkins, Nan, Gabe, Liza, Hannah Williams 

Friends — Ben Brewbaker, Kate Cardin, John Conway, Jim Corsaro, 

Gay & Harry Curlin, Todd Daniels, Jayce Davidson, Casey Dodd, T. J. Esco,

Ashley Freeman, Julie Gantt, Linda Garrett, Wayne Goble, Bud Greer,

Mac and Rosine Hall, Alison Hill, Tommy Horne, Tom Hyde, JoAnn Ivey, Kyle Johnson, Sharon Kelley, Dorothy King, Jon Kusa, Chris Murray, Gene Murray, Jessica Murray,

Tom Pinkston, John Nelson, Sharon M. Nelson, Nanette Olson, Liliana Orozco,

Laura Pinnoy, Dusty Pouncey, Samuel Purcell & family, Arthur Segal, Joe Soliday, 

Riley Soliday, Taylor Scroggins, Michal Slovic, Joe Wilkins, Ben Winbury, Doris Ziegler

Students — Matthew Franklin, Will Franklin, Addie Hoffman, Anna Hoffman, Sam Lee, Michael Moore, Rachel Moore, Charles Speaks, Thomas Speaks, Aiken Via

In loving memory

Jacqueline Beazley