Music Notes

This Sunday we will light the Advent candle of JOY! In our reading in Isaiah 35 we hear: The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing.   Our Processional hymn will be Blessed be the God of Israel which is the Song of Zechariah . In Luke 1, Zechariah had lost his voice during his wife Elizabeth’s pregnancy with John the Baptist. When he hears of his son’s birt

This Sunday is the beginning of the new church year and the first Sunday of the Advent Season. We will light the Advent candle wreath each Sunday, beginning with a candle for HOPE. Our candle lighting carol will be One Candle is Lit written by Mary Anne Parrott from the Mission St. Clare, sung to the tune of Away in a Manger .  The music for Advent 1 is centered around the imagery of LIGHT! Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. Romans 13:

This Sunday we will read in Malachi 4: See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble…But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. Our Psalm 98 brings the familiar words: Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things . With his right hand and his holy arm has he won for himself the victory. As we near the end of the church year, we prepare for the coronati

This Sunday we will celebrate the feast day of our church’s patron saint, St. Martin of Tours. There are many stories about St. Martin that revolve around the idea of Servitude. The music for this Sunday reflects and honors the Trinity: our experience of the Spirit, our knowledge of Christ, and our service to others in the world with God’s support.   Our Processional hymn will be Gracious Spirit, give your servants , written by Carl P. Daw, Jr. This beautiful hymn to the Hol

This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints Day when we remember the lives of our members and friends who have passed away, and ponder our own lives and how they fit into God’s kingdom. Our Processional hymn, Give thanks for life , exemplifies this with stanza 3: for our own, our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, a love not changed by time or death or dread, Alleluia. It was written by Shirley Erena Murray and sung to Vaughan Willia