Morning Prayer October 1st

Mid Night Mass Bulletin see below: CLICK HERE

Fun was had by all….a Christian Family enjoying Christian Fellowship.  The Holy Spirit working with Christ’s Church at St. Michael the Archangel in Matthews NC Thanks to all who worked so hard on putting this together, and special thanks to our Music Director – thanks John!

Musical Notes:  June 26, 2019   Prelude                                Toccata on the Doxology                              Darwin Wolford Louis Bourgeois (1510-1559), a French disciple of the Swiss reformer John Calvin composed tunes for the French Psalter in 1561. Several of his tunes are used today, including Old Hundreth (the Doxology sung weekly). The tune is heard in a lively setting…

CHAPTER 2 From Catholic to Protestant and back again: Henry VIII (to Catholic); Edward (to Protestant); Mary (to Catholic). Also a few Continent Reformers added in and HERE WE GO!!!   Mary Tudor:  (1516-1558) England’s first female monarch, Mary I ruled for just five years. The only surviving child of Henry VIII and his first…

Prelude                                Rhosymedre                      R. Vaughan Williams The tune of the Gradual Hymn (#504) was written by the Welsh Anglican priest John David Edwards, who named the tune after the village of Rhosymedre in the County Borough of Wrexham, Wales, where he was the vicar (1843-1885). Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English composer of orchestral and choral music,…

Prelude                  Come, Ye Thankful People, Come                            Flor Peeters Offertory                Nun danket alle Gott                      G. F. Kauffmann Postlude                 St. George’s Windsor                     F. Cunningham Woods The Recessional Hymn was written in 1844 by Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury as a hymn for the English Harvest…