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ARTICLES OF RELIGION The below gives a brief overview… Posted by The Right Reverend Chandler Holder Jones, SSC Monday, March 20, 2006 –  Q&A: What are the Articles of Religion? The article that started it all… What are the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion? Where do they come from? Are they important? The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are…

Prelude                      Fantasia in C Major          J. S. Bach Offertory Anthem   This is the Hour    Richard Shephard Postlude                   Recessional                        Frank W. Asper   Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was born in Arnstadt, a town in Thuringia in the central region of Germany.  as the eighth and youngest…

Prelude                                Prelude for Soft Stops in G Major             Henry Smart Henry Smart (1813-1879) was organist in several London churches and an organ designer. Known for the hymn tunes Regent Square and Lancashire, he was one of the earliest in England to compose pedal parts in his organ music. (English organs commonly had a pedal keyboard…

 Deaconess in Anglican Province of America Deaconess The woman who seeks to be a Deaconess, is specifically and rigorously trained for a life-long commitment to service in the church.  While she remains in a lay ministry, she seeks a much deeper commitment than the normal parishioner. There are many women called to service in the…

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,…