Easter 2021: 10:30 service

Music for Trinity XVIII – 10/20/20 Prelude         Morning Prelude         E. M. Read Edward Mason Read (1846-1936), born in Vermont and student of Samuel B. Whitney (Church of the Advent, Boston), was an organist and representative of the Estey Organ Co. in St. Louis. His prelude from 1906 has contrasting…

Our Music this week to the glory of God Prelude         Préambule       Louis Vierne Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Notre Dame Cathedral organist in Paris, composed his “prelude” in 1913, alternating melodic imitation with chordal phrases. Introit (Psalm 70:1-2) Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord….

Some good observations on Advent – an old tradition in the Anglican Church is to emphasize the Last Four Things.  Once again a total review of scripture lets us see the totality of God and of this season.  Liberation is offered for all who seek it. Essay Advent, like Lent, can seem difficult to characterize:…