Holy Eucharist Whitsunday Pentecost June 9 2019

Musical Notes for Forth Sunday after Easter May 19 2019 St. Michael the Archangel www.stmichaelsanglican.org Prelude                                Fugue in D           J. S. Bach A fugue is defined as a composition in which a theme is introduced in one part and imitated at different pitch levels. This fugue is one of a number of pieces attributed to…

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…

Musical Notes: Our music is historically and scriptural based upon the church season and scripture readings for the day.  See notes below on the music history and their composers as we show reverence to the Lord through our music. Prelude         Christ lag in Todesbanden       J. S. Bach Martin Luther wrote…

ON THE  STORY OF THE BIBLE The Rev’d. Allen Fisher   Introduction to Salvation History The Bible records the LORD God’s Mission of Love. All of the Bible flows as one Story. This story is the account of the Mission of God: The story of a loving God creating, redeeming, and restoring a family that…

Venite, exultemus Domino 1928 Book of Common Prayer, page 9. (Morning Prayer) The Venite is a jubilant summons to the whole world of nature and man to worship its Creator, Provider and Judge, with joy and with thanksgiving, in beauty and in awe.  With Consummate art it weaves together the principal themes of all true…

CHAPTER 9   Ministers of the Church:     Laity & Holy Orders Who are the ministers of the Church?  The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. What is the ministry of the laity?  The ministry of the laity is to represent Christ and his Church; to bear  witness to…