Morning Prayer October 1st

The Eucharist as Refreshment For us as we approach the Fourth Sunday in Lent… – Mid Lent Our Lord Jesus Christ calls us, beckons us, to refreshment this day as we take a hopefully well-deserved pause from our Lenten discipline, and lighten the mood with the festal vestments and colour of rose.  It is time…

Prelude                                Rendez à Dieu                   Richard M. Peek Richard Maurice Peek (1927-2005), organist-director of Charlotte’s Covenant Presbyterian Church, created his piece on the 1543 tune (located at #195 in The Hymnal 1940) by Louis Bourgeois (composer of the tune Old Hundredth, sung to the Doxology). Bourgeois (1510-1559), a French disciple of the Swiss reformer John Calvin,…

The Order for The Administration of the Lord’s Supper Or Holy Communion  According to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer with Scriptural proofs and explanatory notes  St. Michael the Archangel Matthews, NC 28105 stmichaelsanglican.org  PREPARING FOR OUR SERVICE OF WORSHIP  As a rule, a person’s attention is broken into a thousand fragments by a variety…

THE APOSTLES’ CREED / Church Mission The Apostles’ Creed, our baptismal creed, is the most ancient summary of Christian faith.  All churches in the catholic tradition hold to it, and it is considered a sufficient statement of Christian faith. The creed summarizes the story and revelation of God in the Old and New Testaments.  It…

ON THE  SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF JESUS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher   Jesus Religion It’s not uncommon to hear someone say that they are spiritual but not religious, but biblically speaking this just isn’t possible. Now, as already stated, it is quite possible, and common even, to find people who are religious and not…

Prelude Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder    Dieterich Buxtehude Offertory Toccata in E minor            Johann Pachelbel Postlude Prelude and Fugue in D Major    J. K. F. Fischer Hymn texts are usually associated with a particular tune. Frequently, in most hymnals, some tunes are paired with more than one text. (This is so that less familiar texts…