Sept 10 Morning Prayer

Second Sunday after Trinity: June 30, 2019 The Collect and Lessons; The Collect, The Epistle, The Gospel The Collect:  O LORD, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us…

Musical Notes – background and history Passion Sunday April 7 2019  St. Michael the Archangel Prelude Forty Days and Forty Nights        C. P. E. Bach Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788), the fifth child of J. S. Bach, was a member of the orchestra for King Frederick the Great of Prussia and a composer of keyboard…

A Letter from the Rector To the  wonderful Christian Family we call St. Michael’s, It is with a sad heart that I write this letter confirming the passing into eternal life of our brother in Christ, who we knew as Fr. Rich.  When we look around our beautiful church facility we see the handiwork of…

  CHAPTER 4 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER (1928)     THE SACRAMENTAL LIFE: PART I BAPTISM AND HOLY EUCHARIST   Introduction: Sacramental symbols draw on our salvation history and reflect the role of the Church as a Sacrament of God’s presence in the world.  God performs the Sacraments with ministers as God’s human agents.  Sacrament…

DEUS Synod Eucahrist Episcopal Charge to the 54th Annual Synod of the Diocese of the Eastern United States

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…