Week of May 5th church calendar

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,…

XII  Why Anglicanism? The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Why Anglicanism? For both old and new believers alike, there comes a point when they need more if they are to continue growing in their faith. For newer believers, it doesn’t take long after believing in and accepting the new life made available by Jesus that they realize…

Morning Prayer Wednesday August 7 Holy Name of Jesus You may have to un-mute your device.  Service begins around 18 minute mark.  If you enjoy. please share.  M+

Why Millennials Long for Liturgy: Is the High Church the Christianity of the future? From The American Conservative: America’s youth are leaving churches in droves. One in four young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, according to a 2012 Public Religion Research Institute poll, and 55 percent of those unaffiliated youth once had a…

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….