Welcome to Sundays at Home
Good morning and welcome to Trinity! So glad you are tuning in virtually for today’s service. As we worship remotely, each week you’ll find Sundays at Home with Trinity Episcopal Church. We will be featuring the full service recording, as well as the sermon and anthem on their own.
If you would like to join us for an in-person service we have started Holy Eucharist in the Courtyard each Sunday at 10am. Simply bring a chair, mask, and a heart for worship.
Once again, thank you for tuning in and for being faithful with your time, talents, and treasures.
Grace and Peace!
Rev. Jonathan V. Adams
Worship for April 18, 2021
Please view the embedded video of our service below by clicking on the grey arrow in the middle of the image.
About the Music:
Both organ voluntaries this week are transcriptions, or arrangements for organ, of movements from George Frideric Handel’s famous collection of orchestral movements known as “Water Music”. It premiered in 1717, in response to King George I’s request for a concert on the River Thames. For the Prelude, I am playing “Air in F”, a lyrical, song-like movement played on the beautiful string and flute stops of the organ. The Postlude is “Allegro maestoso”, a quicker movement played on full organ.
The Offertory Anthem is a movement from Handel’s famous oratorio, “Messiah”. Composed in 1741, “Messiah” is divided into 3 parts. “Surely He Has Borne our Griefs” comes from Part 2, which focuses on Christ’s Passion. This chorus is characterized by dotted rhythms in the accompaniment and voices. The text is from Isaiah 53:4-5. It was chosen to correspond with the First Lesson in this week’s Lectionary, Acts 3:12-19.
Hymn 182, “Christ is alive! Let Christians sing” is sung to the tune Truro, which dates from 1789 and is named for the ancient city in Cornwall, England famous for its cathedral. The harmonization is by Lowell Mason, (1792-1872), known as the Father of American church music. The text is by Brian Wren, (b. 1936), a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. The descant is by Lorna Tedesco.