Welcome to Sundays at Home
Good morning and welcome to Trinity! So glad you are tuning in virtually for today’s service. Each week you’ll find Sundays at Home with Trinity Episcopal Church. We feature the full service recording, as well as the sermon and anthem on their own.
In-person services are held at Trinity Church each Sunday at 8:00am, 10:30am, and 5:00pm with another at 12:00noon each Wednesday.
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Grace and Peace!
Rev. Jonathan V. Adams
Worship for April 24, 2022
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Music Notes
As we continue to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, whose body was tortured and hung on a cross to die but rose from the grave bearing visible wounds, we encounter Thomas, the disciple who doubted that the Lord was alive. Jesus showed him his wounds so that Thomas would indeed believe by seeing the visible signs of his death that remained on his resurrected body. Today’s hymn, # 209, “We walk by faith and not by sight”, was written by The Most Rev. Henry Alford (1810-1871), the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral from 1857-1871. Three of his hymns were printed in the 1940 Hymnal, and this one is new to our 1982 version. Loosely based on the appearance of Jesus to Thomas, it calls us to have faith beyond what we are able to see or feel. The tune, known as “St. Botolph”, was composed by Gordon Slater (1896-1979), an English cathedral organist who served at Leicester and Lincoln Cathedrals. The tune was named after St. Botolph’s Church, Lincolnshire, where Slater had served as organist.
This week’s organ voluntaries are based on the hymns for the day. PIerre Dandrieu (1664-1733), was a Parisian organist, composer, and priest. He composed a set of variations on the German tune “Puer nobis nascitur”, found in manuscripts dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, though it is believed to be much older. It appears in our hymnal as hymn 193, “That Easter day with joy was bright”. I have scheduled two of the variations for the Prelude, after which we will sing that as the Opening Hymn. The Closing Hymn, “Gelobt sei Gott” (Praised by God on Highest Throne), also originated in Germany and was composed by Melchior Vulpius, a Lutheran teacher and cantor, in 1609. Noted Canadian organist and composer Healey Willan (1880-1968) wrote this Chorale Prelude on that tune which appears as hymn #205 in The Hymnal 1982, “Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing”.