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 during this time of change, 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.
As we continue to adapt to changing guidelines regarding in-person gatherings, we have some exciting news for worship options. Starting this week, Feb 14th, you can join us for Drive-In Worship on Sundays at 10am! Read more about what to expect and how to join us by clicking here.
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 February 14, 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:
The hymn for this Last Sunday after the Epiphany, is #135, “Songs of thankfulness and praise”. The text of verses 1-3 is by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and reminds us about the manifestations of Christ that we hear about during the entire season of Epiphany. The 4th verse is by Episcopal Bishop F. Bland Tucker (1885-1984). The tune, Salzburg, named after the Austrian city which is the birthplace of W. A. Mozart, dates from the 17th century. It was later harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach.
“Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones” is an anthem based on the 17th century German melody Lasst uns erfreuen by George Oldroyd (1886-1951), an English organist and composer of church music. The text, #618 in The Hymnal 1982, is full of repeated Alleluias for the end of Epiphany.
Organ Voluntaries
The African-American organist composer Ralph Ricardo Simpson (b. 1933) arranged the traditional spiritual “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” for organ in a somewhat jazzy style. This song refers to the Biblical story of Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot and correlates with this week’s Gospel.
“Alleluya (A Festal Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen) by English composer and organist William Faulkes (1863-1933), published in 1927, rounds out this week’s service and brings this season of Epiphany to a triumphant close. Alleluya!