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, we are starting back up with Courtyard 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 21, 2021
The First Sunday in Lent
Please view the embedded video of our service below by clicking on the grey arrow in the middle of the image.
About the Music:
I want to highlight several changes in our Holy Eucharist service music, which will begin this week and continue throughout the season of Lent. Instead of the Gloria at the beginning of the service, we will sing the more penitential Trisagion, #S102 in our hymnal. The Trisagion, meaning “Thrice holy”, is an ancient hymn asking God to have mercy on us and is sung 3 times, symbolizing the Trinity. The music is by Russian composer Alexander Archangelsky (1846–1924). For Communion, we will be replacing the Powell Sanctus (S129) with #858 from Wonder, Love, and Praise, a familiar American folk melody known as Land of Rest. Finally, at the Breaking of the Bread, we will sing a setting of the Agnus Dei (O Lamb of God), #S160 from the Hymnal.
To begin our services during Lent, a short organ Prelude will be followed by an Introit, the beautiful motet “Adoremus te, Christe” (We Adore Thee, O Christ) by the late Italian Renaissance composer Palestrina. The opening organ voluntaries will be selections from the two Organ Masses by the French baroque composer Francois Couperin (1668-1733). This week, the closing voluntary is “Finale in d minor” by the English composer Eric Thiman (1900-1975). Our hymn this week is #143, “The glory of these forty days”.
We are fortunate to have our talented parishioner, violinist Dr. Maryory Serrano, join me at the Offertory this week to play the lovely “Adoration” by Florence Price (1887-1953), the first African-American woman to have a composition performed by a major orchestra (Chicago Symphony, 1933).