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 two options for Holy Eucharist. An 8am service in our sanctuary (without music) and then a full service at 9am in the Bishop’s Garden each Sunday. 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 July 25, 2021
Please view the embedded video of our service below by clicking on the grey arrow in the middle of the image.
During the summer, our Trinity Kids series will be featuring previously recorded episodes.
About the Music:
A pastorale is an instrumental composition that evokes tranquil images of life in the country. Generally there is a lovely melody with a moderately slow rhythm, suggestive of shepherd’s music. Where can anyone find more idyllic countryside than that surrounding Trinity Church? John Kevin Romano, retired bass clarinetist with the US Air Force Band, joins me this week to play the “Pastorale” for clarinet and organ by Peter Mathews. Born in Canada in 1944, Mathews moved to the US for graduate study and achieved success as a choral conductor, composer, and Episcopal church musician. John and I will play several other works for clarinet and organ at the live service at 9:00 on Sunday.
The classic anthem “The Eyes of All Wait upon Thee” by German-born American composer Jean Berger (1909-2002) is based on a text from Psalm 145: 15-16. Pianist, composer, and musicologist Jean Berger was born Arthur Schlossberg into a Jewish family in Hamm, Westphalia. In 1933, he sought refuge from the Nazi Party and a new name in Paris, France. After two years in South America, Berger lived in the US from 1941 until his death in 2002 where he spent the rest of his career teaching at several different universities. Originally for 4 part choir, this solo version was recorded last summer by our wonderful soprano section leader Sarah Kitts and is heard as the Offertory Anthem on the virtual service this week.