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.
Special Summer Service Times begin this Sunday June 12 and continue through the summer months. We will have in-person services each Sunday at 9:00am (Rite II Eucharist, with hymns) and 5:00pm (Celtic Evening Prayer, with Eucharist).
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 June 12, 2022
Trinity Sunday
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Our Trinity Kids series is currently featuring previously recorded episodes.
This Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost, is the day we celebrate the Christian doctrine of the Trinity which defines God as being one God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit. It is also our parish Name Day. The most famous hymn about the Trinity is #362, "Holy, holy holy! Lord God Almighty". British bishop and hymn writer Reginald Heber (1783-1826) wrote the text based on passages from Revelation. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876), an ordained clergyman in the Church of England who was precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral. An interesting fact is that he opening sequence of notes in this hymn is comprised of two consecutive major thirds, symbolizing the Trinity.
The other hymns for this week are #367, "Round the Lord in glory seated", and #366 "Holy God we praise thy name", both with texts from Chapter 4 of the Book of Revelation.Since the choir is on hiatus until September, we will sing a 4th hymn at the Offertory, "Immortal, invisible, God only wise", #423.
This week's Prelude, by a young American organist and composer, Brenda Portman (b. 1980), is based on hymn #366. The melody is thinly disguised throughout, but if you listen carefully you will be able to find it. French composer Paul Dukas (1865-1935) wrote music for a ballet, La Peri. The brilliant "Fanfare" precedes the ballet and utilizes the orchestra's brass section. The Postlude is an arrangement of that piece for organ.