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 10am 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 June 6, 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:
“On this day, the first of days”, Hymn #47, is a Latin hymn translated into English by Henry Williams Baker, an English clergyman noted for his contributions to hymnody. In particular, he was the editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern, published in 1861. The tune, Gott sei Dank, was composed by the German theologian J. A. Freylinghausen (1670-1739), considered the best hymn writer of the Pietistic school.
This week’s anthem, “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place”, correlates with this week’s Epistle lesson, 2 Corinthians 5:1 - “For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” The music is the famous “Brother James Air”, arranged by the English composer Gordon Jacob. This text and tune appear in our Hymnal 1982, #517. At the in-person service, I will play an arrangement of this tune by American organist and composer Dale Wood (1934-2003).
The Prelude is an arrangement of the Early American hymn tune “Land of Rest” by American composer and organist Gerald Near (b. 1942). This tune appears in our hymnal twice: #304, “I come with joy to meet my Lord”, and #620, “Jerusalem, my happy home”. The Postlude, “Toccata in Seven” is by the popular English composer John Rutter (b. 1945). Rutter’s compositions are chiefly choral, and he is one of the most successful and celebrated composers of carols alive today. This toccata is an exuberant, rhythmic dance in ⅞ meter, hence its title.