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.
If you would like to join us for an in-person service we have started Holy Eucharist in the Courtyard each Sunday at 10am. Simply bring a chair, mask, and a heart for worship.
We have a full week of services and events for Holy Week. Go ahead and take a look at our schedule so you can attend the ones to which you feel called. View Schedule 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 March 14, 2021
The Fourth 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:
Jean Langlais (1907-1991) was a blind French composer and organist of the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris from 1945-1988. He wrote masses and organ music, some based on Gregorian themes. In his “Prélude au Kyrie” the Gregorian melody blossoms peacefully on a pedal four-foot flute, accompanied in the manuals by soft strings.
Hymn 691 , “My faith looks up to thee”, was written in 1830 by Ray Palmer, considered to be one of America’s best 19th century hymn writers. Shortly thereafter the hymn was given to Lowell Mason, often called the father of American church music, who wrote the tune known as Olivet.
This week’s Offertory Anthem, “God So Loved the World”, is from the oratorio The Crucifixion by the Victorian composer Sir John Stainer (1840-1901), organist of St Paul’s Cathedral, London. This anthem is described as “the most sublime musical expression of a beloved text from the Gospel of John”, and is a staple of church choir repertoire the world over.
Finally, the Postlude is from the pen of the French baroque organist and harpsichordist Francois Couperin (1668-1733). This is a movement from the organ work known as the Mass for the Parishes and would have been played in alternation with the Gregorian chant, sung by the choir.