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 May 30, 2021
Please view the embedded video of our service below by clicking on the grey arrow in the middle of the image.
About the Music:
The first Sunday after Pentecost is celebrated as Trinity Sunday. Trinity Sunday is also the last Sunday of the choir year. Our four section leaders have done a yeoman’s job of singing every week and recording anthems and hymns for the virtual services. Please take the opportunity to thank them for their faithfulness during this difficult year. We are especially thankful for the service of Sarah Kitts, soprano (4 years), and Hannah Glass, alto (10 years), who will not be returning next year. Both are exploring other musical opportunities and taking a well-deserved break.
This week’s musical selections include one of the most well known hymns of the church. #362. “Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!” was written by Reginald Heber (1783–1826). A priest of the Church of England, in 1823 he became bishop of Calcutta and died in India in 1826. The composer of the hymn tune Nicaea, John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1826), was a priest of the Church of England and precentor of Durham Cathedral. The Hymnal 1982 presents ten hymns in a section on The Holy Trinity (Hymns 362-371), including “Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!”.
The Offertory is “Jubilate Deo” by the English composer and pianist Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), a setting of Psalm 100. Britten wrote it in 1961 for St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, at the request of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. This joyful setting is in C major and scored for four part choir and organ. It has been performed and recorded often, including on the Duke's 80th and 90th birthday, and for his funeral service on 17 April 2021.
The choir will sing the William L. Dawson classic arrangement of ”Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit” during Communion at the in-person service.
The Prelude and Postlude feature the “Fantasy on Holy, Holy, Holy” by the 20th century Dutch composer Piet Post. This set of variations on the tune Nicaea begins with a stately Introduction, followed by a straight-forward statement of the tune. Next come four colorful variations on the tune, and the work concludes with a rousing “Finale” using the same material as the Introduction. For the Prelude, I am using the hymn tune, variations I, III and IV, and the Finale concludes the service.