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THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION
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MARCH 23, 2008
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EASTER DAY 2008
The music today is offered to the greater Glory of God and in loving memory of
The Reverend Leslie J. A. Lang
SOLEMN EUCHARIST with The Saint Thomas Brass
8:00 and 11:00 a.m.
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Messe Solennelle |
Jean Langlais
(1907-1991)
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PRELUDE
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Fantasy on ‘O Sons and Daughters’
Ricercar del duodecimo tuono
Poème Héroïque, Op. 33
Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626
Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ, BWV 628
Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629
Feierlicher Einzug (1909)
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Walter Pelz
(b. 1926)
Andrea Gabrieli
(c. 1510-1586)
Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971)
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)
(arranged by Max Reger)
(1873-1916)
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AT THE GREAT PROCESSION, HYMNS
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EASTER HYMN
(arranged by John Rutter)
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 Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
2 Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
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3 But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
Now above the sky he’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
4 Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Praise eternal as his love; Alleluia!
Praise him, all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
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Latin, 14th cent.; Tr. Tate and Brady; St. 4, Charles Wesley
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ELLACOMBE
(arranged by Gerre Hancock)
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The day of resurrection!
Earth, tell it out abroad;
The Passover of gladness,
The Passover of God.
From death to life eternal,
From earth unto the sky,
Our Christ hath brought us over
With hymns of victory.
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2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection light;
And, listening to his accents,
May hear so calm and plain
His own “All hail!” and, hearing,
May raise the victor strain.
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THE OPENING ACCLAMATION
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Celebrant
The People SHOUT
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Alleluia. Christ is risen.
THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED. ALLELUIA
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THE COLLECT FOR PURITY
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO
THE SALUTATION AND THE COLLECT OF THE DAY
THE LESSONActs 10:34-43
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The Lector concludes
People
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The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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PSALM 118:14-17, 22-24 Confitemini Domino
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Anglican Chant (Gray, S. Wesley)
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(Sung by the Choir. Please remain seated.)
The Lord is my strength, and my song;* and is become my salvation.
15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous;* the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.
16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence;* the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass.
17 I shall not die, but live,* and declare the works of the Lord.
22 The same stone which the builders refused,* is become the head-stone in the corner.
23 This is the Lord’s doing,* and it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the Lord hath made;* we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,* world without end. Amen.
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THE EPISTLEColossians 3:1-4
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The Subdeacon concludes
People
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The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
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AT THE GRADUAL, Hymn
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GAUDEAMUS PARITER
(arranged by John Scott)
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Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought his Israel
Into joy from sadness;
Loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
Jacob’s sons and daughters;
Led them with unmoistened foot
Through the Red Sea waters.
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3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
With the day of splendor,
With the royal feast of feasts,
Comes its joy to render;
Comes to glad Jerusalem,
Who with true affection
Welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus’ resurrection.
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2 ‘Tis the spring of souls to-day;
Christ hath burst his prison,
And from three days’ sleep in death
As a sun hath risen;
All the winter of our sins,
Long and dark, is flying
From his light, to whom we give
Laud and praise undying.
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4 Neither might the gates of death,
Nor the tomb’s dark portal,
Nor the watchers, nor the seal
Hold thee as a mortal:
But to-day amidst thine own
Thou didst stand, bestowing
That thy peace which evermore
Passeth human knowing. Amen.
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St. John of Damascus, 8th cent.; Tr. John Mason Neale
THE HOLY GOSPEL Saint John 20:1-18
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THE NICENE CREEDSaid by all, standing.
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I believe in one God,
the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light,
very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father;
by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation
came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary,
and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven,
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father;
and he shall come again, with glory,
to judge both the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped
and glorified;
who spake by the Prophets.
And I believe one holy Catholic and Apostolic Church;
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins;
and I look for the Resurrection of the dead,
and the Life of the world to come. Amen.
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THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
The people kneel. At the conclusion of each petition, the People say
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Lord, have mercy.
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THE PEACE The People stand.
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Celebrant
People
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The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And with thy spirit.
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THE GREETINGS The People sit.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
SANCTUS AND BENEDICTUS
Sung by the Choir, following which the People kneel.
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
The Celebrant continues and concludes: “O Father Almighty, world without end.”
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People
Celebrant
All
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AMEN.
And now, as our Saviour Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
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THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
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Celebrant
People
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Alleluia. Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;
Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia.
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AGNUS DEI Sung by the Choir.
INVITATION TO HOLY COMUNION
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Celebrant
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Behold the Lamb of God: Behold him that taketh away the sins of the world.
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All baptized Christians are invited to receive Holy Communion.
The Sacrament is distributed at the High Altar and, for convenience and accessibility,
also at the Chantry Chapel Altar. The Ushers will give direction.
John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
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Dum transisset sabbatum, Maria Magdalene, et Maria Iacobi, et Salome,
emerunt aromata: Ut venientes ungerent Iesum. Alleluia.
Et valde mane una sabbatorum veniunt ad monumentum, orto iam sole.
Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint Jesus. Alleluia.
And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came unto
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
From an Easter Responsory and St. Mark 16:1-2
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Giovanni Bassano (c. 1538-1617)
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Dic nobis Maria quid vidisti in via?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis,
Et gloriam vidi resurgentis.
Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mea:
Praecedet vos in Galileam. Alleluia.
Tell us, Mary, what did you see on your way?
‘The tomb of Christ, who is alive,
And I saw the glory of his rising;
Angels standing as witnesses, the shroud and linen cloth.
Christ my hope has risen:
He has gone to Galilee before you.’ Alleluia.
From Latin Sequence, Victimae paschali laudes
(11th century)
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Seventeenth Century Dutch Carol arr. Charles E. Wood (1866-1926)
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This joyful Eastertide,
Away with sin and sorrow.
My love, the crucified,
Hath sprung to life this morrow.
Had Christ, that once was slain,
Ne’er burst His three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain:
But now hath Christ arisen.
My flesh in hope shall rest,
And for a season slumber:
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number.
Refrain
Death’s flood hath lost his chill
Since Jesus crossed the river:
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver.
Refrain
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Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
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Surrexit Christus hodie, Alleluia,
Humano pro solamine, Alleluia.
In hoc Paschali gaudio, Alleluia,
Benedicamus Domino, Alleluia.
Mortem qui passus pridie, Alleluia,
Miserimo pro homine, Alleluia.
Laudetur sancta Trinitas, Alleluia,
Deo dicamus gratias, Alleluia.
Our Lord is ris’n again today, Alleluia,
The pow’rs of sin and death to slay, Alleluia.
His resurrection day proclaim, Alleluia,
Give thanks to God and bless his name, Alleluia.
He suffered death upon the cross, Alleluia,
For us he bore all pain and loss, Alleluia.
The Holy Trinity be praised, Alleluia,
Let grateful hymns to God be raised, Alleluia.
English version by John Rutter
© Oxford University Press1998
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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THE POSTCOMMUNION PRAYER The People kneel.
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Celebrant
All
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Let us pray.
Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee for that thou dost feed us, in these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom. And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.
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THE BLESSING AND THE DISMISSAL
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Deacon
People
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Let us go forth in the name of Christ. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.
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UNSER HERRSCHER
(arranged by John Scott) |
He is risen, he is risen!
Tell it out with joyful voice:
He has burst his three days’ prison;
Let the whole wide earth rejoice:
Death is conquered, man is free,
Christ has won the victory.
2 Come, ye sad and fearful-hearted,
With glad smile and radiant brow:
Lent’s long shadows have departed;
All his woes are over now,
And the passion that he bore:
Sin and pain can vex no more.
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3 Come, with high and holy hymning,
Chant our Lord’s triumphant lay;
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
Yonder glorious morning ray,
Breaking o’er the purple east,
Symbol of our Easter feast.
4 He is risen, he is risen!
He hath opened heaven’s gate:
We are free from sin’s dark prison,
Risen to a holier state;
And a brighter Easter beam
On our longing eyes shall stream.
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Cecil Frances Alexander, 1846, alt.
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VOLUNTARY
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Eugene Gigout
(1844-1925) |
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ORGAN RECITAL by Frederick Teardo
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2:30 p.m.
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On the Loening-Hancock Organ:
Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627
On the Arents Memorial Organ:
Fanfare
Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
Final, from Symphonie VI
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Johann Sebastian Bach
John Cook
(1918-1984)
Edward Elgar
(1833-1897)
(arranged by A. Herbert Brewer)
(1865-1928)
Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
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SOLEMN EVENSONG
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3:00 p.m.
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VERSICLES AND RESPONSES
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Bernard Rose (1916-1996)
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PSALM 114, In exitu Israel
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Anglican Chant (Bairstow)
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Sung by the Choir. Please be seated.
When Israel came out of Egypt,* and the house of Jacob from among the strange people,
2 Judah was his sanctuary,* and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw that, and fled;* Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,* and the little hills like young sheep.
5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?* and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams?* and ye little hills, like young sheep?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord:* at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water,* and the flint-stone into a springing well.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,* world without end. Amen.
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HYMN 194
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STRAF MICH NICHT
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Through the Red Sea brought at last, Alleluia!
Egypt’s chains behind we cast, Alleluia!
Deep and wide flows the tide
severing us from bondage past, Alleluia!
2 Like the cloud that overhead, Alleluia!
Through the billows Israel led, Alleluia!
By his tomb Christ makes room,
souls restoring from the dead, Alleluia!
3 In that cloud and in that sea, Alleluia!
Buried and baptized were we, Alleluia!
Earthly night brought us light
which is ours eternally, Alleluia!
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The People remain standing.
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MAGNIFICAT
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George Dyson (1883-1964) in D
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THE APOSTLES’ CREED AND COLLECTS
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(Pages 29-31 in The Book of Common Prayer)
The People stand for the Creed and kneel for the Collects. |
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AT THE OFFERING, Anthem
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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“The Song of Moses”
Moses, and the children of Israel sung this song unto the Lord,
and spake saying: “I will sing unto the Lord for He hath triumphed gloriously,
the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.”
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THE BLESSING
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HYMN
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EASTER HYMN
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Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
2 Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Unto Christ, our heavenly King, Alleluia!
Who endured the cross and grave, Alleluia!
Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
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3 But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
Now above the sky he’s King, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
4 Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Praise eternal as his love; Alleluia!
Praise him, all ye heavenly host, Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
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Latin, 14th cent.; Tr. Tate and Brady; St. 4, Charles Wesley
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VOLUNTARY
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Louis Vierne
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ASSISTING CLERGY
The Reverend Robert H. Stafford, Pastor
The Reverend Victor Lee Austin, Theologian-in-residence
The Reverend Jonathan M. Erdman, Youth Minister
The Reverend Canon John Andrew, OBE, DD, Rector Emeritus
THE STAFF
John Scott, LVO, The Nancy B. and John B. Hoffmann Organist and Director of Music
Jeremy S. Bruns, Associate Organist
Frederick Teardo, Assistant Organist
Max Henderson-Begg, Verger and Manager of Communications
Edward J. Givins, Assistant Verger
Barbara W. Pettus, Executive Director of Administration and Finance
Ann H. Kaplan, Director of Development
Douglas M. Robbe, Secretary to The Rector
HONORARY CLERGY
The Reverend Canon Harold R. Landon, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend David F. McNeeley, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend William A. Norgren, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend John C. Smith, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Ivan Weiser, Honorary Assistant
The Reverend Canon Prof. J. Robert Wright, Honorary Assistant
PARISH OFFICES
One West 53rd Street
New York, New York 10019
Church Telephone 212.757.7013
www.saintthomaschurch.org
administration@SaintThomasChurch.org
THE SAINT THOMAS CHOIR SCHOOL
202 West 58th Street
New York, New York 10019
A boarding school for choristers in grades 3 - 8
For information:
Choir School Telephone 212.247.3311
The Reverend Charles F. Wallace, Headmaster
www.ChoirSchool.org
THE VESTRY
Mr. William H. A. Wright II, Warden
Mr. Kenneth F. Koen, Warden
Mr. Willem Brans
Mr. Colin Fergus
Miss Jean Cameron Grainger
Mrs. Kazie Metzger Harvey
Mr. Fred T. Isquith, Clerk
Miss Linda Ellen Ketchum
Mr. W. Michael Margolin
Mr. Jon Meacham
Miss Karen Metcalf
Mr. William R. Miller, OBE
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