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Festal Eucharist
Sunday, October 2, 2011
11:00am - Saint Thomas Church
We celebrate today our patron saint, Thomas, and rededicate ourselves to Christ and our mission as a parish. [We also remember Thomas on his feast day, December 21] . Our current church building was dedicated on the first Sunday in October in 1913.
The Feast of Dedication serves as the launch for the Every Member Canvass for 2012. We encourage you to pledge for 2012 during the months of October and November in 2011. You may pledge online here. Or, if you prefer, complete the card attached to the EMC Brochure and drop it in the offering plate or mail it in.
On Sunday, November 6, we will have a special EMC Coffee Hour in the Parish House, at which time we will display the "tiles" created as part of the EMC Tiles Project. Please consider participating. Even if you live outside the country and know us only via the webcasts, you can still participate and mail your paper tile to us.
Collect:
Everliving God, who didst strengthen thine apostle Thomas with sure and certain faith in thy Son’s resurrection: Grant us so perfectly and without doubt to believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord and our God, that our faith may never be found wanting in thy sight; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Above: The Christ icon is used on the cover of this year's EMC Brochure, which is available in the pews, in the narthex, or here. The 18th century Baltic icon (in the Russian tradition) was placed in 1981 on the northwest corner stone pillar near the entrance to the Resurrection Chapel. On this Feast of Dedication, we rededicate ourselves to the heart of our mission: Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today's Eucharist is "festal" because of the Feast of Dedication, which serves as the launch for the 2012 Every Member Canvass. You'll notice the red vestments (they are red for our patron saint) as opposed to the normal green vestments which are used during these Sundays after Pentecost. There is also incense during the Offertory. Included during worship are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which is posted at the bottom of this page.
►Please listen to the Rector's Weekly Message for more about the Feast of Dedication and the 2012 EMC. Make your pledge online here.
►The Saint Thomas Youth Group invites you to a presentation of their recent trip to the Diocese of Tennessee and their work with the Karen People of All Saints‟ Church and Kurios Farm. Please join them today, at 12:45 p.m. in Andrew Hall.
Music Notes: Josef Rheinberger was born in 1837 and died in November 1901. He was one of the most prominent German organists of his time and was renowned for his teaching of composition (holding the post of Professor at the Munich Conservatoire for nearly 35 years). Described by a distinguished contemporary as „unrivalled in skill, refinement and devotion to his subject‟, his prolific output includes concertos, oratorios, chamber music, opera and, amongst his considerable contribution to the organ repertoire, a remarkable 20 sonatas. The Cantus Missae is a setting of the Mass for unaccompanied double choir which combines intricate polyphonic writing with homophonic declamatory gestures, thus creating a characteristically Germanic texture of warmth and richness.
| Celebrant: | Fr Mead |
| Preacher: | Fr Mead |
| Deacon: | Fr Austin |
| Subdeacon: | Fr Spurlock |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | Monolog, from ‘Zwölf Stücke’, Op. 162, Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) |
| Prelude 2: | Trios II, VI and I, from ‘Ten Trios’, Op. 49, Josef Rhienberger |
| Service: | Cantus Missae, Josef Rheinberger |
| Psalm: | 126, Anglican Chant (Garrett) |
| Anthem: | I was glad, C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) |
| Anthem 2: | Locus iste, Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) |
| Voluntary: | Improvisation sur le Te Deum, Charles Tournemire (1870-1939), transcribed by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) |
| Hymn: |
360 Only begotten, Word of God eternal ROUEN |
| Hymn 2: |
517 How lovely is thy dwelling place BROTHER JAMES’ AIR |
Sermon:
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