29th June - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 8

Here are my usual lists. I played two services last Sunday.

St. Joseph's Episcopal Church - numbers are out of The Hymnal 1982.

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist: Rite II
Prelude: Voluntary in e minor: Adagio-Allegro (Op. 7, No. 7; John Stanley)
Pro: 518, Christ is made the sure foundation (WESTMINSTER ABBEY)
Trisagion: S-100 (New Plainsong Mass; Hurd)
Psalm: Ps 13 (Barrett)
Seq: 609, Where cross the crowded ways of life (GARDINER)
Off: 401, The God of Abraham praise (LEONI)
Sanctus: S-130, Deutsche Messe (Schubert)
Lord's Prayer: chanted (S-119 in Hymnal 1982)
Fraction Anthem: S-169, My flesh is food indeed (Urwin)
Comm: Gather Comprehensive 849, Table Song (D. Haas)
Re: 3, Now that daylight fills the sky (HERR JESU CHRIST)
Postlude: Voluntary in D Major: Adagio ("Trumpet"; Op. 7, No. 5; Stanley)

People came up to me after the service and complimented me on the Stanley. (At least they didn't misidentify it as Bach, like one fellow did last week ...) They were genuinely happy that we were "branching out" singing other songs from the hymnal. Apparently, they stuck to a limited few hymns in recent years. Frankly speaking, it's my opinion that the hymns are not difficult to pick up, especially as we sing all the verses, and there would be enough repetition within the hymn for people to be able to pick it up eventually. Plus, there is a strong history of congregational singing, not just at St. Joseph's, but amongst the other Episcopal parishes I've played in (heck, I'm assuming the whole of the Episcopal Church!) so for that reason, I was not worried about introducing new hymns to the people.

My turn came up for the 5.15 pm service at the Chapel of the Cross. They are reading a different set of Old and New Testament readings than St. Joseph's, as well as a different Psalm. Apparently, within the Revised Common Lectionary, there are two tracks that one may follow. I just noticed it as the "SC Track" and the "GR Track." St. Joseph's are following the former whilst Chapel of the Cross is following the latter. So naturally, the hymns chosen would, in all likelihood, be quite different than those I've picked out for St. Joseph's. As it turns out, my hunch was right. Only the Sequence Hymn was the same as we read the same Gospel (Matthew 10:40-42).

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost: Holy Eucharist: Rite II
Prelude: Voluntary in e minor: Adagio-Allegro (Op. 7, No. 7; John Stanley)
Pro: 525, The Church's one foundation (AURELIA)
Psalm: Ps 89 (recited)
Seq: 609, Where cross the crowded ways of life (GARDINER)
Off: 321, My God, thy table now is spread (ROCKINGHAM)
Sanctus: S-125, Community Mass (Proulx)
Comm: Voluntary in d minor: Adagio-Allegro (Op. 7, No. 3; Stanley)
Re: 437, Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord (BIRMINGHAM)
Postlude: Voluntary in D Major: Adagio ("Trumpet"; Op. 7, No. 5; Stanley)

Admittedly, I was rather relieved after having played the last note of that postlude. My Sunday playing obligations completed, I was able to think about relaxing, if only for a short while. I had two quizzes to write up, plus grading to catch up on, and a midterm to start thinking about writing up. The Final Exam also looms ahead as well, and I'm still trying to decide, in my mind, how many questions I want to subject my students to. If I'm really mean, it will be 200 multiple-guess questions ... well, my midterms consisted of 100 questions each ... but we'll see.