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St. Paul’s Church in Nantucket (Episcopal)
April 7, 2024
Second Sunday of Easter
Ringing of the Bell
Prelude Easter Carol
Arr. Charles Mortimer Wiske (1853-1934)
Opening Hymn 192 This joyful Eastertide Vreuchten
The Acclamation
Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, son, and Holy Spirit.
People And blessed be God’s kingdom, now and for ever. Amen.
Collect for Purity
Gloria S236 Glory to you John Rutter (b 1945)
Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; you are worthy of praise; glory to you. Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever. Glory to you in the splendor of your temple; on the throne of your majesty, glory to you. Glory to you, seated between the Cherubim; we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever. Glory to you, beholding the depths; in the high vault of heaven, glory to you. Glory to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever.
Collect of the Day
The Lessons
A Reading from Acts 4:32-35
Psalm 133
A Reading from 1 John 1:1-2:2
Sequence Hymn 490 I want to walk as a child of the light Houston
The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John 20:19-31.
Sermon Beverly Hall, M. Div.
Music Meditation Lord, Thy Word Abideth
Tune: Ravenshaw; arr. Tom Birchwood
Lord, thy word abideth, And our footsteps guideth, Who its truth believeth, Light and joy receiveth. – Henry W. Baker (1821-1877)
The Prayers of the People
Concluding Collect
The Peace
The Peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.
Announcements
Offertory Anthem There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Text: F. W. Faber (1814-1863); Music: Corvedale, Maruice Bevan (1921-2006)
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea. There’s a kindness in God’s justice, which is more than liberty. There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than up in have’n; There is no place where earth’s failings have such kindly judgement giv’n. Ÿ For the love of God is broader than the measure of man’s mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. But we make his love too narrow by false limits of our own; and we magnify his strictness with a zeal he will not own. Ÿ There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head. There is grace enough for thousands of new worlds as great as this; there is room for fresh creations in that upper home of bliss. If our love were but more simple, we should take him at his word; and our lives would be all gladness in the joy of Christ our Lord.
The Holy Communion
The Breaking of the Bread
At the Communion Variations on Gelobt sei Gott
Erik-Jan van der Hel (contemp.)
Postcommunion Prayer (BCP 365)
Blessing
Hymn 205 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! Gelobt sei Gott
Dismissal
The people respond: Thanks be to God. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Voluntary March of Easter Themes (Easter Hymn, Victory)
Mark Andrews (1875-1939)
All are invited to Coffee Hour in Gardner Hall after the service.
Celebrant The Rev. Jacqueline McGrady
Deacon The Rev. Susan Phillips
Verger Curtis Barnes
Acolytes Genevieve, Clara, Juliet Frable
Eucharistic Minister Dorothy Baker
Readers Sam Baker, Vicky Goss
Ushers Phil Smith, Trish Anderson
Altar Guild Jay Riggs, Trish Anderson,
Ann Smith
Music Director & Organist Joe Hammer
Music Notes
Mark Andrews (1875-1939) and Charles Mortimer Wiske (1853-1934) were late-19th century early 20th century organists, choir directors and composers, working primarily in the Northeast.
Mark Andrews was born in England. He studied with John Thomas Ruch at Westminster Abbey, and became organist of the Farmingham Parish Church, Surrey, where he gained a reputation as an outstanding organist. Andrews relocated to the United States and was an early recording artist for the RCA Victor recording company. During the 1920’s he recorded organ works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Wagner and Fauré. He was organist of the First Congregational Church in Montclair, New Jersey, and choirmaster of several glee clubs in New Jersey. He died in Montclair.
Charles Mortimer Wiske was raised primarily in upstate New York. He showed early genius as a musician, becoming an organist for a local chapel in Hoosic at the age of nine. Wiske spent his early career in Brooklyn, New York, where he made his living as a composer, choral director and music teacher. He founded several choral groups and was an active producer of the Newark Wagner Festivals of the 1880s. A popular choral director, he once conducted a chorus of over 3,000 voices. One reviewer said that what it lacked in quality, “…it made up for in volume!” This caricature of Wiske was drawn by Enrico Caruso (1873-1921).
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