Hymn of Praise – “Praise to the Living God”
Sequence Hymn – “What wondrous love is this”
Gospel and Sermon – Rev. Tom Hughes
Prayers of the People
Communion
Concluding Hymn – “On Christ the solid rock I stand”
Videos
Videos, Trinity Sunday, June 4, 2023
1.Opening Hymn – Holy, Holy, Holy
2.Offertory from the choir
3.Andrea Pogue talks about the Jamaica Project
4.Jim and Elizabeth Heimbach, Wedding Anniversary
Videos, Pentecost, May 28, 2023
Larry Saylor, guitar – Prelude
Hymn of praise- Glory to You – John Rutter
Gospel and Sermon – the Rev Catherine Hicks
Affirmation of Faith
Prayers of the People
Larry Saylor, guitar – Offertory
Holy Communion
Blessing and Extinguishing of the Paschal Candle
Sweet, Sweet, Spirit
The one with the “Tongues of Fire”!
Videos, Easter 6, May 14, 2023
1. Prelude
2. Gospel
3. Sermon
4. Prayers of the People
5. Blessing
Videos, Easter 2, April 16, 2023
Complete service
1. Prelude – “O sons and daughters” – Choir
2. Gospel
3. Sermon
4. Prayers of the People
5. Offertory – “With the Voice of Singing”
6. Closing Hymn – “Jesus is Lord of all the earth”
Best of Holy Week – Words
Palm Sunday
1. Choir “Let the same mind be you”
The choir performs this beautiful, unpublished piece almost every Palm Sunday. Bill Roberts wrote this for the Phillipians class at Virginia Theological Seminary a decade ago.
2. Palm Sunday Passion Reading
Jan Saylor recruited and did a fine job to direct the members of the congregation to read this extended passage
3. Palm Sunday Sermon – Rev. Catherine Hicks
From the ending – “How often we come before God in this life with the events of our lives, with all of our sins and weaknesses interwoven into a thick tapestry of our own creation, a barrier that we believe blocks our way to God forever.
“But if we remember this story of all that happened the day Jesus died, we can recall that as Jesus breathed his last, God ripped the curtain of the temple in two, and destroyed every barrier that has ever blocked our way to God. ”
Maundy Thursday
4. “When you prayed beneath the trees” – Denise Gregory, Mary Peterman
Vocal duet that is appropriate for Maundy Thursday with Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane combining the ‘tree’ theme found in many Scriptures about the cross.
Good Friday
5. “Were you there when they crucified my Lord” – Helmut linne von Berg, Larry Saylor
First male duet at St. Peter’s, acappella!
6. “O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded”- Denise Gregory, Mary Peterman
Both the arrangement and the performance of this well known melody make this memorable. Mary’s flute is ethereal.
Easter Sunday
6. Offertory-“God’s Right Hand and Holy Arm”
An ambitious piece for Easter. Kudos to Denise Gregory for her direction of this piece. The glockenspiel was purchased for this performance.
7. Sermon- Rev. Thomas Hughes
Easter is the culmination of the three key events in Christ’s life – Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection, important for this church and Christians. Resurrection which is celebrated on Easter Sunday is a state of life in which we are living now in our bodies.
Good Friday videos, April 7, 2023
The service has 6 parts 1. an entrance in silence, 2. readings which include the John 18:1-19:42 Passion reading, 3 the Solemn Collects, 4 The Entrance of the Cross, the Veneration of the Cross, 5 Musical Meditations and 6 Conclusion.
The first reading is from Isaiah, the ever present Psalm 22, and Hebrews. John’s Passion Gospel reading, John 18:1-19:42.
Selections from the service:
1. Opening Acclamation
2 “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” – Larry Saylor, Helmut Linne von Berg
3. Passion Reading
4. Sermon – The Rev. Catherine Hicks
5. “O sacred head, sore wounded”- Denise Gregory, piano. Mary Peterman, flute