ERNEST BLOCH AVODATH HAKODESH : SACRED SERVICE The Montview Westminster Choir & Guest Singers and Orchestra April 23, 2023 • 7:00pm Cantor Arik Luck, Baritone Adam Waite, Conductor and Minister of Music Barbara Hulac, Associate Minister of Music with Kali Paguirigan, Alto and Rebecca Koenigberg, Soprano Welcome Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Part ICantor: …
Bulletin: April 23, 2023
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludePastoraleSamuel Adler (b. 1928) *Call to WorshipLeader: We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People: We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader: We open our hearts in this Eastertide. People: We open our hearts in belief and love. All: Thanks be to …
Bulletin: April 16, 2023
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeAwake, My Heart, With GladnessFlor Peeters (1903-1986) *Call to WorshipLeader: We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People: We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader: We open our hearts in this Eastertide. People: We open our hearts in belief and love. All: …
Bulletin: April 9, 2023
EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeFolk Fragments, from String Quartet No. 3 (8:00am)Nancy Galbraith (b. 1951) Voluntary on Old 100th (9:30 & 11:00am)Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Sonata (9:30 & 11:00am)Giovanni Buonamente (1595-1642) *Call to WorshipLeader: Christ is Risen! People: Christ is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made. …
Bulletin: April 7, 2023
The Tenebrae of Good Friday 7:30pm THE SERVICE OF TENEBRAEThe service of Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”) follows a tradition of the church dating back at least to the 8th century, and perhaps as early as the 5th century after Christ. The liturgy dramatizes the suffering, death and burial of Jesus through the reading of Scripture and singing of psalms, hymns …
Bulletin: April 6, 2023
MAUNDY THURSDAY 7:30pm THE SERVICE OF MAUNDY THURSDAYOn this night we mark Jesus’ last supper with his disciples.The next day he dies on the cross. Maundy Thursday is the first great day of the triduum, the crossover point between life and death for Jesus, between death and life for us all. Maundy Thursday receives its name from the Latin word …
Bulletin: April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday April 2 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeDominica in PalmisJean Langlais (1907-1991) Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Humble and riding on a donkey, People: We greet you, Lord.Leader: Acclaimed by crowds and caroled by children, People: We greet you, Lord.Leader: Moving from the peace of the countryside to the corridors of power,All: …
Bulletin: March 26, 2023
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT March 26 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeIn the Palm of Your Hand (8:30am)Ron Block (b.1964) Méditation (11:00am)Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Welcome *Call to WorshipLeader: We walk the road to Jerusalem. People: We walk the road to resurrection. Leader: It will require that we give up so much. People: It will offer, …
Bulletin: March 19, 2023
FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT March 19 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeTwo Chorale Preludes – The Glory of These Forty Days, We Now Implore the Holy Spirit Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Welcome *Call to WorshipLeader: We walk the road to Jerusalem. People: We walk the road to resurrection. Leader: It will require that we give up so …
Bulletin: March 12, 2023
THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT March 12 | 8:30 & 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludePrayerPaul Creston (1906-1985) Welcome *Call to WorshipLeader: We walk the road to Jerusalem. People: We walk the road to resurrection. Leader: It will require that we give up so much. People: It will offer, instead, so much more. All: With grateful …