Readings, Hymns, and Music—November 2023

November 5
All Saints Sunday
Lectionary
Revelation 7:9–17 | Psalm 34:1–10, 22 | 1 John 3:1–3 | Matthew 5:1–12 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for a Festival Service
Prelude
Voluntary on Love Unknown
Setting by Robert Lind
Introit
Wonderful Is God in All His Saints
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Gathering Hymn
For All the Saints
elw 422
Psalm
Psalm 34: 1–10
Carl Crosier (1945–2014)
Gospel Acclamation
They are before the throne of God
John Helgen (b.1957)
Children’s Hymn
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (vv. 1 | 2)
elw 712
Hymn of the Day
Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers
elw 244
Offertory
Song for Athene
John Taverner (1944–2013)
Communion Motet
Safe to Port
9th c. text, music by Michael Hoppé (b. 1944)
Communion Organ
Children of the Heavenly Father
Setting by J. Wayne Kerr (b. 1958)
Sending Hymn
Oh, Happy Day When We Shall Stand
elw 441
Postlude
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Setting by Lindsey Lafford (1912–2014)
November 6
Monday after Lectionary 32
7:00 PM
FIRST MONDAYS CONCERT—Echoes of Passion: An Eclectic Collection of Romantic Art Songs
Ka ‘Ōiwi Nani
Queen Lili‘uokalani (1838–1917)
En Svane, Op. 25, No. 2
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Selections from 5 Songs, Op. 37
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
        Soluppgång (Sunrise)
        Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The girl returned from meeting her lover)
Family Portraits
Doug Davis (b. 1948)
        My Letter to the World
        Untamed Portrait
        To be away
        Interlude
        There is Only Love
        Alleluia
Six Romances, Op. 38
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)
        In My Garden at Night
        To her
        Daisies
        Pied Piper
        Dream
        A-oo!
Selections from Sieben frühe Lieder
Alban Berg (1885–1935)
        Nacht (Night)
        Schilflied
        Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale)
        Im Zimmer (In the room)
He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi
Queen Lili’uokalani
November 12
Time after Pentecost • Lectionary 32
Lectionary
Amos 5:18–24 or Wisdom 6:12–16 | Psalm 70 | 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 | Matthew 25:1–13 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for a Festival Service
Prelude
A Second Light: Jesu dulcis memoria
David Ashley White (b. 1944)
Gathering Hymn
Oh, Happy Day When We Shall Stand
elw 441
Psalm
Psalm 70
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Gospel Acclamation
Keep Awake and Be Ready
Carl F. Schalk (b. 1929)
Children’s Hymn
Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service (vv. 1 | 2)
elw 712
Hymn of the Day
Lord of Light
elw 688
Offertory
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Communion Motet
Keep Your Lamps!
Setting by André Thomas (b. 1952)
Communion Organ
Agnus Dei
Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
Sending Hymn
Let Streams of Living Justice
elw 710
Postlude
Festival Piece
Phillips
November 19
Thanksgiving (transferred)
Lectionary
Deuteronomy 8:7–18 | Psalm 65 | 2 Corinthians 9:6–15 | Luke 17:11–19 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for a Festival Service
Prelude
Chorale Prelude on Lobe Den Herren
J. G. Walther (1684–1748)
Gathering Hymn
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
elw 693
Psalm
Psalm 65:9–14
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Sequence Hymn
For the Fruit of All Creation
elw 679
Children’s Hymn
Praise and Thanksgiving (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
elw 689
Hymn of the Day
For the Fruit of All Creation
elw 679
Offertory
Nun danket alle Gott, bwv 192
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Communion Motet
My God, Accept My Heart This Day
Howard Helvey (b. 1968)
Communion Organ
Meditation on Kremser
Setting by Healey Willan (1880–1968)
Sending Hymn
Now Thank We All Our God
elw 840
Postlude
Now Thank We All Our God
Egil Hovland (1924–2013)
7:30 PM
HYBRID COMPLINE
Processional
Nears the Ending of the Day
day’s end
Orison
God Be in My Head
W. Lawrence Curry (1906–1966), arr. Scott Fikse (b. 1983)
Psalm
Psalm 91
Plainsong
Office Hymn
Eternal Spirit of the Living Christ
Plainsong, mode 5
Canticle
Nunc dimittis
Charles Wood (1866–1926)
Anthem
O Lord, How Manifold Are Thy Works
Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
November 26
Christ the King
Lectionary
Ezekiel 34:11–16, 20–24 | Psalm 95:1–7a | Ephesians 1:15–23 | Matthew 25:31–46 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for a Festival Service
Prelude
All Creatures of Our God and King
Setting by Fred Bock (1939–1998)
Gathering Hymn
Christ Is the King!
elw 662
Psalm
Psalm 95:1–7
Mark Sedio (b. 1954)
Gospel Acclamation
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
Carl F. Schalk (b. 1929)
Children’s Hymn
Dearest Jesus, at Your Word (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
elw 520
Hymn of the Day
The Head That Once Was Crowned
elw 432
Offertory
Ain’-a That Good News!
William L. Dawson (1899–1901)
Communion Motet
O kou aloha nō (The Queen's Prayer)
Queen Lili'uokalani (1838–1917), arr. Carl Crosier (1945–2014)
Communion Piano
Für Alina
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Sending Hymn
Rejoice, for Christ Is King!
elw 430
Postlude
Etude No. 3
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Revised: 19 November 2023