Readings, Hymns, and Music—November 2025

November 2
All Saints Sunday (transferred)
Lectionary
Daniel 7:1–3, 15–18 | Psalm 149 | Ephesians 1:11–23 | Luke 6:20–31 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Deutsche Messe
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Prelude
Meditation on “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”
Seth Bingham (1882–1972)
Introit
Wonderful Is God in All His Saints
Peter Hallock (1924–2014)
Gathering Hymn
For All the Saints
elw 422
Psalm
Psalm 149
Daniel E. Schwandt (b. 1978)
Gospel Acclamation
They are before the throne of God
John Helgen (b. 1957)
Children’s Hymn
Jesus Loves Me (vv. 1 | 3)
elw 595
Hymn of the Day
Death Be Never Last
death be never last
Offertory Anthem
On Emmaus’ Journey
Setting by John Ferguson (1941–2025)
Communion Anthem
O For a Closer Walk With God
Text by William Cowper (1731–1800), setting by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Communion Meditation
Improvisation on “For All the Saints”
Sending Hymn
Go, My Children, with My Blessing
elw 543
Postlude
Fugue in G Minor, bwv 578
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
November 3
Monday after Lectionary 31
7:00 PM
FIRST MONDAYS CONCERTS: Bach to Hymns—A Festival of Hymns through the Ages
Prelude
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
engelberg, setting by Craig Philips (b. 1962)
Introit
There Let the Pealing Organ Roar, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, hwv 55
George Frideric Handel (1685–1750)
Procession
All Our Hope on God Is Founded
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
All Saints Day
O God Our Help in Ages Past
st. anne, setting by Jeremy Bankson
Advent
Prepare the Royal Highway
bereden väg för herran, setting by Zebulon M. Highben (b. 1979)
Christmas
Angels We Have Heard on High
gloria, setting by René Clausen (b. 1953)
Epiphany
Sure on This Shining Night
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Lent
Nada me falta (Psalm 23)
Setting by Mark Sedio (b. 1954)
Easter
On Emmaus’ Journey
holy manna, setting by John Ferguson (1941–2025)
Pentecost
Concerto on “O Spirit All-Embracing”
thaxted, setting by Richard Proulx (1937–2010)
Christ the King
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, bwv 137
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sending
Hawai‘i Aloha
Text by Rev. Lorenzo Lyons (1807–1886), music by James McGranahan (1840–1907)
Postlude
Toccata in D Major, bwv 532
Bach
November 9
Time after Pentecost • Lectionary 32
Lectionary
Job 19:23–27a | Psalm 17:1-9 | 2 Thessalonians 2:1–5, 13–17 | Luke 20:27–38 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Deutsche Messe
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Prelude
Aria
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Gathering Hymn
This Is My Song
elw 887
Psalm
Psalm 17:1–3, 5–7
Peter C. Hallock (1924–2014)
Children’s Hymn
Jesus Loves Me (vv. 1 | 3)
elw 595
Hymn of the Day
Come My Way, My Truth, My Life
elw 816
Offertory Anthem
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
William Croft (1678–1727), setting by Jeremy J. Bankson (b. 1975)
Communion Anthem
Hide Me Under the Shadow of Thy Wings
John E. West (1863–1929)
Communion Meditation
Improvisation
I Sending Hymn
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
elw 834
Postlude
Postlude on st. denio
Setting by Wilbur Held (1914–2015)
November 16
Time after Pentecost • Lectionary 33
Lectionary
Malachi 4:1–2a | Psalm 98 | 2 Thessalonians 3:6–13 | Luke 21:5–19 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Deutsche Messe
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Prelude
Song of Peace in a Time of War
Mary Beth Bennett (b. 1954)
Gathering Hymn
God of Grace and God of Glor
elw 705
Psalm
Psalm 98:1–4, 8–10
Peter C. Hallock (1924–2014)
Children’s Hymn
Jesus Loves Me (vv. 1 | 3)
elw 595
Hymn of the Day
O Day of Peace
elw 711
Offertory Anthem
Keep Your Lamps
Andre Thomas (b. 1952
Communion Anthem
If Ye Love Me
Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)
Communion Meditation
Air and Gavotte
Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
Sending Hymn
Be Thou My Vision
elw 793
Postlude
Recessional Toccata
Alfred V. Fedak (b. 1953)
7:00 PM
HYBRID COMPLINE
Processional
Psalm 134
David Del Rocco (b. 1957)
Orison
O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day
Latin melody (c. 600)
Psalm
Psalm 134
Richard Proulx (1937–2010)
Office Hymn
O Gracious Light
Thomas Tallis (1505–1585)
Canticle
Nunc dimittis
Paul Smith (b. 1981)
Anthem
Ecce, nunc benedicite Dominum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
November 23
Christ the King
Lectionary
Jeremiah 23:1–6 | Psalm 46 | Colossians 1:11–20 | Luke 23:33–43 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Deutsche Messe
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Prelude
Prelude on diademata
Donald Busarow (1934–2011)
Gathering Hymn
Crown Him with Many Crowns
elw 855
Psalm
Psalm 46
Rawn Harbor (b. 1947)
Gospel Acclamation
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
John Helgen (b. 1957)
Children’s Hymn
Jesus Loves Me (vv. 1 | 3)
elw 595
Hymn of the Day
Jesus, Remember Me
elw 616
Offertory Anthem
O Day Full of Grace
F. Melius Christiansen (1871–1955)
Communion Anthem
Lobe den Herren, was in mir ist, lobe den Namen, Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, bwv 137
Text by Joachim Neander (1680), music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Communion Meditation
The Church of Christ in Every Age
arr. William H. Bates (b. 1943)
Sending Hymn
At the Name of Jesus
elw 416
Postlude
Now Thank We All Our God
Bach, arr. Virgil Fox (1912–1980)
November 30
First Sunday of Advent
Lectionary
Isaiah 2:1–5 | Psalm 122 | Romans 13:11–14 | Matthew 24:36–44 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID CHORAL EUCHARIST
Service Music
Liturgy for Advent
Richard R. Webster (b. 1952)
Prelude
Of The Father's Love Begotten
13th Century Plainsong, arr. Ralph Manuel (b. 1935)
Litany
A Simple Advent Litany
Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
Psalmody
Psalm 122:1–9
Hallock
Gospel Acclamation
Show Us Your Steadfast Love
John Ferguson (b. 1941)
Children's Hymn
Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn (vv. 1–2 | 3–4)
elw 242
Hymn of the Day
He Comes to Us as One Unknown
elw 737
Offertory Anthem
People Look East
Besançon carol, arr. Barry Ferguson (b. 1942)
Communion Anthem
Thou Shalt Know Him
Mark Sirett (b. 1952)
Communion Meditation
Variations for the Healing of Arinuschka
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
Prelude (1913)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sending Hymn
Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending
elw 435
Postlude
Etude #17
Philip Glass (b.1937)
Revised: 11 November 2025