The Rector will be Away October 15 – November 5
Bill and I will be away for three weeks beginning October 15th. We’ll be visiting family, taking part in the 150th anniversary of my former parish, squeezing in a few days on the Gulf Coast, and presiding at a wedding before heading home. The first Sunday will be covered by the Rev. Linda Green and the following two, by the Rev. Randy Wakitsch. In case of an emergency, please call Lisa in the office (Tuesday – Friday, 9am to 1pm) or one of the wardens. Please keep us in your prayers as we travel; you will be in ours. lml+
Senior Warden Deb Lang – (815) 354-6741
Junior Warden Pam Dietmeyer – (815) 354-3507
Diaper Bank Silent & Live Benefit Auction October 25th, 2014
D’Andrea’s Banquets 4419 Northwest Highway, Crystal LakeTickets $50/person
Send reservations and check to:
The Diaper Bank, PO Box 2014, McHenry, IL 60051
OR
Tickets are available in St. Paul’s office.
Call (815) 382-0004 for more information!
Remember to set your clocks back 1 hour on November 2nd!
Taizé Service in Crystal Lake on October 28
You are invited to the initial McHenry County Taizé Prayer Service on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 pm at the First Congregational Church of Crystal Lake (461 Pierson St). Taizé is ecumenical and meditative, incorporating song and chant, scriptures, candles, and silence. It is meant to foster reconciliation and peace among all people. It will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
Men’s Breakfast
Saturday, November 1st, 8:00 a.m.
Women’s Wednesday
Wednesday, November 5th, 7:00 p.m.
Lessons and Hymns Sunday, October 26th
(Pentecost XX – Proper 25 A)
by the Rev. William McLemore
THE SCRIPTURE LESSONS:
The First Reading: The Track I readings are Deuteronomy 34:1-12 and Psalm 90:1-6,13-17; the Track II readings are Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 and Psalm 1. Deuteronomy records the death of Moses at the age of 121. Leviticus has the Lord relating the so-called “Summary of the Law” to Moses. The Track I Psalm calls for God to be present and show the beauty of creation, and the Track II Psalm extols the “delight in the law of the Lord.”
The Epistle: Thessalonians 2:1-8 has Paul reminding his congregation isn’t to be approved by mortals, but by God.
The Gospel: Matthew 22:34-46. Here, Jesus gives the Pharisees the Summary of the Law expressed in the Leviticus passage read with the Tract II lessons.
THE HYMNS:
PROCESSIONAL HYMN: No. 680, “O God Our Help.” This hymn is based on Psalm 90:1-5 and was written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748). He moved church music from the old medieval office hymns to that of the reformation. He composed 600 hymns, many of which are still in hymnals of many denomination. This particular hymn has been in the Episcopal hymnal since 1874. The tune “St. Anne” with all its beauty is of dubious origin but was enhanced by William Croft in a 1708 book of arrangements for singing the psalms.
THE SEQUENCE HYMN: No. 538. “God of Mercy, God of Grace.” This hymn was written by Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), a Scottish poet who at one time considered studying medicine, but opted for theology. He was ordained in 1817. The tune, “Lucerna Laudoniae,” was composed by the Welsh musician David Evans (1874-1948).
PRESENTATION HYMN: No. 381. “Thy Strong Word.” This hymn was written by Martin H. Franzman (1907-1976), a graduate of Northwestern College and later studied at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. He served on the faculty of Northwestern College; Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri; and finally traveled to England where he served as a tutor at Westfield House, the theological college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England until his death in 1976. The tune, “Ton-y-Botel,” was composed by Thomas John Williams (1869-1944), organist and choirmaster of two parishes in Llanelly, a village in southeast Wales. The melody is moving and stately and perhaps one of the most sung at the heavenly banquet-every Christian should be able to sing this with spirit and joy.
COMMUNION HYMN: No. 711. “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God.” This hymn by Karen Lafferty was discussed earlier and will be sung as a communion hymn every Sunday this month. We hope this gives the congregation an opportunity to become familiar with some hymns.
RECESSIONAL HYMN: No. 551, “Rise Up, Ye Saints of God.” This hymn was written by William Pierson Merrill on a ship sailing across Lake Michigan. The hymn has been set to no less than 12 different tunes in 24 years and “Festal Song” is the one that has become the most popular in the United States. This tune was composed by William Henry Walter, an organist at several Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches. The hymn forms appropriate music with which to leave church thinking about God’s love and our love in return. “Rise up, ye saints of God! His kingdom tarries long: Lord, bring the day of truth and love and end the night of wrong.”
October 26th Servants
Ushers: Jim Lukas, Beth Lukas Lector: Rick Carlstedt Intercessor: Terry Jaworski Eucharistic Ministers: Charlie Boak, Pam Dietmeyer Vestry Person of the Day: Pam Dietmeyer101 Reasons to be an Episcopalian
Reason 24
“We belong before we believe.”
Joanna Wragg, Diocese of Southeast Florida
From the cartoons created by the Rev. William P. McLemore
1965 – 2014
