St. John’s Episcopal Church

76 Market Street, Salem, NJ 08079 856-935-1798

Established 1722

All Saints’ Sunday November 1, 2015

Order of Service

8:00 and 10:30 a.m.

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Holy Eucharist – Rite I 8:00 a.m.

The Word of God

Opening Acclamation BCP-323

Collect for Purity BCP-323

Lord, have mercy upon us. BCP-324

Gloria BCP-324

The Collect of the Day

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9

Psalm 24 Domini est terra BCP-613

Revelation 21:1-6a

The Gospel (please stand) John 11:32-44

Sermon The Rev. Steven E. Carroll

The Nicene Creed BCP-326

The Prayers of the People BCP-328

The Peace BCP-332

THE HOLY COMMUNION

Eucharistic Prayer 1 BCP-333

The Lord’s Prayer BCP-336

All Baptized Christians are Welcome to Receive Communion. Post Communion Prayer BCP-339

The Blessing and Dismissal BCP-339

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Holy Choral Eucharist – Rite II 10:30 a.m.

The Word of God

Organ Preludes Chant du Paix Jean Langlais Litanie an das Feste Aller Seelen Franz Schubert

Gwen Norton, Mezzo-soprano For text & translation please see: “Announcements: Music in the Liturgy”

Choral Introit O How Blest Are Ye Whose Toils Are Ended Johann Sebastian Bach Processional Hymn “For All the Saints” H-287

Sine Nomine

Opening Acclamation BCP-355 Collect for Purity BCP-355 Gloria William Mathias S-278 The Collect of the Day

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.

Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster, and their going from us to be their destruction; but they are at peace. For though in the sight of others they were punished, their hope is full of immortality. Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good, because God tested them and found them worthy of himself; like gold in the furnace he tried them, and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.

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In the time of their visitation they will shine forth, and will run like sparks through the stubble. They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will reign over them forever. Those who trust in him will understand truth, and the faithful will abide with him in love, because grace and mercy are upon his holy ones, and he watches over his elect.

Psalm 24, Domini est terra BCP-613

(Anglican Chant sung by the Choir) Joseph Barnby 1 The earth is the LORD'S and all that is in it, *

the world and all who dwell therein. 2 For it is he who founded it upon the seas *

and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep. 3 "Who can ascend the hill of the LORD? *

and who can stand in his holy place?" 4 "Those who have clean hands and a pure heart, *

who have not pledged themselves to falsehood, nor sworn by what is a fraud.

5 They shall receive a blessing from the LORD * and a just reward from the God of their salvation."

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, * of those who seek your face, O God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come in.

8 "Who is this King of glory?" * "The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle."

9 Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; * and the King of glory shall come in.

10 "Who is he, this King of glory?" * "The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory."

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Revelation 21:1-6a

I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

"See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away."

And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end."

Gradual Hymn “Blest Are the Pure in Heart” H-656

Franconia

The Gospel (please stand) John 11:32-44

When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"

Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me." When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice,

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"Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

Sermon The Rev. Steven E. Carroll

The Nicene Creed BCP-358 The Prayers of the People (Form IV) BCP-388 The Peace BCP-360 Announcements

THE HOLY COMMUNION

Anthem In Paradisum (Requiem, Opus 48) Gabriel Fauré In paradisum deducant te Angeli;

tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem. [May the angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs receive you at your arrival and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem. May choirs of angels receive you and with Lazarus, once a poor man, may you have eternal rest.]

Presentation tune: Old Hundredth (Stanza 3) H-380

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below. Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Eucharistic Prayer A BCP-361 Sanctus Robert Powell S-129 Memorial Acclamation William Clisham Amen McNeil Robinson II S-146 The Lord’s Prayer BCP-364 The Breaking of the Bread BCP-364 Fraction Christ Our Passover David Hurd S-154 Agnus Dei David Hurd S-161

All Baptized Christians are Welcome to Receive Communion.

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Communion Motet O Sacred Feast Healey Willan O Sacred Feast, wherein Christ is received,

the memory of His passion is renewed in us, our souls are filled with grace, and the pledge of everlasting glory is given unto us. Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya.

Post Communion Prayer BCP-365 Prayer for the Election of a Rector BCP-818

Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Blessing BCP-366 Recessional Hymn “Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones” H-618 Lasst Uns Erfreuen The Dismissal BCP-366 Organ Postlude Allegro (Concerto in B-flat Major) Johann Gottfried Walther It has long been the custom at St. John’s Church for the congregation to be seated and listen to the Organ Postlude. Please do not feel compelled to do so; but if you prefer to leave immediately after the candles are extinguished, please depart quietly so those who wish to do so may listen prayerfully to the Postlude. Today’s altar flowers are given by Joanne and Larry Owen to the Glory of God and in memory of their Mothers and Fathers.

Announcements

Music in the Liturgy: Today is All Saints Day! All the music used in the liturgy, including the hymns reflects or amplifies the themes of the lessons and prayers appointed for this day. The Choir will chant the Psalm for the Day, Psalm 24 in an Anglican Chant setting by Joseph Barnby (1838-1896), English composer, conductor, and organist (St. Andrew’s, London). Among his many compositions are 246 hymn tunes. The Offering Anthem is the final movement of Requiem, Opus 48 by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), an important French Romantic composer, organist (Eglise de la

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Madelaine), and head of the Paris Conservatory. The Communion Motet is a setting by Healey Willan of an English translation of the ancient Latin Hymn, “O Sacrum Convivium”. Willan was an important and influential Canadian Church musician (Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto). The Organ Prelude is a brief, quiet “Song of Peace” by Jean Langlais (1907-1991), a blind French composer, organist and improviser. This work has been described as music in space rather than time. The Vocal Prelude is the “Litany for All Souls” by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), a prolific Austrian composer, among the greatest of his time. He wrote a large number of solo songs, this being one of his most enduring of a Religious nature. It is sung this morning by Dr, Gwen Norton, Mazzo-soprano. The text and translation are printed below. The Organ Postlude is the opening movement of an Orchestral Concerto transcribed for organ by Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748), a German Baroque music theorist, composer and organist whose orchestral transcriptions served as a model for those of J. S, Bach, who was Walther’s cousin.

Litany for the Feast of All Souls Ruh'n in Frieden alle Seelen, Rest in peace, all souls Die vollbracht ein banges Quälen, who have had done with anxious torment, Die vollendet süßen Traum, who have had done with sweet dreams Lebenssatt, geboren kaum, who, sated with life and hardly born, Aus der Welt hinüberschieden: have departed from this world: Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden! all souls rest in peace! Alle Geister, die, voll Klarheit, All the souls, who, full of clarity, Wurden Märtyrer der Wahrheit, became martyrs to Truth, Kämpften für das Heiligtum, struggling for sacred faith Suchten nicht der Marter Ruhm: but seeking not the martyr's crown: Alle die von hinnen schieden, all who have parted from here, Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden! all souls rest in peace! Auch die keinen Frieden kannten, And those who knew no peace Aber Mut und Stärke sandten but still had courage and strength to give Über leichenvolles Feld on fields strewn with corpses In die halbentschlaf'ne Welt: in a world half asleep: Alle die von hinnen schieden, all who have parted from here, Alle Seelen ruhn in Frieden! all souls rest in peace

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All Saints Day Evensong! This afternoon! St. John’s choir will offer a very special candle-lit Evensong on All Saints Day. Please plan to attend and invite your friends and neighbors. (Please practice your subtle evangelism!) We’ve already had a little publicity in the South Jersey Times, and you may have noticed the banner on our church fence. See the posters around the church for more details. It promises to be very inspiring. Great things are happening at St. John’s. Come and see, and spread the word. Handbell Ringers: Coming up, the St. John’s Handbell ringers will play two identical concerts on Saturday, December 5, at 1:00 & 2:15 PM during St. John’s open house in conjunction with the Salem City Yuletide Tour. They will also play Preludes for the Sunday, December 6 Holy Eucharist, and for the 10:30 PM Christmas Eve Festival Eucharist. Special Music Funds: The choir will sing two Evensongs and several special services during the 2015-2016 season. These special services require additional singers and instrumentalists who are not part of the annual budget. Please consider giving to either the Special Music Fund which covers these additional expenses for Easter Brass, Spring Strings, Evensong singers, etc., and/or the Special Organ Fund, which covers major organ repairs above and beyond the annual budget. Thank you for your generosity and support. Food Pantry: The Food Pantry distribution day is now only on Tuesday from noon to 2:00 p.m. This decision was made after some careful research which noted that there are a number of other pantry sites within Salem City which cover all the days of the week with the exception of Tuesday. There are copies of the distribution sites on the hall counter in the Parish House. Please note that we continue to need volunteers and contributions. We are served 63 people this week and ran out of food before 1:30. November 11/3 Open; 11/10 Trudy O’Hare; 11/17 Sue Harker; Volunteers 11/24 Bonnie and Rick Holmstrom. The sign-up sheet for November is posted on the office door…please volunteer. St. John’s will have a Trunk or Treat here on Oct 31, 2015, as an outreach for the neighborhood children from 4-6 p.m. Deacon Sally needs as many CARS as possible; secondly, anyone who cannot participate is asked to bring candy to the Parish House.

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It’s time for Operation Shoebox. Shoeboxes will be available for pick up after church today for this annual project. They can be filled with toys and hygienic products and returned by Nov 15. It only takes $20 to fill a box. Also monetary donations will be accepted. See Laurie Bailey for more information. St. John’s is looking for a few good servers! We need acolytes and chalicists to assist during the 10:30 Eucharist. Please contact David Miller (609-202-7197) or St. John's office (935-1798) for more information. Yoga Classes are now on Monday and Thursday nights from 5-6 p.m. in the Library; except on the third Monday of each month when the time is 5:30-6:30. We are sad to report the passing of Jim Paras. Please keep his wife, Elva, and his family and friends in your prayers. And also the passing of Charlotte Sweeney Ferguson. Please pray for her family and friends. May their souls, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.

Attendance Oct 4 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct 25 8:00 am 17 19 18 14 10:30 am 31 & 1 dog 33 29 35 Oct 25 $ 627.61 Pledge $ 63.80 Loose Counters: 11/01 Trudy O’Hare, Bill Mecum 11/08 Curt Harker, Aud Hamilton We appreciate the Participants in Today’s Services: 8:00 a.m. Presiding and Preaching The Rev. Steven E. Carroll Lector/Prayers of the People William Pankonien and Peg Fittabile 10:30 a.m. Presiding and Preaching The Rev. Steven E. Carroll Assisting The Rev. Deacon Sally Maurer

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Celebrants The People of St. John’s Chalicist Lector/Prayers of the People Nate Gable Acolyte Guild Ushers

This Week’s Parish Calendar

Sun, 11/1 All Saints’ Sunday. 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I in the Chapel; 9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal; 10:30 a.m. Holy Choral Eucharist Rite II in the Church; Fellowship Hour – ECW November Birthday Sunday; ECW Meeting; 4:00 p.m. Mon, 11/2 5:00-6:00 p.m. Yoga. Tue, 11/3 Quilters;

9-11 a.m. IAC; 8:00 p.m. NA.

Wed, 11/4 10:30-Noon CIACC Noon Holy Eucharist and Healing in Chapel; 12:30-2:00 YSC;

6:45 p.m. Handbell Rehearsal; 8:00 p.m. AA. Thu, 11/5 5:00-6:00 p.m. Yoga. Next Sun, 11/8

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost. 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I in the Chapel; 9:00 a.m. Choir Rehearsal; 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II in the Church; Fellowship Hour – ECW Sandwich Sunday; Vestry Monthly Meeting.

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Church Directory

Ordained Ministry The Rev. Steven E. Carroll, Rector Home (856) 376-3557 The Rev. Deacon Sally Maurer Cell (856) 297-2385 Sue Harker - Senior Warden (856)981-3047 David Miller - Junior Warden (609)202-7197 Ann Neff - Clerk (856) 358-9610 Mary Anne Clisham – Recording Secretary (908)472-7596 Ann Neff - Treasurer (856) 358-9610 Committees Liturgy and Worship Ron Wohlrab, Chair (856) 935-0098 Buildings and Grounds David Miller, Chair (609) 202-7197 Finance Chair Adult Education Eileen Miller, Chair, and Fr. Steve (609) 202-7220 Youth Education Chair Outreach Rev. Sally Maurer, Chair (856) 769-1409 ECW President Diane Wohlrab (856) 935-0098 Parish Staff Warren Bye – Parish Sexton (856) 935-1798 William F. Clisham, Jr., Minister of Music (908) 472-7597 Marjorie Warren – Parish Secretary (856) 935-1798 Eileen Miller, Forerunner Editor (609)202-7220 Email: ecmiller114@gmail.com