Posts from March 2020
Prayer Resources during COVID-19
Beloved, As we continue during these days of social distancing, I commend to you these prayer resources for your own daily prayers. As more become available (or I remember existing ones that are pertinent), I will post them here and reference them. Peace to you, For easier navigation, click on the resource to jump to a section: from The Book of Common Prayerfrom Evangelical Lutheran Worshipfrom Psalmsfrom Virginia Theological Seminaryfrom Forward Movement from The Book of Common Prayer In the…
Responding to COVID-19
UPDATED: January 6, 2022 | 5:30 PM An Update on COVID-19 and In-Person Worship After consulting with the Wardens as well as Vestry Member Dr. Alan Seely-Wilson, I’m writing to update you on our approach to in-person worship as the Omicron variant is upon us: For all of the pandemic, our focus at the church has been a “zero-Covid” strategy. In other words, it was our aim with the precautions we adopted to prevent Covid from spreading during worship, making…
Lent 2020 Music Notes
Dear Friends, As we prepare to enter the season of Lent, you will certainly notice that the service music has changed to reflect the penitential nature of this season. First, rather than singing a Processional Hymn and the Gloria in excelsis Deo, our service on the First Sunday of Lent will began with the Great Litany. This alternating chant setting was composed by John Merbecke (ca.1510 – ca. 1585), an early Anglican composer. Martin Luther hailed the Litany as one of the greatest…