Music for July 26, 2020 + The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

Vocal Music

• Be Thou My Vision– Irish Folk Tune, Margie VanBrackle, soprano, Hans VanBrackle, guitar

Instrumental Music

• Allegro from Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293, "Autumn" (L'autunno)– Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee – arr. Carolyne Taylor (21st C.)

Congregational Music (all hymns from the Hymnal 1982.)

• Hymn 615  "Thy kingdom come" (ST. FLAVIAN)
• Hymn of  Praise S-236 – Canticle 13: Glory to You – John Rutter (b. 1945)

The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Go often askew,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy! - To a Mouse, by Robert Burns

I had every intention of including a virtual choir anthem by the Good Shepherd Choir in the July 26 Worship service, but a gremlin in the system (or one of the submitted videos) made it an almost impossible task. As I am away this week in Memphis, my laptop computer didn't want to fully cooperate, so the Anthem this week is a beautiful setting of the Irish folk tune, SLANE, with the familiar words, Be Thou My Vision. Margie and Hans VanBrackle recorded this for us back in April for one of our earlier services. It was so lovely I included it again this week.

I DID get to use the choir in singing this Sunday's hymn, which goes along well with both the Epistle and the Gospel readings. So sing along with the choir on "Thy kingdom come, on bended knee."