Announcements

St. Martin’s News for the Week of Sunday, 5/31/2026 From the RectorDear Ones,This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, and it seems appropriate that we are also taking time to celebrate and thank so many members of our community. I wanted to add my own word of thanks to everyone who makes the liturgy and the music at St. Martin’s so wonderful week after week, especially our sanctuary choir and their leaders, Suzanne and Jeffrey, as well as all of those who have stepped up this year to provide leadership to our children and youth. Thank you My sense of gratitude was…

St. Martin’s News for the Week of Sunday, 5/24/2026 This Sunday – Pentecost Sunday! One 10am Service and BarbecueOne Service at 10am: On Sunday, we’ll all worship together at one 10am service. This is our last Fourth Sunday service until Fall. Fourth Sunday services are a little shorter than usual and more accessible to the youngest in our congregation. We have a Pop-Up Choir, and all are invited to come up and sing the anthem (see Music Notes below). We’re excited to have readers in a variety of world languages for the Acts of the Apostles reading and thank those…

Announcements for the Week of Sunday, May 17, 2026 Happening at Church This Sunday, May 17Music Notes for 10am Service: On this Sunday after the Ascension, our music reflects the Church’s life in the transition between Christ’s departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Jeffrey’s Prelude, a ricercar by Pachelbel, begins with an ascending chromatic motif, which reverses and descends, symbolizing the Ascension of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit. The Offertory anthem, “If Ye Love Me” was composed by Thomas Tallis during the English Reformation. Find the full music notes here. “Knowing Jesus in a New Way” Bible Study after…

31 May 2026, Trinity Sunday Audio recording of the 10am service, sermon by the Very Rev. Dr. Pamela Dolan Service Bulletin: / 26_05_31_10AM_FINAL Where’s the Music? Prelude (“Passacaglia In Festo Pentecostes“, by Jason Woodman, at 0:00, Opening Hymn, at 7:10, Psalm 8, at 17:58, Sequence hymn, at 20:54, Baptismal litany, at 40:38, Procession to the Font, at 41:52, Hymn during Asperges, at 46:18, Offertory Anthem (“Achieved is the Glorious Work“, by Franz Josef Haydn), at 58:33, Offertory response, at 1:02:25, Sanctus, at 1:04:08, Fraction anthem, at 1:09:17, Anthem (“Lead Me, Lord“, by Samuel Wesley), at 1:10:47, Communion music, at 1:12:27,…

24 May 2026, the Day of Pentecost Audio recording of the 10am service, “fourth Sunday sermon” by the Very Rev. Dr. Pamela Dolan Service Bulletin: / 26_05_24_10AM_FINAL Where’s the Music? Prelude (“Pieces d’orgue pur le Magnificat, Suite du Premier Ton: Plein Jeu“, by Jean-Adam Guilain, “Le Banquet Celeste” , by Olivier Messiaenat 0:00, Opening Hymn, at 10:16, Song of Praise, at 13:47. Sequence hymn, at 24:02, Hymn during Asperges, at 38:47, Offertory Anthem (“When the Spirit Says Do“, arr. by Mark Freundt), at 52:15, Offertory response, at 56:38, Sanctus, at 58:11, Communion music, at 1:02:36, Closing hymn, at 1:12:33, Postlude…

17 May 2026, the Seventh Sunday of Easter Audio recording of the 10am service, sermon by the Rev. Debbie Hawkins Service Bulletin: 26_05_17_10AM_FINAL Where’s the Music? Prelude (“Ricercar“, by Johann Pachelbel, at 0:00, Opening Hymn, at 11:24, Song of Praise, at 14:18. Psalm 68, at 18:16, Sequence hymn, at 23:26, Offertory Anthem (“If ye love me“, by Thomas Tallis), at 55:47, Offertory response, at 58:08, Sanctus, at 59:35, Fraction Anthem, at 1:04:49, Communion music, at 1:05:49, Closing Hymn, at 1:15:02. Postlude (“Lord of the Dance” by Adam Clarke), at 1:17:27.  

10 May 2026, the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation Day) Audio recording of the 10am service, sermon by Mae Barnes Service Bulletin: (The bulletin for this service is unavailable.) Where’s the Music? Hymn for Rogation procession, at 0:00, Opening Hymn, at 11:09, Song of Praise, at 14:22. Psalm 66, at 18:59, Sequence hymn, at 23:32, Offertory Anthem (“The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God“, by Franz Josef Haydn), at 56:14, Offertory response, at 1:03:07, Sanctus, at 1:04:45, Fraction Anthem, at 1:10:12, Communion music, at 1:11:14, Closing Hymn, at 1:20:09. Postlude (Postlude on Aeterna Christi munera” by Healey Willan), at…

03 May 2026, the Fifth Sunday of Easter Audio recording of the 10am service, sermon by the Very Rev. Dr. Pamela Dolan Service Bulletin: 26_05_03_10AM_FINAL Where’s the Music? Prelude (“Felix namque“, by Thomas Tallis, at 0:00 Opening Hymn, at 11:24, Song of Praise, at 15:15. Psalm 31, at 18:42, Sequence hymn, at 22:15, Offertory Anthem (“Let Not Your Heart be Troubled“, by Bob Burroughs), at 52:33, Offertory response, at 55:06, Sanctus, at 56:41, Fraction Anthem, at 1:02:06, Communion music, at 1:03:06, Closing Hymn, at 1:09:31. Postlude (Postlude on Tallis’ Ordinal”, at 1:13:39.