Readings, Hymns, and Music—February 2025

February 2
Presentation of Our Lord (Candlemas)
Lectionary
Malachi 3:1-4 | Psalm 84 | Hebrews 2:14-18 | Luke 2:22-40 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID HOLY COMMUNION
Service Music
Liturgy for All Seasons
Prelude
Arise, Shine
Jacob B. Weber (b. 1988)
Gathering Hymn
In His Temple Now Behold Him
elw 417
Psalm
Psalm 84
Thomas Pavlechko (b. 1962)
Gathering Hymn
This Little Light of Mine
elw 677
Offertory Anthem
Walk in the Light
André J. Thomas (b. 1952)
Communion Motet
O Lamb (I’m Gonna Serve God till I Die)
Spiritual, setting by Graham B. Buckland (b. 1951)
Communion Organ
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Setting by Rebecca Groom te Velde (b. 1956)
Sending Hymn
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
elw 490
Benediction Response
Nunc dimittis in B-flat
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Postlude
His Name So Sweet
Spiritual, setting by Richard Billingham (b. 1934)
February 3
Monday after Epiphany IV
7:00 PM
FIRST MONDAYS CONCERTS: Organ Extravaganza
Praeludium in G Major
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
Vater Unser Im Himmelreich
Georg Bohm (1661–1733)
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, bwv 552
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Tierce en Taille (Homage to Louis Couperin)
David P. Dahl (b. 1937)
Transformations (2024)
Jessica French (b. 1981)
Four Concert Etudes (2006)
David Briggs (b. 1962)
          Introduction
          Etude 1 Octaves
          Etude 2 Accordes alternees
          Etude 3 Sarabande avec double-pedale
          Etude 4 Tierces
February 9
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Lectionary
Isaiah 6:1–8, (9–13) | Psalm 138 | 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 | Luke 5:1–11 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID HOLY COMMUNION
Service Music
Liturgy for All Seasons
Prelude
Sinfonia
Henry Purcell (1659–1695), arr. S. Drummond Wolff (1916–2004)
Gathering Hymn
Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
elw 779
Psalm
Psalm 138
Thomas Pavlechko (b. 1962)
Gathering Hymn
Will You Come and Follow Me
elw 798
Offertory Anthem
I Believe This Is Jesus
Spiritual, setting by Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989)
Communion Motet
Let Us Break Bread Together
Spiritual, setting by William Lawrence (b.
Communion Organ
Morning Has Broken
Setting by Jari A. Villanueva (b.1955)
Sending Hymn
How Firm a Foundation
elw 796
Postlude
Festival Prelude, Te Deum laudamus
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (c. 1645–1704), arr. Wolff
February 16
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
Lectionary
Jeremiah 17:5–10 | Psalm 1 | 1 Corinthians 15:12–20 | Luke 6:17–26 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID HOLY COMMUNION
Service Music
Liturgy for All Seasons
Prelude
The Quiet Church
Mark Fax (1911–1974)
Gathering Hymn
Let Justice Flow Like Streams
elw 717
Psalm
Psalm 1
Rawn Harbor (b. 1947)
Gathering Hymn
I Come with Joy
elw 482
Offertory Anthem
I Can Tell the World
Moses Hogan (1957–2003)
Communion Motet
Abide with Me
Hogan
Communion Organ
Improvisation on “Abide with Me”
Sending Hymn
Give Me Jesus
elw 770
Postlude
Postlude on “Go Down, Moses” and “I Want to Be Ready”
Spirituals, setting by Charles Callahan (1951–2023)
7:30 PM
HYBRID COMPLINE
Processional
To You, before the Close of Day
Plainsong, mode 6
Orison
The Day You Gave Us, Lord, Has Ended
st. clement
Psalm
Psalm 37:1–6
Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)
Office Hymn
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Canticle
Nunc dimittis
Plainsong, mode 4, and Charles Wood (1866–1926)
Anthem
We, the Lord’s People
Setting by Jeffrey H. Rickard (b. 1944)
February 23
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
Lectionary
Genesis 45:3–11, 15 | Psalm 37:1–11, 39–40 | 1 Corinthians 15:35–38, 42–50 | Luke 6:27–38 full texts
10:00 AM
HYBRID HOLY COMMUNION
Service Music
Liturgy for All Seasons
Prelude
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
Spiritual, setting by Robert J. Powell (b. 1932)
Gathering Hymn
All Creatures, Worship God Most High!
elw 835
Psalm
Psalm 37: 1–11, 39–40
Nancy Raabe (b. 1954)
Gathering Hymn
In Christ There Is No East or West
elw 650
Offertory Anthem
City Called Heaven
Josephine Poelinitz (b. 1942)
Communion Motet
When We Love
Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979)
Communion Organ
Where True Love and Charity are Found
Setting by Marilyn Biery (b. 1959)
Sending Hymn
Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive
elw 605
Postlude
Fanfare on mckee
Setting by Charles Callahan (1951-2023)
Revised: 30 January 2025