Easter 4 - April 21 2013

• Organ: Voluntary in G major – William Russell (1777-1813)
• Opening Hymn 349 “All people that on earth do dwell”
• Service Music: John Merbecke
• Psalm 23 (metrical) – Hymn 520 “The King of Love my Shepherd is”
• Gospel Alleluia

Choir: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Cantor: I am the good shepherd, says the Lord: I know my own sheep and my own know me. All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

• Offertory Hymn 278 “Jerusalem the golden”
• Anthem: “For the beauty of the earth” – Andrew Carter
• Communion Hymn 361 “Surely it is God who saves me”
• Concluding Hymn 351 “Rejoice in God, all earthly lands”
• Organ: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the bonds of death) - Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785)

Music Notes

The concert on April 28th (next Sunday) at 2:00 will be given by two Latvian artists, Artis Simanis and Kristine Adamaite. Artis is a saxophonist and the chair of the Latvian Academy of Music. Kristine is the organist of the Anglican Church in Riga and a lecturer at the Luther seminary. Both have concertized extensively in Latvia, the Soviet Union and Europe. This concert will be their only appearance in Toronto. Please try to attend, enjoy the music and lend some support to our resident Latvian congregation. A freewill offering will be taken.