02-28-2021 Morning Prayer Service Readings, Homily, Music - The 2nd Sunday of Lent
Rev. Brian Blayer officiated. Parishioner Peter Kosciusko was the lector. Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (organ).  XXXXX was the videographer.

Parishioner David Doiron recorded the service's audio with the church’s sound system and recording equipment and edited the recorded tracks.

Recorded tracks:

• Prelude: Christ Thou Lamb of God (BWV 619   (J.S. Bach)

  

• Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
  
  
• First Hymn: All My Hope on God is Founded (Lyrics - Joachim Neander, Tune - "Michael" Herbert Howells)  
  

                                                           

• Lesson 1: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16 (Peter Kosciusko)
  
• Lesson 2: Mark 8:31-38 (Peter Kosciusko)
  
• Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
  
  
• Hymn after Homily: When the Poor One Who Has Nothing (Words: J. A. Olivar and Miguel Manzano, Music: El Camino, J. A. Olivar and Miguel Manano)
  
• Hymn before the General Thanksgiving: Jesus Calls Us; O’er the Tumult (Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, Music: Restoration, melody from The Southern Harmony)
  
• Final Hymn: Lord, You Give The Great Commission (Words: Jeffery Rowthorn,Music: Abbot’s Leigh, Cyril Vincent Taylor) 
  
• Postlude: These are the Holy Ten Commands BWV 635 (J.,S. Bach)
  

The Service Booklet with Hymn Lyrics for the Morning Prayer Service on 02-28-21, the 2nd Sunday of Lent.

St. Mark's Weekly Announcements. (Will open  in new browser tab or window.)

The audio recordings for St. Mark's monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Service on Feb. 21.
Parishioner and retired Lutheran Pastor Bruce Steinway officiated. Parishioner David Sykes was the lector. Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (organ).  Madison Day was the videographer.

The audio was processed using the church’s sound system and recording equipment.

Recorded tracks:

    ▪    Prelude: 618 (BWV) O Lamb of God, Most Stainless  (J.S. Bach)
   
    ▪    Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Bruce Steinnway)
      
    ▪    First Hymn: Lord Jesus, Think on Me (Synesius of Cyrene, 375-430 Translator:SOUTHWELL)
       
    ▪    2nd Hymn: O Lord, Throughout These Forty Days (Words: Claudia Frances Hernaman, Music: St. Flavian, melody from Day’s Psalter, 1562)
       
    ▪    Lesson 1: Jeremiah 15:15-21 (Dave Sykes)
       
    ▪    Lesson 2: Mark 1:9-15 (Dave Sykes)
      
    ▪    Homily (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
       
    ▪    Hymn after Homily: Restore In Us, O God (Author: Carl P. Daw Jr.)
       
    ▪    Hymn after The Lord's Prayer: I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (Spiritual)
       
    ▪    Final Hymn: A Mighty Fortress is our God (Martin Luther)
       
    ▪    Postlude: 620(BWV) Christ, by Whose All-Saving Light (J.S. Bach)

The Facebook Live video of St. Mark’s monthly 9 AM Lutheran Morning Prayer Service on 02-21-2021, The 1st Sunday of Lent, in St. Mark's Chapel. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Pastor Bruce Steinway officiated. Music Director Charles Houmard played organ. UConn student Angela Garcia-Clark was the soloist. Parishioner David Sykes read the Lessons.

Link to the Video Recording

The Service Booklet for the First Sunday in Lent's 9 AM Service. Rev. Bruce Steinway, retired Lutheran priest and St. Mark’s parishioner, officiates for our monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Service. The booklet includes the hymn lyrics.

St. Mark's Chapel's Ash Wednesday services in a time of the coronavirus. Information about Facebook Live services and Ashes to Go Kits.
The Link:  https://mailchi.mp/9fabe5454134/ash-wednesday-service?e=ed78b9badf

​Due to a forecast of freezing rain, I played it safe and didn’t go to the church to run the recording system. I extracted all the audio tracks from the Facebook Live recording of the 9 AM morning prayer service.
The placement of the extended iPhone microphone for the Facebook Live recording in front of one of the sound system has resulted in audio that is much cleaner and adequate for the spoken portions of the service. 

Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (piano, organ).
Recorded tracks: 

●  Prelude: Lord God, Open Wide Thy Heaven

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  First Hymn: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

●  Lesson 1: Jeremiah 15:15-21 (Bruce Steinway)

●  Lesson 2: Mark 8:34-38 (Bruce Steinway)

●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Post-Homily Hymn: Get Together

●  Hymn before A Prayer of St. Chrysostom: I Believe 

●  Final Hymn: Christ for the World We Sing  

●  Postlude: In Peace And Joy I Come

The video of the Morning Prayer Service on 02-14-2021. Links for the service booklet and hymn sheet are below.

Audio Recordings for 02-07-21, the 5th Sunday after The Epiphany
Due to an incoming snowstorm, I played it safe and didn’t go to the church to run the recording system. I extracted the audio from the Facebook Live recording of the 9 AM morning prayer service.
The placement of the extended iPhone microphone for the Facebook Live recording in front of one of the sound system has resulted in audio that is much cleaner and adequate for the spoken portions of the service. There is a lack of balance between the organ and the soloist that I can correct with the multi-track recording system.

Recorded tracks:

1. Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
   
2. Lesson 1:Isaiah 40:21-31 (Sue Gagnon)
3. Lesson 2: Mark 1:29-39 (Sue Gagnon)
4. Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
   

Print Files

• Service Booklet
  
• Music Insert