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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
  

Music from The Morning Prayer Service - 01-31-21
Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Chris Lundell (organ) filling in for our organist, Charles Houmard. The music and its placement in the service:

• First Hymn: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
  
• Post-Homily Hymn: Sing to the Lord a new Song
  
• Hymn Before A Prayer of St. Chrysostom: Lord I want to Live for Thee
  
• Final Hymn: Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim 
  

Morning Prayer Service - 01-31-21
The audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system of the 9 AM morning prayer service on 01-31-2021 in St. Mark's Chapel on the UCONN Storrs Campus. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (soloist) and Chris Lundell (organ and piano).

Recorded tracks:

• Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
• Lesson 1:Deuteronomy 18:15-20 (Harry Evageliou)
• Lesson 2: Mark 1:21-28 (Harry Evageliou)
• Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

Print Files
    ▪    Service Booklet
    ▪    Music Insert

Belatedly, here's the weekly announcements (Internet connectivity problems)

Music from the 01-24-2021 Morning Prayer Service for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany.
The audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system in St. Mark's Chapel on the UCONN Storrs Campus. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (vocalist) and Charles Houmard
(organ and piano).

The recorded tracks (The mp3 files provided for people with slower Internet connect speeds. The wav files provide the greatest fidelity):

●  First Hymn: I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
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●  Post-Homily Hymn: Take My Yoke Upon You
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●  Hymn before A Prayer of St. Chrysostom: They Cast their Nets in Galilee
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●  Final Hymn: Done Made My Vow  
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Morning Prayer Service for 01-24-2021, the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany
Audio recordings of the opening remarks, readings and homily. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (vocalist) and Charles Houmard
organ and piano). Links to the songs will be loaded when I finish editing them.

Recorded tracks:

• Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
• Lesson 1:Jonah 3:1-5, 10 (Peter Kosciusko)
• Lesson 2: Mark 1:14-20 (Peter Kosciusko)
• Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

Print Files

• Service Booklet
• Music Insert

Video of the entire service

01-17-2021 9 AM Lutheran Prayer Service at St. Mark's for The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

This was the first of the monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Services at St. Mark’s, with the Rev. Bruce Steinway, a retired Lutheran priest and St. Mark’s parishioner officiating. Music was taken from the Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal, and the service was the Lutheran morning prayer service.

The audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system of the 9 AM service. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet. Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (soloist) and Charles Houmard (organ). The hymns were chosen from the

There are 2 versions of each song. The MP3 version is of slightly lower quality but because of its smaller file size is the better choice for slower Internet connections. The WAV file version has the same quality as the original recording. For instance, here are the file sizes of the first hymn, "Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song":
WAV file: 24.5 Megabytes (MB)
MP3 file:    3.0 Megabytes (MB)

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
●  First Hymn: Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song

• WAV file
• MP3 file

● Lesson 1: I Corinthians 6:11b-20 (Sue Gagnon)
● Lesson 2: John 1:43-51 (Sue Gagnon)
● Homily (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
● Post-Homily Hymn: Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said

• WAV file
• MP3 file

● Hymn after The Lord’s Prayer: Blessed Be the God of Israel

• WAV file
• MP3 file

● Final Hymn: He Comes to Us as One Unknown  

• WAV file
• MP3 file

● Postlude:  To Heathen Folk He Hath Brought Light

• WAV file
• MP3 File

PDF Print Files

• Service Booklet
• Hymn Sheet

Video - Sunday Morning Prayer Service (Lutheran)

This was the first of monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Services at St. Mark’s, with the Rev. Bruce Steinway, a retired Lutheran priest and St. Mark’s parishioner officiating. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the chapel continues to have no congregation present.

Music Director Charles Houmard played organ. UConn student Angela Garcia-Clark sang.

• The video of the entire service
  
• Permanent link to the Service Booklet
  
• Permanent link to the hymn insert
  

Jan. 10, 2021, Epiphany Sunday
Audio of Announcements, readings, homily and music. Links to printer-ready copies of the service booklet and hymns sheet.

This Sunday's audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service in St. Mark's Chapel on the UCONN Storrs Campus. The audio  extracted from the iPhone recording of the Facebook Live video broadcast has been of such poor quality that I was spending way too much time trying to edit it enough to clarify the spoken word. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by Will Mandelbaum (soloist) and Charles Houmard
piano, organ).

Recorded tracks:
●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Opening Hymn: Song of Thankfulness and Praise

• MP3 version for slower Internet connections
• WAV high-quality version for faster Internet connections

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 60:1-6 (Bruce Steinway)
●  Lesson 2: Matthew 2:1-12 (Bruce Steinway)
●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Post-Homily Hymn: Lo How a Rose is E’er Blooming

• MP3 version
• WAV version

●  Hymn before Prayer of St. Chrysostom: We Three Kings of Orient Are

• MP3 version
• WAV version

●  Final Hymn: How Bright Appears the Morning Star  

• MP3 version
• WAV version

PDF Printer-Ready Files
    ▪    Service Booklet
    ▪    Music Insert

Link to the Weekly Announcements for 01-08-2021.

The audio for the 2nd Sunday After Christmas 9 AM Prayer Service at St. Mark's Chapel,
The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 01-03-2021 in St. Mark's Chapel. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (piano, organ).

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Opening Hymn: The First Nowell vs. 1, 3, 5, 6 (Anonymous)

• MP3 File
• WAV File

●  Lesson 1: Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a (Madison Day)
●  Lesson 2: Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 (Madison Day)
●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Post-Homily Hymn: Lully, Lullay (Anonymous 16th century)

• MP3 File
• WAV File

●  Hymn before Prayer of St. Chrysostom: He Shall Feed His Flock from Handel's “Messiah”

• MP3 File
• WAV File

●  Final Hymn: The Work of Christmas (Lyrics by Howard Thurman, Music by Dan Forrest)

• MP3 File
• WAV File

    "The Work of Christmas" Lyrics:
        When the song of the angels is stilled,
        When the star in the sky is gone,
        When the kings and princes are home,
        When the shepherds are back with their flock,
        The work of Christmas begins:

        To find the lost,
        To heal the broken,
        To feed the hungry,
        To release the prisoner,
        To rebuild the nations,
        To bring peace among brothers,
        To make music from the heart.

●  Postlude: Come Christian Folk (J.S. Bach)

• MP3 File
• WAV File

Print Files

• Service Booklet
• Hymns Sheet

Link to the Weekly News (The page includes links for the Sunday Service Booklet and the hymn sheet.)

The 2020 Christmas Day Morning Prayer Service

The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 12-25-2020 in St. Mark's Chapel.

Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (piano, organ). Unfortunately, excessive clipping on all the music tracks resulted in intolerable levels of distortion.

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 9:2-7 (Madison Day

●  Lesson 2: Luke 2:1-14(15-20) (Madison Day

●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

Episcopal Church in CT Virtual Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols
Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020 from 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Filmed around Connecticut, the ECCT-wide Virtual Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols with Spiritual Communion  service will feature lectors, lay participants, clergy, and musicians from across the Episcopal Church in CT

Check this link to get the service booklet and access the service: Christmas 2020