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

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● 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

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

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● Final Hymn: He Comes to Us as One Unknown  

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● Postlude:  To Heathen Folk He Hath Brought Light

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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

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

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●  Final Hymn: How Bright Appears the Morning Star  

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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)

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●  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)

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

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

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    "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)

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Print Files

• Service Booklet
• Hymns Sheet

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