Holy Communion - September 27th, 2026 (The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost)

Full service of holy Communion for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 20th, 2026. Our rector, the Rev. Joan F. Conley, was celebrant and read the Gospel, and preached. Mike Norris read the other lessons and served as acolyte. Gary Yacono led prayers and served as Eucharistic Minister with James Pruden. Musical selections included: PRELUDE: "Prayer" from THE MAGIC FLUTE (public domain) TUNE: W. A. Mozart PROCESSIONAL: "Brethren, We have Met to Worship" HOLY MANNA (public domain) TEXT: George Askins | TUNE: Attributed to William Moore GLORIA: From The Hymnal 1982 OFFERTORY: "Be Still for the Presence of the Lord" © 1986 Kingsway's Thankyou Music, admin. EMI Christian Music Publishing TEXT & TUNE: David Evans SANCTUS: From The Hymnal 1982 COMMUNION: "City Called Heaven" TEXT & TUNE: African-American spiritual, authorship unknown ARRANGEMENT: Hall Johnson © 1949, 2007 G. Schirmer RECESSIONAL: "Great is Thy Faithfulness" FAITHFULNESS (public domain) TEXT: Thomas O. Chisholm (1923) | TUNE: William M. Runyan POSTLUDE: "March" from SYMPHONY #3 (public domain) TUNE: Charles Marie Widor COVER PHOTO CREDIT: Mosaic of St. Matthew inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, photographed by Fr. Lawrence Lew OP (flickr.com/paullew) used under Creative Commons license. Some rights reserved. Other photo details in closing credits. Please contact us for assistance identifying individual artists.