Home Worship for the Holy Trinity, June 7, 2020

Dear members of God’s family at Resurrection Church,

This Sunday is one week after Pentecost, thus one week after the end of Easter’s 50 days. We keep this festival day, called Trinity Sunday, as a summary of all the grace, love and communion that was given to us in Lent and Easter, and we do this before we begin again to keep the series of standard Sundays through the year. We have been baptized in the rich name of the Triune God. Although we cannot meet in person now to greet each other in that name, we can greet each other from afar by praying together. If you are able, join your fellow members of the Resurrection family by using these worship materials at 10 am on Sunday, June 7.

Worship material for the Holy Trinity, June 7, 2020

And don't forget: 

Spark Family Sunday SchoolSpark Family Sunday School has lessons for today about "Creation"

The following have been posted to YouTube; here is the YouTube Playlist for June 7, 2020:

Music Notes

Hymn of the Day: “Rise, Shine, You People”, #665
Text: Ronald A. Klug (1939)
Tune: WOJTKIEWIECZ, Dale Wood, (1934-2003)

Starting with this text from Isaiah 60:1: “Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you,” Ronald A. Klug wrote this text originally purposed for the Epiphany season. Thankfully it has come to embrace an even wider purpose to “hurl your songs and prayers against the darkness.”

In addition to consulting, conducting and writing articles, Dale Wood composed over 300 musical compositions, from hymn tunes to a music drama with orchestra. When he wrote the tune for Klug’s text he gave it his family name, Wojtkiewiecz, which was simplified when the family came to the United States.

Musical Reflection: St. Patrick’s Breastplate
Rebecca Groom Te Velde (1956)

Saint Patrick's Breastplate, a prayer of protection, also known as The Deer's Cry, The Lorica of Saint Patrick or Saint Patrick's Hymn, is a lorica. In the Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection in which the petitioner invokes all the power of God as a safeguard against evil in its many forms. The Latin word lōrīca originally meant "armor" or "breastplate." Both meanings come together in the practice of placing verbal inscriptions on the shields or armorial trappings of knights, who might recite them before going into battle. The original Old Irish lyrics of this hymn were traditionally attributed to Saint Patrick during his Irish ministry in the 5th century. In 1889 it was adapted into the hymn I Bind Unto Myself Today.

Rebecca Groom Te Velde is a third-generation professional organist, following both parents and her grandfather. In 1991 she assumed her present position as organist of First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater, OK. She is an active performer, composer, clinician, and adjunct instructor of music at Oklahoma State University.

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