Music for Sunday 19 September

September has been shaping up as a festival-filled month in the Anglican Parish of Jika Jika -- last week was Triumph of the Holy Cross, and this week the parish is keeping St Matthew.  The reason for this is partly to do with observing the red-letter days, but also because there is a visit from Bishop Andudu Adam of the Kagdudgli Diocese in central Sudan.  There is a sizeable Sudanese community in the parish, which means this is a very important event which will cap off a weekend of activity.

This week is also the last Sunday of the school term.  The youth choir will be in recess during the school holidays, leaving the adults of the choir to carry the load.  Three choristers will be promoted this week -- two as head choristers, and one as a full chorister.  This brings the total of full choristers to six, not bad for one term's work.  There will be a little story in the local paper in the next week or two spruiking for more choristers.  We won't have enough robes soon, but that's a good problem to have!

The readings for the week are linked here.

The setting will be Philip Mathias's Christ Church Mass (Together in Song, 757).

Hymns are as follows:

Procession: For all the saints [455]
For the Psalm: The sky tells the glory of God [7]
Gradual: He sat to watch o'er customs paid [tune: Gonfalon Royal, 332]
Offertory: Dear Father, Lord of humankind [598]
Communion: Sweet sacrament divine 

The choir will be singing a communion anthem: Lead me, Lord -- S.S. Wesley

The postlude will be Processional -- William Mathias

For those keeping the Ordinary Sunday, here's what would have been on the menu.

Readings and Psalm setting -- the service setting would remain as above.  Hymns:

Introit: Stand up and bless the Lord [449]
Gradual: There's a wideness in God's mercy [136]
Offertory: Ye watchers and ye holy ones [150]
Communion: Sweet sacrament divine