Songs & Updates for Saturday, March 25, 2017

This Saturday is the 4th Sunday of Lent.

Nice job last week! It was fun to pull out a few songs we don't do too often, such as Dust and Ashes and Change Our Hearts. The guitar and piano parts for Come to the Lord still aren't quite blending, but with two weeks to go, I'm not too worried about it at this point.

Father Charlie scheduled a meeting for Thursday, 03/23, to plan Holy Week. Stay tuned for more info on this. In the interim, the music has been drafted, and we're beginning to sort out instrument coverage. We're usually a bit light for Good Friday, so if you're able to sing or play that afternoon, that would be great!

We have another RCIA Rite of Dismissal/Sending on Saturday. As usual, we'll do the refrain and first verse from A Lamp for Our Feet.

UPDATE: 03/22: there will not be an RCIA Rite of Dismissal this weekend after all, so no need to worry about doing A Lamp for Our Feet. Barb let me know that none of the RCIA candidates are able to be there. It'll still be in the program, but Father will simply skip over it.

Don't forget that the first few bars of the Storrington Mass Holy, Holy, Holy has a different rhythm than we're used to from other Settings. I'm hearing two different melody lines when we sing it. Let's see if we can clean this up before Mass.

We experimented with only repeating the Lamb of God a total of four times. Due to the way this song is structured, when we jump to the final refrain, it isn't always obvious to Father and the congregation. Four repeats wasn't quite enough, so we may want to add a couple more to be safe. Slowing the tempo down should also help -- this was discussed, but I ended up starting it too fast.

Maggie and Tim are out this week. Eva will be playing piano. I've also asked her to cover for me as director on 04/01 and 04/29.

Gathering:
SS #151 – Come to the Lord
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Penitential Rite:
Storrington Mass
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Response:
SS #059 – Ps 23 – Shepherd Me, O God
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Lenten Gospel Acclamation:
Storrington Mass
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RCIA Rite of Dismissal:
A Lamp for Our Feet (Haas)

Offertory:
GC3 #486 – Deep Within
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Holy, Holy, Holy:
Storrington Mass
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Eucharistic Acclamation (C):
Storrington Mass
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Eucharistic Doxology:
Storrington Mass
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Lamb of God:
Storrington Mass
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Communion:
GC3 #475 – Tree of Life
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Closing:
GC3 #482 – The Cross of Jesus
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