April 2024
Sunday March 31st Easter Day
10:30am Holy Communion
Service booklet: Eastertide
Hymn: AM 205 Jesus Christ is risen today (V1 lines 1 & 2 unison, v3 lines 3&4 unison)
Gloria Peruvian Gloria AM 416
New Testament reading Acts 10:34-43 (p. 1104))
Gradual hymn: AM 215 See what a morning, gloriously bright (Harmony sheet) (V1 unison)
Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 (p. 1023)
Offertory hymn: AM 194 Alleluia, Alleluia Hearts to heaven and voices raise (V1 lines 1-4 and v4 unison)
Sanctus and Benedictus: Appleford
Anthem during the communion: AM 219 This joyful Eastertide &
AM 212 Now the green blade rises from the buried grain
Hymn: AM 218 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
Sunday April 7th Second Sunday of Easter
10:30am Holy Communion
Service booklet: Eastertide
Hymn: AM 197 Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord (V1 unison)
Gloria: Appleford
New Testament reading Acts 4:32-35 (p.1096)
Gradual Anthem: The strife is o’er (arr Henry Ley)
Gospel: John 20:19-31 (p.1089)
Offertory hymn: AM 213 (omit verses 2 & 3) O sons and daughters let us sing (Tune Victory AM 217) (V1 & 9 unison)
Sanctus and Benedictus: Appleford
Hymns during the communion: AM 209 Love’s redeeming work is done &
AM 210 Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day
Hymn: AM 216 The day of resurrection!
Sunday April 14th Third Sunday of Easter
10:30am Holy Communion
Service booklet: Eastertide
Hymn: AM 207 Jesus lives! Thy terrors now (v5 unison)
Gloria Appleford
New Testament reading Acts 3:12-19 (p. 1095)
Gradual hymn: AM 199 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
Gospel: Luke 24:36b-48 (p.1062)
Offertory hymn: AM 507 We have a gospel to proclaim (V4 & V6 unison)
Sanctus and Benedictus: Appleford
Anthem during the communion: All in the April Evening (Hugh S Roberton) &
AM 452 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Hymn: Sheet: Low in the grave he lay
6:30pm Choral Evensong
Book of Common Prayer (Shorter Prayer Book)
Responses: William Smith
Hymn: AM 209 Love’s redeeming work is done (V5 unison)
Psalm 114 (Chant 286 Tonus Peregrinus)
Oldf Testament reading Deuteronomy 7:7-13 (p.186)
Magnificat Stanford in C
Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 (p. 1023)
Nunc Dimittis Stanford in C
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father (S.S Wesley)
Hymn: AM 200 (omit v 4) Christ the Lord is risen, again (Wurttemberg)
Sermon:
Hymn: AM 221 Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (V1 & V6 Unison. Final “Alleluia Amen” harmony)
Sunday April 21st Fourth Sunday of Easter
10:30am Holy Communion
Service booklet: Eastertide
Hymn: AM 217 The strife is o’er
Gloria Appleford
New Testament reading Acts 4:5-12 (p.1095)
Gradual hymn: AM 800 The Lord’s my shepherd
Gospel: John 10:11-18 (p.1076)
Offertory hymn: AM 198 At the lamb’s high feast we sing (V1 lines 1-4 and V4 unison)
Sanctus and Benedictus: Appleford
Anthem during the communion: The Lord is my shepherd (Howard Goodall). AM 211 Now is eternal life
Hymn: AM 806 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (v4 unison)
Sunday April 28th Fifth Sunday of Easter
10:30am Holy Communion
Service booklet: Eastertide
Hymn: AM 212 Now the green blade rises from the buried grain
Gloria Appleford
New Testament reading Acts 8:26-40 (p. 1101)
Gradual hymn: Sheet: You are the vine, we are the branches
Gospel: John 15:1-8 (p.1083)
Offertory hymn: AM 494 I, the Lord of sea and sky
Sanctus and Benedictus: Appleford
Anthem during the communion: AM 432 Bread of the world &
AM 471 We pray thee heavenly Father (Tune Dies Dominica Sheet)
Hymn: AM 218 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son