Music for 112011 Christ the King

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
He is exalted

Opening Song
We fall down
Holy, holy, holy (NICEA)

Confession
Amazing love (You are my king)

Scripture/Proclamation
Thy Word

Offertory
Brandon Heath, Give me your eyes

Doxology
Give thanks

Closing Song
All hail the power of Jesus name

11 AM
Hymns
142, All hail the power of Jesus’ name (CORONATION)
149, The head that once was crowned (ST. MAGNUS)
144, Alleluia, sing to Jesus (HYFRYDOL)

Confession
Purcell, Glory be to God the Father, (WESTMINSTER ABBEY)

Anthem
Arr. Hal Hopson, All hail the power of Jesus’ name

Doxology
LASST UNS ERFREUEN (With alleluias)

Benediction
2279, You shall go out with joy (TREES OF THE FIELD)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Arr. Richardson, Let all things now living
Connor Watson and Drew Banzhoff, piano duet

Offertory: Leopold Mozart, Entrée
Caleb Holladay, organ

Postlude: Jehan Alain, Litanies

Music for worship 111311

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
I give you my heart
Heart of worship

Opening Song
Lord, I lift your name on high

Confession
Glory, glory hallelujah

Creed
Lord, be glorified

Offertory
TBA Title, Andy Gwynn, guitar

Closing Song
More love, more power

11 AM
Hymns
555, Now thank we all our God (NUN DANKET ALL GOTT)
428, We give thee but thine own (SCHUMANN)
434, Today we are call to be disciples (KINGSFOLD)

Confession
579, Glory be to the Father, (GREATOREX)

Doxology
OLD HUNDREDTH

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: JS Bach, Prelude in C
Nick Murphy, piano
Offertory: Homilius, If you will trust in God to guide you
Postlude: Cherwien, Had I a thousand voices

Music for 110611

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Days of Elijah

Opening Song
Better is one day

Confession
Lord, be glorified

Offertory
Everlasting God

Communion
Responses by Leon Roberts

Closing Song
Soon and very soon

11 AM

Hymns
526, For all the saints (SINE NOMINE)
17, “Sleepers, wake,” a voice astounds us (WACHET AUF)

Confession
Purcell, Glory be to God the Father (WESTMINSTER ABBEY)

Doxology
LASST UNS ERFREUEN, with Alleluias

Communion
Responses by Elise Eslinger
Music at the distribution: 2284, Joy in the morning 2282, I’ll fly away

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: JS Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme
Offertory: Andre Thomas, Keep your lamps (Chancel Choir)
Postlude: Arr. Robert Hobby, Voluntary on WACHET AUF

Faure Requiem

Black Mountain Presbyterian Church will present a special service of remembrance and light on Sunday evening November 6 at 7PM at the church at 117 Montreat Road in Black Mountain. During the service the Chancel Choir of the church will perform “Requiem” by Gabriel Fauré. Admission to this formal service is free and open to the public. This service will help participants call to mind and commemorate family and friends who have died; the service will conclude with the lighting of candles in memory of those who have died. This worship service will include Bible readings, poetry as well as hymns and the special music to be performed by the choir. Fauré composed his Requiem over a span of several months between 1887 and 1890. It was performed at Fauré’s own funeral in 1924 and premiered in the US in 1931. In this setting the choir will be accompanied by a small ensemble including Mike Barker, organ; Michael Brubaker and Christina Cornell, French horns; Alice Keith Knowles, violin; and Judy Bailey, harp. Contact the church 669-2725 or michaelb@bmpcnc.org for more information.

Music for 103011

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
He has made me glad

Opening Song
Made me glad

Confession
The first song of Isaiah

Creed
Jesus Christ is Lord

Prayers
The Lord’s Prayer

Offertory
Tomlin, Not to us

Doxology
Give thanks

Closing Song
Refiner’s fire (Purify my heart)

11 AM
Hymns
260, A mighty fortress (EIN FESTE BURG)
369, I’m gonna live so God can use me (I’M GONNA LIVE)
343, Called as partners in Christ’s service (BEECHER)

Confession
2030, The first song of Isaiah (FIRST SONG)

Anthem
Cindy Berry, At the name of Jesus

Doxology
592, OLD HUNDREDTH

PipeScreams III program

Below is the program for PipeScreams III, Nightmare on Montreat Road. The concert is this Sunday October 30 at 4PM at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
JS Bach (1685-1750)

Suite from Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Promenade
Il Vecchio Castello
Bydlo
Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
The Great Gate of Kiev

Two Woodsy Pieces
Vladimir Rebikov 1866-1920)
In the Forest
The Bear
Caleb Holladay, organ

Suite Gothique Léon Boëllman (1862-1897)
I. Introduction-Choral
II: Menuet Gothique Nick Murphy, organ
III. Prière á Notre-Dame
IV. Toccata

Hearing Assistance

A couple of years ago BMPCNC made the transition from hearing assistance amplifiers to a t-coil, or induction coil system. The cost was borne by a generous (hearing-impaired) member of our congregation. It has worked quite well (though persons using hearing aids without the t-coil setting have not benefited from the switch). Here is an article about a t-coil user in New York, a composer of some renown. I think what is most interesting is the slow up-take on the part of US businesses and institutions making use of a t-coil system. I figured we were a little behind the times in getting our system installed; come to find out we're sort of on the cutting edge!

After he lost much of his hearing last year at age 57, the composer Richard Einhorn despaired of ever really enjoying a concert or musical again. Even using special headsets supplied by the Metropolitan Opera and Broadway theaters, he found himself frustrated by the sound quality, static and interference.

Then, in June, he went to the Kennedy Center in Washington, where his “Voice of Light” oratorio had once been performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, for a performance of the musical “Wicked.”

There were no special headphones. This time, the words and music were transmitted to a wireless receiver in Mr. Einhorn’s hearing aid using a technology that is just starting to make its way into public places in America: a hearing loop.

A hearing loop, typically installed on the floor around the periphery of a room, is a thin strand of copper wire radiating electromagnetic signals that can be picked up by a tiny receiver already built into most hearing aids and cochlear implants. When the receiver is turned on, the hearing aid receives only the sounds coming directly from a microphone, not the background cacophony.