Lenten Hymns as Anthems
Lent will be here before we know it. Here are suggestions for using hymns as anthems. H82= The Hymnal 1982 LEVAS-Lift Every Voice and Sing II WLP=Wonder, Love, and Praise MHSO=My Heart Sings Out The First […]
Ask Ambrose: Burying the Alleluia
Dear Ambrose: I have heard that some churches “bury the Alleluia” before Lent. What gives? #dreadinglent Dear Dreading Lent, As you probably know, the Church abstains from saying or singing Alleluia during the season of […]
The Rev. Dr. William Bradley Roberts: Friend, Musician, Teacher, Priest
by Ellen Johnston “Bill is a gifted composer and an excellent choral conductor. Most of all, he is an encouraging mentor and a trusted friend.” Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett William Bradley Roberts and I first […]
Dear Ambrose
Dear Ambrose: This coming Sunday is the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, but I also see on the calendar the it is also the Feast of the Presentation. Which propers do I use? Signed, Rubric […]
Gifts of God for the People of God: Exploring Worship in the Episcopal Church
Are you looking for a book to study for your Lenten program or inquirers’ class this year? Gifts of God for the People of God would make a fine addition for your program or class. […]
Ask Ambrose: Proper Preface for Baptismal Feasts
Dear Ambrose: My parish is renewing their baptismal covenant on the Baptism of our Lord. At the Eucharist, do we use the proper preface for Baptism or Epiphany? Thanks for your question! If you have […]
Designing Dynamic Liturgies: A Ten Week Course for Clergy & Musicians
Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires to know more about the Church’s liturgy? Have you been working in the Episcopal Church […]
Ask Ambrose: Is Epiphany a Season?
Dear Ambrose: Is Epiphany a season? I have read church newsletters which talk about the “Season of Epiphany” but since the Sundays are counted after the Feast of the Epiphany that seems incorrect. What gives? […]
HYMNS FOR THE SUNDAYS OF CHRISTMAS
This year there are two Sundays in the Christmas season. Assuming that you will continue to sing Christmas carols well known to your congregation, here are a few suggestions for some Christmas hymns that might not […]
Easy Christmas Anthems: repost from 2018
This one was so good we thought you’d like it again this year! So many of us who serve in smaller parishes are sometimes confronted with smaller than usual choirs for Christmas Eve and for […]