July 26, 2015: sabbath Sunday

Today in church, our communion hymn was Rockingham. I love that hymn because it has a really interesting alto line. One of the many things I love about our church, St. John's Episcopal in Sylva, is that we sing five hymns all the way through every Sunday: a processional hymn, a sequence hymn, a presentation hymn, a communion hymn, and a procession at departing (we also chant the psalm each week, and sing the gloria and the sanctus). I can't remember ever omitting a verse or leaving out one of the hymns. The music and words we sing are an important part of the worship service.