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Podcasting the Word to the World
St. Chrysostom parish continues to expand its podcasting program via PodBean.com (http://saintjohnc.podbean.com). Click on the picture of Fr. Ron at his Blue Snowball microphone to visit the podcasting site. Use the back arrow key to return to his page.
Anyone who feels alienated from their current affiliation can access traditional Christian worship from our site. The audio portion of the podcasts are portable and can be downloaded to your computer or other playback device in your car, home or office.
Current podcasts include an introduction to our parish (on the Welcome page); and explanation of all our publications (on the Our Publications page) and a reading of 1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th Hours, plus Vespers and Compline from Hear Us, O Lord: Daily Offices for the Laity. (See below). At the site, click on Homilies to hear the most recent Sunday homily.
In the future, we will be podcasting our Bible Study and Catechism courses on the PodBean site. Later this summer, the first series will be based on The Beliefs of the Anglican Church, with New Catechisms Appended, another new publication will be available in late August. Early next year, we plan to introduce podcast versions of The Prophets of the Old Testament from our unique Bible Study courses taught each Tuesday night at 7:00 P.M. (Please note that Bible Study is on vacation until Tuesday, September 7th (the day after Labor Day. Fr. Ron is using the recess to complete the presentation material for Prophets of the Old Testament.
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New Publication Now Available
Five years in research and editing, Hear Us, O Lord: Daily Offices for the Laity is now available. This modern adaptation of the traditional "hours" offices of First Hour (6AM), Third Hour (9AM), Sixth Hour (Noon), 9th Hour (3PM), plus Vespers (about 5 PM) and Compline (before bed) makes the words of these inspiring and uplifting traditional prayers and readings available to the laity at reasonable cost. Pocket-sized it fits easily in a coat , shirt or suit pocket. Readers can say the offices any time that 10-12 minutes is available for contemplation. They can be read on a subway, bus, train, airplane; during coffee or lunch break at work or at school; or can be said by a family group at home. They make great gifts for friends, family or associates. The requested donation of $17.50 including shipping and handling by First Class Mail. Click on the cover image to purchase a copy using PayPal.
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Father Ron Shibley, Rector
Office hours: by appointment
804 306-1190 (New Number)
email: frron.stjohnanglican@earthlink.net
Podcasting at: http://saintjohnc.podbean.com
Mr. H. Click Smith, Sr., Lay Reader
804 282-1887 (office)
email: vawgxcc@verizon.net
Learn more about our staff by clicking the MEET OUR STAFF tab at the top or bottom of the page.
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Spring & Summer Services
(Services Through Sunday, September 5th
Sundays:
9:00 AM Third Hour Office
Traditional Third Hour office of six prayers, three Scripture readings and a Psalm
11:00 AM Holy Eucharist*
Holy Eucharist
with Anglican Litany for Healing on 4th Sunday
*In the event Fr. Shibley is absent and a substitute is not available, Morning Prayer will be read instead
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Directions:
From I-295, take US 1 South (Brook Rd), go 2 miles to Parham and Brook Road, turn right into Villa campus at 1st light south of Parham and Brook Road.
From I-95, take Parham Road West exit, go west 1/4 mile to Brook and Parham, turn left onto Brook Rd, turn right into the Villa campus, 8000 Brook Rd., at the first light south of Parham and Brook.
How You Can Help
We are a small parish with a number of people on disability or Social Security and no wealthy benefactor. To continue our work, we are in need of outside financial support in any amount. Since none of our staff is paid, 100% of your contribution goes toward the work of the parish. Thank you for your support.
We are not affiliated with and receive no financial support from St. Joseph's Villa. We welcome your contributions and invite you to support our parish with your donations and purchases of our publications.
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"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, to whom be glory and upon us mercy and compassion for ever and ever. Amen."
2ND EDITION OF THE HYMNAL? Yes
THE START OF VIDEO PODCASTING? It's Up to You!
Part Two
Printing of the 2nd Edition of our St. Chrysostom Hymnal is underway. While it will have more hymns (about 500) and consequently more pages, the overall size will be unchanged. We have switched to a lighter weight of paper. Many hymns from the 1940 Hymnal which were omitted from the 1st Edition have been added back, but to more singable and familiar tunes. There are now 18 hymns for these Morning and Evening Offices, ranging from First Hour to Compline. The non-1940 Hymnal material is now divided into five categories:
- Trinitarian hymns, divided into separate sections, one each for the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each section has more hymns than the previous version of the Hymnal.
- Opening Hymns. We will now have more hymns suitable for Processionals at nearly any time of the year.
- Hymns to the Church. I have reorganized an expanded this section of music dedicated to celebrating the life of the Church Universal. My personal favorite is Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray, written by Henry Eyster Jacob in 1910: "Lord Jesus Christ, we humbly pray that we may feed on thee today; Beneath these forms of bread and wine, enrich us with thy grace divine." It is sung to the tune Grace Church.
- Hymns of Praise. This short section includes some classic hymns of praise from several denominational traditions. The section opens with Thee God We Praise, Thy Name We Bless (4th Century Latin, anonymous). This wonderful Lutheran hymn is a metrical paraphrase of the Te Deum laudamus. We sing it to the familiar tune Old Hundredth.
- Closing Hymns. Setting the tone with a good closing hymn helps our parishioners get a start on the balance of their day. In this expanded section, made possible by our purchase of the revised version of the Synthia digital hymnal, we are now able to offer Joseph Hart's Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing, Lord (1759) from the Presbyterian tradition and Joseph Rankin's God Be With You Till We Meet Again (1882), in its long form with chorus, from the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian traditions.
- Indexes. The book now has seven forms of indexes: Authors, Composers, Arrangers and Translators; Liturgical Season; Saints Days and Holy Days; Topic; Purpose; Tune; and First Lines and Common Titles.
Our plans for the start of video-casting of our 11 AM service depend upon the success of our next two publishing ventures. 100% of all donations will be dedicated to the support of our videocasting and podcasting programs. Both books are written for laymen not theologians, seminarians or professional cooks.
- Father Ron's Kitchen Companion: The 6th Edition of a personal cookbook which started in the early 1980s with a small collection written for a college-bound friend and former employee and later revised for my daughter's first apartment and again for my son while he was stationed in Hawai'i. Requested donation $20.00 (plus $2.50 shipping and handling (US Postal Service).
- The Beliefs of the Anglican Church with New Catechisms Appended: A catechetical teaching volume which will be the basis for a new series of Christian Education Study Courses beginning in 2011. Requested donation $20.00 (plus $2.50 shipping and handling).
Visit our Podcasting site to hear the Sunday homily and also listen to readings from the hours services from Hear Us, O Lord. Just type this address into your favorite browser: http://saintjohnc.podbean.com. If you like what you hear, please subscribe and also let your friends know of our site.
Please visit and worship with us on Sunday, August 1st, for the 9th Sunday After Trinity . Services are Third Hour at 9 AM and Holy Eucharist at 11 AM. Hymns for Sunday, in order, are:
Processional: Lord, We Come Before Thee Now (Tune: Innocents)
William H. Hammond wrote this inspiring song in 1745, based on the Psalm 27, verse 8. It was used in the 19th Century in Lutheran worship.
Sequence: Thy Gospel Jesus, We Believe (Tune: St. Stephen)
Our version has two verses, both Anonymous, one before and one after the Gospel reading.
Offertory: Bless, O My Soul, the Living God (Tune: Melcombe)
This 18th Century song by Isaac Watts acknowledges the living God who sent His Son for our salvation.
Doxology: Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
The classic Doxology by Thomas Ken, sung to Old Hundredth.
Communion Music: All Creatures of Our God and King (Lasst uns erfreuen). Music only.
Recessional: Oh, Bless the Lord, My Soul (Tune: St. Thomas (Williams))
Since the Psalm reading for Trinity 9 is Psalm 103, it seemed specially appropriate to sing James Montgomery's hymn based on Psalm 103 and sung to the familiar 18th Century arrangement of St. Thomas (Williams) by Aaron Williams.
Thank you for your interest in St. John Chrysostom Orthodox Anglican Church. May God bless you in all that you do this week. Please visit our podcast site: http://saintjohnc.podbean.com.
GLORY BE TO GOD FOR ALL THINGS! AMEN.
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