St. John's Church - Savannah, GA: Recent Episodes
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This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of Sunday, September 20, 2020, the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were broadcast separately via internet. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the services offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of September 13, 2020, the 14th Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were broadcast separately via the internet, while seating in the church was very limited. For service details, essays, and and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of September 6, 2020, the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were broadcast via internet separately. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of August 30, 2020, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were broadcast separately via internet. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of August 23, 2020, the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were broadcast separately via internet. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of August 16th, 2020, the Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were recorded and broadcast via Intervet separately. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of August 9, 2020, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns were recorded and broadcast via internet separately. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of August 2, 2020, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns were recorded separately and broadcast via internet. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of July 26, 2020, the Seventh Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, the hymns and sermon were recorded and broadcast separately to limit the time for the congregation to be together in public space. For service details, essays and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This recording contains the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the morning of Sunday, July 19, 2020., the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Due to conditions of public health, the sermon and hymns were recorded and delivered separately from the congregation via internet broadcast to limit the amount of time in shared public space. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, July 5, 2020, the Fifth Sunday after Trinity. Because Rector Fr. Gavin Dunbar had entered a voluntary quarantine due to exposure to covid-19, the presider for this day is the Rev. David Svihel, Pastor with Youth at St. Johns. Congregational attendance was not permitted for this service, but rather it was broadcast via the church's Facebook page and on YouTube. Our recent high school and college graduates of the choir offered a choral prelude as a thanksgiving prior to the service. For notes on this music, service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, July 5th 2020, the Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; rather, the service was broadcast via the church's Facebook page and YouTube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, June 28, 2020, the Third Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted. Rather, the service was broadcast by video on the church's Facebook page and via Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, June 21, 2020, the Second Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; rather the service was broadcast live on the church's Facebook website and via Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on June 14, 2020, the First Sunday after Trinity. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; rather, the service was broadcast live on the church's Facebook page and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on June 7, 2020, Trinity Sunday. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; rather, the service was broadcast live via the church's Facebook page and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view the Parish Paper for this day. To follow along at home, one may use the Service at Home Booklet. To read or download Fr. Dunbar's sermon for this Trinity Sunday, please click here.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, May 31, 2020, Pentecost Sunday, also known as Whitsunday. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; rather, the service was broadcast live by video on the church's Facebook page, and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper for this day. A transcription of Fr. Dunbar's sermon and a guide to the lessons for Pentecost/Whitsunday may be found here.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, May 24, 2020, the Sunday after Ascension. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was permitted; the service was broadcast by live video on the church's Facebook page, and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, May 17, 2020, Rogation Sunday, the Fifth Sunday after Easter. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was possible. The service was broadcast live by video via the church's Facebook page, and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, May 10, 2020, the Fourth Sunday after Easter. Due to conditions of public health, no congregational attendance was possible. The service was broadcast live by video on the church's Facebook page, and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Due to public health conditions, no public attendance was possible. The service was broadcast live via the church's Facebook page and also posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 26. 2020, the Second Sunday after Easter. Due to public health conditions, no attendance was possible for members; the service was broadcast live on the church's Facebook page and posted to Youtube. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the first Sunday after Easter. Due to public health conditions, the service was broadcast live by video and archived for viewing at the church's public Facebook site (no login necessary). For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the first Sunday after Easter. Due to public health conditions, the service was broadcast live by video and archived for viewing at the church's public Facebook site (no login necessary).
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the first Sunday after Easter. Due to health conditions, public attendance was not possible; the service was broadcast live and archived for viewing by video on the church's public Facebook page (no login necessary).
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 19, 2020, the First Sunday after Easter. Due to health conditions, public attendance was not possible. The service was broadcast live and archived for viewing at the church's Facebook site.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on April 12, 2020, Easter Sunday. Due to conditions of public health, no congregation was in attendance, but the service was rather broadcast via livestream on the church's Facebook page. For essays and announcements, please see the Parish Paper for this day. The Service at Home Booklet is provided for those who wish to follow along remotely. An organ voluntary precedes the service.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, April 5th, 2020, at 11am, the Sunday Next Before Easter, called Palm Sunday. Due to conditions of public health, no congregation was in attendance, but the service was broadcast by livestream video on the church's Facebook page. For essay and announcements, please see the abbreviated Parish Paper for this day; those wishing to follow along as they listen may view or download the Service at Home Booklet. The text of Fr. Dunbar's sermon may be viewed or printed here.
An organ prelude precedes the service: more musical details are located in the Service at Home Booklet, above.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, March 29, 2020, at 11am. Because no public gathering was possible, the service was broadcast live via our Facebook site. The ministers and staff in attendance maintained appropriate spacing for reasons of health and safety. The service begins and concludes with organ voluntaries from our organist & choirmaster, Steven Branyon (see his note on the musical choices below). You may view, print, and/or follow along with the Service at Home Booklet here; for essays, Sunday School instructions, and parish announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day. To read, download, or print Fr. Dunbar's sermon given today, click here .
A note from our Choirmaster and Organist, Steven Branyon:
On Sunday, March 29, we will use the small two-rank organ in St. Mary’s Chapel for the livestream service. Our music for this Passion Sunday is a sampling of chorales – dignified, simple hymn-tunes that have been set and harmonized many times over the centuries. I must admit that I am sometimes amazed – but pleased – that present-day worshippers are drawn to these German chorales: most hymnals contain a small percentage of these tunes overall. Perhaps it is that master composers such as Bach, his predecessors and his contemporaries, had such creative abilities, and were able to treat these chorale melodies in such a variety of imaginative ways, using familiar forms, but developing and exploiting them to the fullest. For the opening voluntaries, I will offer three settings of two chorales (found in the volume Eighty Chorale Preludes – German Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries):
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein – Johann Pachelbel (Ah God, look down from heaven and still have mercy on us.) Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir – Samuel Scheidt & Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (A paraphrase of Psalm 130 – “Out of the Depths have I called to you, O Lord”)
The offering for the closing voluntary, a tune you may recognize, is: Herzlich tut mich verlangen –(My heart is filled with longing) -- Johann Gottfried Walther
Most hymnals now use this last tune to accompany the text: “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”. – Steven Branyon
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Due to the social distancing measures required by health conditions, no members of the congregation were permitted to attend. Instead, the service was filmed and broadcast as a live video via social media (Facebook). The musical prelude (Ron Nelson: CAUSE US O LORD) was recorded by our director, assistant organist, and a few members of the choir in spaced formation on the Wednesday prior as an offering for the coming Sunday service. To view the service booklet guide for this service, please click here. For service details, essays, and parish announcements, please see our Parish Paper for this day. A printable text transcript of Fr. Dunbar's sermon this morning may be found and downloaded here.
These are the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on March 8, 2020, the Second Sunday in Lent, for the 11am service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
These are the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on March 8, 2020, the Second Sunday in Lent, for the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
We were very pleased to welcome William McNair as our guest organist for the Prelude to the Choral Evensong for Lent.
From Eleven Choral Preludes, Op. 122........... Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (setting #1)
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (setting #2)
O world, I must now leave thee
O man bewail thy grievous fall, BWV 622 ............ J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Elegy..............................................George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
William McNair retired as organist and handbell choir director at First Presbyterian Church of Savannah, GA in 2019. He is a composer/arranger specializing in sacred music, with music published by Augsburg Fortress, GIA, and MorningStar. He also curates a website -- Hymnsfororgan.org-- where you will find free downloadable hymns arrangements written for organists to use in accompanying congregational song. McNair has degrees in organ performance, music theory, and piano performance.
The Choir of St. John's Church in Savannah; Steven Branyon, organist & choirmaster; Angela Fisher, assistant organist; Wesley Perkins, assistant conductor.
Preces & Responses..... R. Steven Branyon
Hymn#56 Kind maker of the world (JESU DULCIS MEMORIA)
Psalm 13 Usque quo, Domine? ... Walter Parratt
Psalm 130 De profundis.... C. Hylton Stewart
First lesson: Genesis 22:1-19
Magnificat .... Richard Farrant
Second lesson : Hebrews 2:6-18
Nunc Dimittis... Richard Farrant
Anthem: Deep River ..... arr. Mary Beth Bennett
Voluntary : There is a balm in Gilead .... R. Steven Branyon
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 9am Family Service on Sunday, March 1, 2020, the First Sunday in Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 11am service on Sunday, March 1, 2020, the First Sunday in Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the 11am service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, March 1, 2020, the First Sunday in Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 9am Family Service on Sunday, February 23, 2020, Quinquagesima Sunday, or the Last Sunday before Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day, found at www.stjohnssav.org.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at the 11am service at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, February 23, 2020, Quinquagesima Sunday, or the Last Sunday before Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day, found at www.stjohnssav.org.
This is a recording of the 11am service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, February 23, 2020, Quinquagesima Sunday, or the Last Sunday before Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day, found at www.stjohnssav.org.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on February 16, 2020, Sexagesima Sunday, or the Second Sunday before Lent, at 11am. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on February 16, 2020, Sexagesima Sunday, or the Second Sunday before Lent, at the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on Sunday, February 9, 2020, Septuagesima, or the Third Sunday before Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on Sunday, February 9, 2020, Septuagesima, or the Third Sunday before Lent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 9am Family Service on Sunday, February 2, 2020, the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Candlemas. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the Prelude and Choral Evensong offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, February 2, 2020 for the Feast of Candlemas. We were honored to be joined by baroque cellist Arnie Tanimoto and harpist Parker Ramsay for the prelude; Mr. Ramsay also served as organist for the recessional voluntary. The Evensong service features the Choir of St. Johns, Steven Branyon, organist and choirmaster; Wesley Perkins, assistant conductor; Angela Fisher, assistant organist; Erika Andres, baroque flute; and Ann Beetem Acker, harpsichord.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on Sunday, February 2, 2020, the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Candlemas. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 11am service on Sunday, February 2, 2020, the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, also known as Candlemas. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 11am service on January 26, 2020, the Third Week after Epiphany. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at 11am at St. John's Church in Savannah on January 26, 2020, the Third Week after Epiphany. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 26, 2020, the Third Week after Epiphany, for the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service on January 19, 2020, the Second Sunday after Epiphany. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 11am service on January 19, 2020, the Second Sunday after Epiphany. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on January 19, 2020, the Second Sunday after Epiphany. For service details, essays and announcements, please view the Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered during the 9am Family Service at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 12, 2020, the First Week after the Epiphany (In the Octave of the Epiphany). For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at the 11am service at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 12, 2020, the First Week after the Epiphany (In the Octave of the Epiphany). For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the 11am service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 12, 2020, the First Week after the Epiphany (In the Octave of the Epiphany). For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on January 5, 2020, the Eve of the Epiphany, at 11am. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the Eve of the Epiphany, at the 11am service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, January 5th, 2020, the Eve of the Epiphany, for the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 29, 2019, the First Sunday after Christmas, at 11am. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 29, 2019, the First Sunday after Christmas, for the 11am service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 29, 2019, the First Sunday after Christmas, for the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 25, 2019, Christmas Day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 24, 2019 at 10:30pm, for the Solemn Eucharist of the Nativity of Our Lord. A 30-minute musical prelude precedes the service.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 25, 2019, Christmas Day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 24, 2019, Christmas Eve.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 22, 2019, the Fourth Sunday in Advent, for the 9am Family Service. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper.
This is a recording of the 11am service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on December 22, 2019, the Fourth Sunday in Advent. On this day we celebrated with a musical prelude, followed by a procession and a service of Lessons and Carols. No sermon was given today due to the altered format. For service details, essays and announcements, please see our Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 9am Family Service on December 15, 2019, the Third Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view the Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. To hear or download the lessons and sermon from the 11am service, please click here. A full recording of the 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on December 15, 2019, the Third Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see the Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. To hear or download the lessons and sermon only for Advent 3, please click here. The lessons and sermon from the 9am Family Service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 11am service on December 15, 2019, the Third Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please view the Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. To hear or download the lessons and sermon from the 9am Family Service, please click here. A full recording of the 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on December 8, 2019, the second Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. On this day we were delighted to welcome members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra as musical guests, and this service is preceded by a 10-minute prelude from the NCBO and the St. John's Choir. Assisting in our worship today are David Wilson and Gesa Kordes, Baroque violins; Barbara Krumdieck, Baroque cello; Wesley Perkins, bass; Peter Louglas, tenor; Steven Branyon, harpsichord, organist, and choirmaster; Angela Fisher, assistant organist, and the Choir of St. John's Church in Savannah. To hear or download the lessons and sermon only from this 11am service, please click here. A recording of the lessons and sermon from today's 9am Family Service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service on December 8, 2019, the second Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. To hear or download the lessons and sermon only from the 11am service, please click here. A recording of the musical prelude and 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 11am service on December 8, 2019, the second Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. To hear or download the lessons and sermon from the 9am Family Service, please click here. A full recording of the musical prelude and this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on December 1, 2019, the First Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. The lessons and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here. The 9am Family Service was not recorded on this Sunday.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on December 1, 2019, the first Sunday in Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here. The 9am Family Service was not recorded on this Sunday.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah for the 9am Family Service on Sunday, November 24, 2019, the Sunday next before Advent. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. (Our recorder for the 11am service is still under repair; please check back in future for recordings of the later service.)
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on Sunday, November 17, the 22nd Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or our Sunday Service Booklet for this day. (Please note that our usual sound recorder is being replaced this week; while sound for this file using our temporary equipment may be not as usual, the new machine will be operational next week. Thank you.)
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service on November 17, 2019, the twenty-second Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day.
This is a recording of the service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, November 10, 2019, the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, at 11am. No sermons nor lessons were given on this day due to a scheduled parish event. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. The lessons and sermon from the 9am Family Service may be found here.
This is a recording of the Family Service offered at St. John's Church in Savannah on Sunday, November 10, 2019, the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, at 9am. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. The full recording from the 11am service may be found here. On this day we held the Annual General Congregational Meeting; for this reason there were no lessons nor sermon given at the 11am service.
This is a recording of the lesson, holy gospel, and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on November 3, 2019, the twentieth Sunday after Trinity. On this day we celebrate All Saints Sunday (after the Feast of All Saints, Nov.1) For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here. The recording of the Solemn Evensong offered on the evening of Nov.3 for All Saints may be heard or downloaded here.
The Choir of St. John's Church in Savannah was grateful to offer this Solemn Evensong for All Saints on the evening of November 3, 2019. Our organist and choirmaster is Mr. Steven Branyon; our assisting organist for the service is Mrs. Angela M. Fisher. For details of the service, please view the program here. The recording begins with chimes and a procession accompanied by organ and bells.
This is a recording of the lesson, holy gospel, and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9 am Family Service on November 3, 2019, the twentieth Sunday after Trinity. On this day we celebrate All Saints Sunday (after the Feast of All Saints, Nov.1) For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 11am service, please click here. The full recording with music from the 11am service may be found here. The recording of the Solemn Evensong offered on the evening of Nov.3 for All Saints may be heard or downloaded here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on November 3, 2019, the twentieth Sunday after Trinity. On this day we celebrate All Saints Sunday (after the Feast of All Saints, Nov.1) For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The lesson, gospel, and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here. The recording of the Solemn Evensong offered on the evening of Nov.3 for All Saints may be heard or downloaded here.
On the evening of October 25, 2019, the Choir of St. John's was pleased to offer Evensong in celebration of the Prayer Book Society Conference (for more information, visit https://pbsusa.org/.) Below is a listing of the service order.
Choirmaster & Organist: Mr. Steven Branyon; Assistant Organist: Mrs. Paul (Angela) Fisher; Cantor: Mr. Andrew Hillis
Organ Prelude (Steven Branyon)
Fanfare (from 'Five Pieces') .... J. Healey Willan, 1880-1968
To Gerald Wheeler for the dedication of the organ in St. Matthew's Church, Ottawa
Voluntary in G..... Henry Heron, 1730-1795
Heron was appointed organist of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, where the new "swelling organ" was introduced in 1712 by Abraham Jordan.
Andante soavemente e dolce ...... Charles Macpherson, 1870-1927
A work contained in "A Little Organ Book in Memory of Hubert Parry".
Evensong
Preces and Responses .... Keith Rhodes
Hymn#165 All praise to Thee...... TALLIS' CANON
Psalm 119 (parts 73-104) Tone VII.3 and Tone IV.4
Magnificat in A ....... Herbert Sumsion
First Lesson: Job 23
Nunc Dimittis in A..... Herbert Sumsion
Second Lesson: St. Luke 6:1-19
Hymn #176 O gladsome light .......NUNC DIMITTIS
Anthem: Blessed are all they that fear the Lord (Psalm 128).. Leo Sowerby
Hymn #357 Hail, Thou once despised Jesus! ...... IN BABILONE
Voluntary: Praeludium in D-Dur, op. XII/2 .. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Albrechtsberger spent-- from age seven-- a great portion of his life around Melk Abbey, Vienna. He was Beethoven's teacher. At the end of his life, he was appointed the musician of St. Stephen's, Vienna only because of a recommendation from Mozart. Albrechtsberger was known as the best organist in the world at that time, of which Mozart himself said, "His playing is the standard by which all other organists should be measured."
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 27, 2019, the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. No recording was made of the 9am Family Service for this day. The lessons and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here. T
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 27, 2019, the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. On this day we celebrate the Feast of Dedication. For service details, essays, and parish announcements, please see our Parish Paper . and/or the Sunday Service Booklet. No recording was made of the 9am Family Service for this day. The full 11am service recording with music may be found here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 20, 2019, the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The lessons and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 20, 2019, the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service on October 20, 2019, the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 11am service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 13, 2019, the seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service on October 13, 2019, the seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 11am service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 13, 2019, the seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The lessons and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 6, 2019, the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here. To hear the Choral Evensong offered on the evening of Oct. 6 for the Octave of Michaelmas, please click here.
This is a recording of the service given at St. John's Church in Savannah at 11am on October 6, 2019, the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 9am Family Service, please click here. The lessons and sermon only from this 11am service may be found here. To hear the Choral Evensong offered on the evening of Oct. 6 for the Octave of Michaelmas, please click here.
This is a recording of the lessons and sermon given at St. John's Church in Savannah at the 9am Family Service October 6, 2019, the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. For service details, essays, and announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or the Sunday Service Booklet for this day. For the lessons and sermon given at the 11am service, please click here. The full recording with music from this 11am service may be found here. To hear the Choral Evensong offered on the evening of Oct. 6 for the Octave of Michaelmas, please click here.
This is a recording of the Choral Evensong offered by the Choir of St. John's Church in Savannah on October 6, 2019 at 5:30pm. On this evening we celebrated the Octave of St. Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas). This service was preceded by a 20 minute prelude recital of organ music offered by Mr. Steven Branyon, organist and choirmaster at St. John's (please check back for this posting). The service begins with a procession accompanied by improvised organ.
Musicians: Ms. Peyton Wakeland, cello; Mr. Wesley Perkins, cantor and assistant conductor; Mrs. Angela Fisher, assistant organist.
Preces & Responses -- Keith Rhodes
Hymn #600 Ye holy angels bright (DARWALL)
Psalm #8 (Tone V.2) -- Gerre Hancock
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat -- Henry Smart
Duo Seraphim -- Richard Dering
'Abendsegen' (Evening Prayer) from HANSEL UND GRETEL -- Engelbert Humperdinck, arr. Gabriel Isenberg
Hymn #472 Hark, hark my soul! (PILGRIMS)
Voluntary: Jig Fugue (Bux WV 174) -- Dietrich Buxtehude
A prelude of voluntaries for brass quintet precedes the 11am service, lasting approximately 16 minutes. On this day we celebrate the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. For service details, essays, and parish announcements, please see our Parish Paper and/or our Sunday Service Booklet for Michaelmas Sunday (Trinity 15). To hear the lessons and sermon only for this day (11am), you may click here. The address and lessons given at the 9am Family Service for Michaelmas may be found here.