Sunday Bulletin

Calendar of Events

Monday, 5/4           Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Tuesday, 5/5            7:30 AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday, 5/6    Noon AA meeting in Fellowship Hall
                                  5:30 Choir Rehearsal in Organ Loft
Thursday, 5/7 3:15 Cherub Choir
                                   4:00 Youth Choir

Happy Birthday this week to:
Derek Wentz today 5/3
Kathleen Garret, Gilbert Helmken, & Chuck Perkins on 5/4
Chris DeRienzo and Matthew Fogg on 5/5
Charlie Burnham and Deb Wehe on 5/6
Karen Monsen on 5/7
Denise Dalmasse and Charlie Ferguson on 5/8
Diane Lee and Josh Peterman on 5/9

Happy Anniversary this week to:
Steve and Kathleen Jones on 5/7

Announcements

The ushers today are the Deacons. Thank you for helping today.

Our deepest sympathies to family and friends of Roger Nicholls who was born to eternal life on April 26, 2026.

Service for Robert Newton will be on May 9, 2026 at 2 pm at the Old Presbyterian Church on Federal St. in Newberry Point, MA.  He restored our organ and tuned it etc. for many years. Peter Sykes, organist, will be playing that organ for his service.

Please come to worship on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2026. We are receiving new members during our 9:30 worship service.  If you are interested about being a new member, speak with Dan. This is also Dan’s last service with us until September 13, 2026.  He and his family will be on Sabbatical. Come and meet the interim minister, Rev. Laura Cadmus who will be here while Dan is gone.  We will also have a special blessing for the Haughs.  There will be a special coffee hour hosted by Black Cap following the service.

2026 Sabbatical Pulpit supply:             
5/17/26  Laura Cadmus
5/24/26 Skip Masback
6/7/26 Dr. Sarah Drummond
6/14/26 Rev. Paul Sangree
6/21/26 David Vanderlinde-Abernathy
6/28/26  Nikki Mustin
7/5/26 Katherine Arthaud
7/12/26 Michael Caldwell
7/19/26 David Vanderlinde-Abernathy
7/26/26  Nikki Mustin
8/2/26 Rabbi David
8/9/26 Katherine Arthaud
8/16/26 Nikki Mustin
8/23/26 Michael Caldwell 
8/30/26 Laura Cadmus
9/6/26 Laura Cadmus

SCC Men’s Group Outdoor Adventure  May 14, 2026 9:00 am
Cottonbrook Road hike – 4 – 5 miles. Easy.  Very pretty hike up (and back down) Cottonbrook Road. Good early-season walk that avoids snow and mud that can limit hikes at higher elevations. Meet at the small parking area near the closed gate on Cottonbrook Rd.

Save the Dates:
New Members Reception – May 10
Men’s Group Outdoor Adventure May 14, 9:00 am
Youth Outing – Biking & Pizza – May 30th 11-1
Bible Camp – August 17-21, 2026 9am to noon “Rainforest Falls – exploring the nature of God”

If you, or someone you know, would like prayers for comfort or healing, the members of the Prayer Team are ready to support you. Please fill out the prayer request form in the pew and put it in the offering plate or hand it to an usher to deliver to the office. 

Please do not forget our neighbors in need by donating food for the Lamoille Community Food Share. Non-perishable items can be put in our two bins, one in the Narthex and one in the hall downstairs. Thank you.

Musical Notes by Karen Miller

‍ Prelude:  "Mit Freuden zart" (Sing Praise to God) is an old German chorale tune that is the music for Hymns No. 6 and No. 639 in the Chalice Hymnal.  It first appeared as a melody for the text "Une pastourelle gentille" in 1529 and was later published in the Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengesange of 1566.  Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) created a short chorale prelude based on this tune where the melody belongs to the pedal line.  Pepping studied in Berlin and became a freelance musician in Muhlheim and Essen.  He became a teacher at the school of church music in Spandau in 1934 and then in 1953, a professor at the Berlin academy of music.  He gained notoriety as a leader in contemporary Protestant music, and his organ and choral works are better known than his orchestral and chamber music.

‍ Anthem:  The spiritual "Plenty Good Room" was arranged by William Henry Smith in the 1930s.
The refrain states:
Plenty good room!  Plenty good room!  Plenty good room in my
‍ father's kingdom; Plenty good room!  Plenty good room! 
‍ So choose your seat and sit down.
The verses read:
1.  I would not be a backslider, I'll tell you the reason why:
‍ 'Cause if my Lord should call on me, I wouldn't be ready to die.
2.  I would not be a liar.  I'll tell you the reason why:
‍ 'Cause if my Lord should call on me, I wouldn't be ready to die.
‍ 3.  Oh heaven's so high and I'm so low; Oh, my Lord.
‍ I've had my trials here below; Oh, my Lord.
‍ 4,  But my Lord says there's room enough; Oh, my Lord.
‍ There's room for you, and there's room for me; Oh, my Lord.

‍ Offertory:  Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) wrote a short organ piece titled "A Poyncte" (A Point) that was included in an early Old English collection of organ music titled "The Mulliner Book" and published around 1560.  Of the 123 liturgical organ pieces included in this volume, Tallis wrote 18 of them.  Tallis was an organist in Essex and at Canterbury before he was elevated to the position of organist of the Chapel Royal which he held until his death.  He is better known for his vocal music, but he did write keyboard works principally for virginals.  Virginals were plucked keyboard instruments, a distant relative of the harpsichord.

‍ Postlude:  A "minuet" is a dance in triple time that developed from a rustic French dance and was adapted by courts in the 17th century.  The name is derived from the small dainty step (minu = small) that is characteristic of the dance.  This form of music was then taken up by composers of art music.  It was an optional movement of suites and parts of the overtures of Bach and Handel.  In the 18th century it became the third movement of symphonies until Beethoven replaced it with the scherzo.  It is the second movement of Leon Boellmann's "Suite Gothique".