Summer worship

As in years past, First Presbyterian will switch to its summer worship schedule on May 25th. The 8:30 and 11:00 services will be combined into one 9:30 service, with communion celebrated on June 8th (Pentecost), July 6th, and August 3rd. Regular worship hours will resume on September 7th.

The Chancel Choir and Liberty Bell Choir are taking a well-deserved summer hiatus. Music at the 9:30 services will be provided by vocal or instrumental soloists. Kevin Dill would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in offering their musical talents over the summer. He can be contacted at kevindill@meadvillefpc.org or via the church office at 333-2161.

Current music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Apr. 27 – 2nd Sunday of Easter
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Prelude: A Joyful Ring (Barbara Kinyon, b.1929)
Anthem: Easter Anthem (William Billings, 1746-1800)

May 4 – 3rd Sunday of Easter
Chancel Choir
Introit: Cantate Domino (Mary Lynn Lightfoot, b.1952)
Anthem: Bound for the Promised Land (Southern Harmony, arr. Dill)

May 11 – 4th Sunday of Easter
Intergenerational Choir
Introit: With the Help of the Spirit (Jayne S. Cool, b.1947)
Anthem: This is the Day (Larry Schultz, b.1965)

May 18 – 5th Sunday of Easter
Liberty Bells
Prelude: Branle (Claude Gervaise, 1525-1583, arr. Kevin Dill)
Offertory: Allegro Festivo (Kevin Dill)

Holy Week music list

HOLY WEEK
at the First Presbyterian Church of Meadville



Sunday, April 13
Palm Sunday (11:00 AM)
Chancel Choir
Introit: O Come, Let Us Sing (Hal Hopson, b.1933)
Anthem: Acclamation for Palm Sunday (Kevin Dill)

Thursday, April 17
Maundy Thursday Communion Service (7:30 PM)
Chancel Choir
Introit: Ecce Agnus Dei (Kevin Dill)
Kyrie Eleison: New Plainsong (David Hurd, b.1950)
Anthem: He Was Despised (Karl Heinrich Graun, 1704-1759)

Sunday, April 20
Easter Sunday (9:00 & 11:00 AM)
French Creek Brass Quintet & Chancel Choir
Introit: From the Rising of the Sun (Raymond Weidner, b.1958)
Brass selections to be announced

March music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Mar. 2 – The Transfiguration of the Lord
Liberty Bells & Lower Voices of the Chancel Choir
Prelude: Allegro in C (W.A. Mozart, 1756-1791, arr. Kevin McChesney)
Motet: Dulcis Christe (Michaelangelo Grancini, 1605-1669)

Mar. 5 – Ash Wednesday Communion Service (6:00 PM)
Combined Choirs
Anthem: Sign Us With Ashes (William Rowan, b.1951)

Mar. 9 – 1st Sunday in Lent
Chancel Choir
Introit: Lent Prose (plainsong, mode V)
Anthem: God So Loved the World (Sir John Stainer, 1840-1901)
Communion: Adoro Te Devote (plainsong, mode V)

Mar. 16 – 2nd Sunday in Lent
Basses of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Trisagion, from New Plainsong (David Hurd, b.1950)
Anthem: I Shall Be Satisfied (George Wells, 1819-1873)

Mar. 23 – 3rd Sunday in Lent
Liberty Bells
Prelude: Hope, from Chime Suite (Lynne Hollander)
Offertory: Theosis (Kevin Dill)

Mar. 30 – 4th Sunday in Lent
Chancel Choir
Introit: Bow Down Thine Ear (John Bishop, 1665-1737)
Anthem: Give Me Jesus (Spiritual, arr. William Witherup, b.1945)

The French Connection

The First Presbyterian Church of Meadville
and the Allegheny College Department of Music present:

THE FRENCH CONNECTION
vocal and instrumental music of France

Saturday, March 1, 7:30 PM

Jennifer Dearden trumpet
Juanita Shutsa flute
Sara St. Peter mezzo-soprano
Andrew Daigle tenor
Will McInally piano
Hannah Phillips piano
Kevin Dill organ/piano

music of Poulenc, Balay, Massenet, Lalo, Vierne, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns

free admission

February music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Feb. 2 – 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Chancel Choir
Introit: O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord (Hal Hopson, b.1933)
Motet: Sanctus in D minor, BWV 239 (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Feb. 9 – 5th Sunday after Epiphany
Liberty Bells
Prelude: Largo, from Petite Suite (Adolf Torovsky, 1894-1967)
Offertory: Allegro Festivo (Kevin Dill)

Feb. 16 – 6th Sunday after Epiphany
Chancel Choir
Introit: From the Rising of the Sun (Raymond Weidner, b.1958)
Anthem: Prayer of St Teresa of Avila (Kenneth Lowenberg, b.1946)

Feb. 23 – 7th Sunday after Epiphany
Sopranos of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Kyrie Eleison (David Hurd, b.1950)
Anthem: Ave Maria (Simon Lindley, b.1948)

January music list

Music list for choral services (11:00 AM unless otherwise noted)

Jan. 5 – 2nd Sunday after Christmas
Kinesis Handbell Ensemble
Prelude: Peal for a New Year (Kevin Dill)
Offertory: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (arr. Bob Brown)

Jan. 12 – The Baptism of the Lord
Gentlemen of the Chancel Choir
Introit: Sanctus (Thomas Pavlechko, b.1962)
Anthem: Bound for the Promised Land (Early American, arr. F. Moore)
Communion: Adoro De Devote (plainsong, mode V)

Jan. 19 – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Chancel Choir
Introit: Give Fellowship, We Pray (Harold Friedell, 1905-1958)
Anthem: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (J.S. Bach, 1685-1750)

Jan. 26 – 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Liberty Bells & Chancel Choir
Prelude: All Night, All Day (Spiritual, arr. Hart Morris, b.1946)
Anthem: I Will Arise (Southern Harmony, arr. Robert Lehman)