Longtime parishioner Chad Southwell delights us on Sunday with Irish and Scottish fiddle tunes to open and close the 10am service.

This Sunday at 10:00 am, baritone Josh English sings Bist du bei mir. This famous aria, often attributed to J.S. Bach, is originally from the opera Diomedes by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

Monday through Thursday of this week, St. Michael’s organist Hannah Brewer has been attending the American Guild of Organists West Regional Convention right here in Portland.

Our summer highlights continue with an exciting array of soloists lined up for Sunday mornings in July.

Sunday’s 10am service will feature a mix of hymns designated for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost as well as for Independence Day.

This Sunday, at the 10:00 am service, we have a summer pickup choir singing an anthem during the offertory. “Gracious Spirit, dwell with me” utilizes the familiar tune “Adoro te devote”, most commonly sung to the words “Humbly I adore thee” in The Hymnal 1982.

Some of our hymns and instrumental voluntaries this coming Sunday were chosen In recognition of Juneteenth on Monday, June 19. We commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans by singing traditional Spirituals like “Glory, glory, hallelujah!” and hearing the music of the great turn of the century African-American ragtime composer and pianist Scott Joplin (seen above).

WOW! Thank you to everyone who attended, performed in, volunteered for, and/or donated to our Broadway Night music program fundraiser this past weekend!

Broadway Night has arrived! Tickets are still available at the door both nights on Friday and Saturday for this year’s music program fundraiser, “The Rhythm of Life.”