Music

Our Offertory Hymn with text for the Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, August 27, 2023, with Zacharia Dekker, Organist and Music Director and our church choir and congregation. This is hymn # 601 in the Anglican Book of Common Praise, with Text by Robert L. Edwards (1915-2006), and Music by William Penfro Rowlands (1860-1937). The tune…

Audio recording with text of the hymn sung by the choir and congregation during Communion on the Ninth Sunday After Pentecost, July 30, 2023, with Organist and Music Director Zacharia Dekker. This hymn is #60 in ‘Common Praise’, the current hymnal of the Anglican Church of Canada. The text is by Brian A. Wren (1936-…

The hymn sung during Communion for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 2, 2023, with Organist and Music Director Zacharia Dekker. The following citations from Common Praise, Hymn #505: Text is an 8th Century Irish hymn; tr. Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880-1931); vers. Eleanor H. Hull (1860-1935), alt. Music: Melody Irish trad.; arr. Martin Shaw (1875-1958),…

Audio recording with Text of this hymn recorded during the Choral Eucharist Memorial Service for Margaret Violet Deaves (Order of the Diocese of Toronto) on May 27, 2023, with Music Director and organist Zacharia Dekker. Text by Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848) and Music by Lowell Mason (1792-1872), Tune Excelsior. St. John’s, East Orangeville is in…

The hymn sung while congregants are receiving Communion during the Choral Eucharist Service for the Fifth Sunday in the Easter Season, May 7, 2023. Our Interim Priest-in-Charge is Reverend David Bryant, and at the organ is Music Director Zacharia Dekker. St. John’s, East Orangeville is a parish within the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, located in…

Audio recording of our Communion hymn for Lent IV, March 19, 2023, with lyrics and service photos. Interim Priest-in-Charge Reverend David Bryant and Music Director and Organist Zacharia Dekker. ‘Just As I Am’ is Common Praise hymn #615. St. John’s, East Orangeville is within the Town of Caledon, Ontario, and a parish in the Anglican…

This hymn (Common Praise #352) sung for Communion during the Choral Eucharist Service for Lent III, March 12, 2023. Interim Priest-in-Charge Reverend David Bryant, and Music Director and Organist Zacharia Dekker. St. John’s, East Orangeville is situated in the Town of Caledon, just outside Orangeville, Ontario, and is within the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. Recording…

St. John’s, East Orangeville’s Music Director, Zacharia Dekker, initiated this festive afternoon concert of carols and Christmas favourites, with lyrics projected overhead for all to join. Light refreshments supplied by many members could be enjoyed throughout. Interim Priest-in-Charge Reverend David Bryant thanked Zach, and invited those attending from the wider community to join us for…

This video was submitted to the Diocese in response to a request for material to be used at this year’s Synod, November 25-27. The following is the description which accompanied the submission: This music was recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic, with interior photos and footage of our church as it was during the first shut-down…