St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Ayer, Massachusetts

Faith, Community, and Love

Music at St. Andrew's

Welcome from Kyle Bertulli, Minister of Music

More information coming soon.

Adult Choir

The Choir is an integral part of the worship life of St. Andrew's Church. It is the responsibility of the choir to lead the congregation in song at worship services every week from September through May and to offer choral music on behalf of the congregation during the Offertory and Communion. Choir rehearsals are held on Thursday evening (7:00-8:30 p.m.) and on Sunday morning (9:15-9:50 a.m.). Additional rehearsals are held before special services. New choir members are always welcome.

St. Andrew's Organ

The pipe organ installed at St. Andrew's was originally built in 1916 as Opus 1423 of the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont. Click on the links below to read about it and its predecessors.

• History of the Organ at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
• Whatever Happened to the Old Organ Pipes?
• Estey Organ Company - Opus 1423, Stop List

The Hymnal 1982

This is what you might call Episcopal karaoke. We provide the music for some of the best-loved hymns in the book, as well as the lyrics; you can either listen or sing along.

Click on each hymn below; a new page will open with the words and a little bar that you can click to start the music. When you are finished, exit that page to return to this index.

If you use Internet Explorer, you will want to have Windows Media Player Extension enabled. If you use Firefox, you will want to have QuickTime software installed.

• Hymn 287: "For all the saints"


• Hymn 344: "Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing"


• Hymn 362 "Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!"


• Hymn 365 "Come thou almighty King"


• Hymn 383: "Fairest Lord Jesus"


• Hymn 388: "O worship the King"


• Hymn 390: "Praise to the lord, the Almighty"


• Hymn 397: "Now thank we all our God"


• Hymn 427: "When morning gilds the skies"


• Hymn 433: "We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing"


• Hymn 470: "There's a wideness in God's mercy"


• Hymn 474: "When I survey the wondrous cross"


• Hymn 516: "Come down, O Love divine"


• Hymn 522: "Glorious things of thee are spoken"


• Hymn 609: "Where cross the crowded ways of life"


• Hymn 657: "Love divine, all loves excelling"


• Hymn 680: "O God our help in ages past"


• Hymn 693: "Just as I am"

No claim of copyright is made for the words, music, or midi files on the pages above.

St. Andrew's Choir Resources

• Hymn 286: "Who are these like stars appearing"


• "Gloria", from Kleine Orgelmesse (Mass No. 7 in Bb Major), St. Andrew's Choir


• "Sanctus", from Kleine Orgelmesse (Mass No. 7 in Bb Major), St. Andrew's Choir


• "Pie Jesu", written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, St. Andrew's Choir (Soloists: Leslie Harrower and Charlotte Whatley). Takes about 15 seconds to load; please be patient.


• "The Glory of the Lord", from The Messiah by George Frederick Handel, St. Andrew's Choir. Takes about 15 seconds to load; please be patient.