Worship Music May 25

The music at FirstLight this week begins with a set focusing on the holiness of God. We’ll sing Chris Tomlin’s “Holy is the Lord,” and follow that with a medley of “We fall down” and the hymn “Holy, holy, holy” (NICEA). We’ll also be singing the familiar Argentine worship song “Santo, santo, santo” at the confession; we’ll try singing it in both English and Spanish this week.

The focus of worship this week is the gospel lection in which Jesus urges his followers to trust in God completely, for every aspect of life, just as the birds and flowers rely utterly upon God. With that sentiment in mind, a couple of music elements will be common to both services this week. Connie S. will sing “His eye is on the sparrow” at 830 and Libby B. will play an arrangement of that gospel song on flute at 11. We’ll be singing the beautiful American hymn “How can I keep from singing” by Robert Lowry at both services.

Other music at 830 will include Karen Lafferty’s “Seek ye first.” Other hymns at 11 will include “O day of radiant gladness” (LANCASHIRE) and “In Christ there is no east or west” (ST. PETER). The organ prelude by Jean Langlais (1907-1991) will highlight the flute sounds on the organ. The postlude will be a festive setting of MCKEE, a second tune often associated with the text “In Christ there is no east or west.”