Worship music 073111

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Great is thy faithfulness
Great is the Lord

Opening Song
Your grace is enough

Confession
Your mercy flows

Offertory
TBA title (M Barker, keyboard)

Doxology
Give thanks

Prayers
Amazing grace (Alleluia)

Closing Song
Christ be our light

11 AM
Hymns
483, Sing praise to God, who reigns above (MIT FREUDEN ZART)
329, Break thou the bread of life (BREAD OF LIFE)
441, I love thy kingdom, Lord (ST. THOMAS)

Confession
579, Glory be to the Father (GREATOREX)

Doxology
592, OLD HUNDREDTH

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: David Lasky, Pastorale
Offertory: Cesar Franck, Fantasy in C
Postlude: Arr. Herman Schroeder, Mit Freuden Zart

Music for worship 071011

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Open our eyes, Lord
I will call upon the Lord

Opening Song
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord

Peace
Shalom, chaverim

Scripture/Proclamation
Thy word

Doxology
Give thanks (STF 2036)

Closing Song
You are the seed

11 AM
Hymns
473, For the beauty of the earth (DIX)
Once a farmer went out sowing (AR HYD Y NOS)
327, O Word of God incarnate (MUNICH)

Confession
576, Glory be to the Father (GREATOREX)

Doxology
592, OLD HUNDREDTH

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Carlo Domeniconi, Koyunbaba, Gordie Murphy, guitar
Offertory: JS Bach, Prelude in C, Gordie Murphy, guitar
Postlude: German, Festive Trumpet Tune

New art installation

A couple of years ago we installed these praise figures (above) in our fellowship hall. There are four in total. Our FirstLight worship service had been taking place in there for some time and we felt the need to make the room feel more like a worship space. Fred Barkley designed the figures and with the arts team fabricated them out of foam core board and textured paint. They have become an important if understated part of the room.

Late last year the idea surfaced of replicating the figures somehow for the exterior of our facility. Gene Schimpf had the materials and the equipment to fashion them in stainless steel. Kent Patton recently installed them outside our rear door, where a great number of FirstLight worshipers enter. We are thankful for those named here who have brought about this project, and all who prayed this most recent installation into being.