Music for worship 051114

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Bless the Lord, O My soul (Ten-thousand reasons)

Opening Song
Shout to the north

Confession
Dayenu

Scripture/Proclamation
Thy word

Offertory   
Not to us

Closing Song    
The wonderful cross
 
11 AM
Hymns
234, Come, you faithful raise the strain (ST KEVIN)
44, Like a mother who has borne us (AUSTIN)
240, Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks (ALLELUIA NO 1)

Confession
581, Glory be to the Father (GREATOREX)

Anthem at the readings
Thomas Matthews, The Lord is my shepherd
Alice Keith Knowles, soprano
...I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow my all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Arr. Larry Visser (b. 1962), Voluntary on CRIMOND
“A minor-key setting of the tune associated with Psalm 23, found at GtG #801”
Offertory:  Arr. Valerie Stephenson, Christ triumphant, alleluia
Adult Handbells
Postlude:  Arr. Larry Visser, Rondo on CRIMOND

Music for 050414

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Shout to the Lord

Opening Song
Open the eyes of my heart, Lord (in D)

Confession
Halle, halle, hallelujah (STF 2026)

Psalm/Canticle
Psalm 116: I love the Lord; he heard my cry

Offertory
Lead me to the cross

Communion
Distribution: GtG 507, Come to the table of grace

Closing Song    
You are holy, you are whole 

11 AM
Hymns
246, Christ is alive! (TRURO)
596, You are holy (DU AR HELIG)

Introit
413, Come into God’s presence
Confession

240, Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks (refrain only)
Psalmody/Canticle

Psalm 116: #655, What shall I render to the Lord (MARTYRDOM)

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

Communion
Distribution:
507, Come to the table of grace
508, Come to the table

Benediction
80, You shall go out with joy (THE TREES OF THE FIELD)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Jay Ungar, Ashoken Farewell
Brooke Alexander, violin
Offertory:  Mark Shepperd, Christ is risen! Alleluia!
Postlude:  Jacques Lemmens, Fanfare

Music for 042714

I am away this weekend and leaving music leadership in the capable hands of Andy Gwynn (830AM) and Mary Norton (11AM). That coupled with "low Sunday," makes for one of the most pared down music lists of the year. Pete Peery from the Montreat Conference Center will be the preacher.

FirstLight

Gathering Song(s)

            This is the day

Every time I feel the Spirit (in D)

Opening Song

            The heart of worship

Confession

            Glory, glory, hallelujah

Offertory

            Down to the river to pray

Closing Song    

Wade in the water (STF 2107)

11 AM

 

Hymns

248, Christ is risen, shout hosanna! (HYMN TO JOY)

257, The risen Christ (WOODLANDS)

817, We walk by faith and not by sight (DUNLAP’S CREEK)

Confession

            581, Glory be to the Father (GLORIA PATRI)

Doxology

            Praise God from whom all blessings flow (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)

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Instrumental/Organ Music

            Prelude: TBA Mary Norton

Offertory:  TBA Mary Norton

Postlude:  TBA Mary Norton

Music for 033014

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
Turn your eyes upon Jesus (in F)
Turn my heart, O God

Opening Song
Marvelous light

Prayer of Confession Response
Surely it is God who saves me (STF 2030)

Psalmody/Canticle
Psalm 23: 473 GtG, Shepherd me, O God

Offertory
Walk in the light

Communion
Distribution: All who are thirsty

Closing Song
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (in F)
            
11AM
Hymns
396, Brethren, we have met to worship (HOLY MANNA)
649, Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (AMAZING GRACE)

Introit
Arr. Archibald Davison, Who made ocean, earth and sky?
Robert Leaf, Now everybody sing
Carol Choir

Response to Forgiveness
71, Surely it is God who saves me (refrain) (FIRST SONG)

Psalmody/Canticle
Psalm 23: # 803 GtG, My shepherd will supply my need (RESIGNATION)

Anthem at the readings
Claude L. Bass, In him there was something special
Aerie Singers

Doxology
606, Praise God from whom all blessings flow (OLD HUNDREDTH)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: William Reynolds, Let all sounding things praise the Lord
Aerie Singers
Offertory: Come thou fount of every blessing
Adult Handbells
Postlude:  John Stanley, Trumpet Voluntary

Music for 031614

FirstLight
Gathering Song(s)
I lift my eyes up

Opening Song
Mighty to save

Prayer of Confession Response
Jubilate, everybody

Scripture/Proclamation
Listen to the word that God has spoken

Offertory
Is anyone thirsty (Kendrick)

Communion
Distribution: For everyone born

Closing Song
Be thou my vision

11AM
Hymns
49, The God of Abraham praise (LEONI)
450, Be thou my vision (SLANE)

Response to Forgiveness
Jubilate, everybody

Psalmody/Canticle
Psalm 121: GtG 45, I to the hills will lift my eyes (DUNDEE)

Doxology
606, Praise God from whom all blessings flow (OLD HUNDREDTH)

Instrumental/Organ Music
Prelude: Healy Willan (1880-1968), Voluntary on DUNDEE

Offertory: Brian Lewis, Agnus Dei
…qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Postlude:  CS Lang (1891-1971), Tuba Tune

Front lines of hunger, second in a series

During Lent we are focusing on hunger and the need for clean water in the US and around the world. Part of that emphasis includes acknowledging and celebrating and learning more about people who are trying to make a difference locally, in the US and around the world on the front lines of hunger relief and making clean water available to all. Today is Sara Miles:

Sara Miles founded the food pantry at St Gregory Nyssa in California several years ago and is now the church's director of ministry. Since that time she has become an practical-minded spokesperson on issues of food and hunger in the US.  Her most recent book (February 2014) is City of God: Faith in the Streets.   

This quote appears on the St. Gregory website:   

“Honeydew melons. Purple and green plums. Peaches, nectarines, spinach, yellow tomatoes, red tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, artichokes, lettuce, potatoes, onions, scallions, crookneck squash, pears, stringbeans, okra, apples, broccoli, mangoes, zucchini....on Fridays, our sanctuary is a vision of God’s ridiculous, over-the-top abundance. And packing up the leftovers to take down to the soup kitchen, or to serve at coffee hour on Sunday; wrestling boxes of watermelons or composting crates of overripe apricots, we can reflect with new understanding on St. Gregory of Nyssa’s observation that ‘the fruit of mercy yields much fruit.’
 

“Outside the pantry our people are gathering. A bunch of second-graders chasing each other up and down the sidewalk, screeching happily. A cluster of Moldavian refugees. A very sick prostitute and her faithful, exhausted friend, sitting together on the steps sharing a cigarette. Some gossipy Salvadoran moms; a few tattooed ex-cons; an old woman with her Bible. We set up a table outside with pitchers of cool water and glasses, and talk with everyone. People start to go in to get groceries: some give us stacks of plastic bags, or offer to take a turn helping at the table. A few have brought food—a couple slices of birthday cake, a box of powdered milk, some extra cans of corn-- to share.
 

“It takes so little to see God in this world. You just have to open the door.”

Front lines of hunger, first in a series

During Lent we are focusing on hunger and the need for clean water in the US and around the world. Part of that emphasis includes acknowledging and celebrating and learning more about people who are trying to make a difference locally, in the US and around the world on the front lines of hunger relief and making clean water available to all. First off is David Beckmann:

David Beckmann has been President of Bread for the World since 1991. He is a clergyperson in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). He is an articulate and passionate spokesperson on the matter of hunger around the world. In this video for Day 1 he speaks with conviction about the need for hunger relief in the US and around the world. You can read more of what he has to say on the topic in his book Exodus from Hunger.