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December 27th 2009

ANTHEM                                       All My Heart Again Rejoices                   Michael Burkhardt, arr.

All my heart again rejoices

As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices;

“Christ is born,” their choirs are singing,

Till the air ev’rywhere now with joy is ringing.

Hark! A voice from yonder manger,

Soft and sweet, does entreat: “Flee from woe and danger;

Come and see; from all that grieves you

You are freed; all you need I will surely give you.”

Come, then, let us hasten yonder;

Here let all, great and small, kneel in awe and wonder;

Love him who with love is yearning;

Hail the star that from far bright with hope is burning.   

December 20th 2009

Festival of Lessons and Carols

December 13th 2009

ANTHEM                                                Come, My Light                                  Anne Krentz Organ
                                                  Text: Dimitri of Rostov, 17^th century

Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel.
Jesus, the Light of the world!

Come, my light, and illumine my darkness.
Come, my life, and revive me from death.
Come, my physician, heal my wounds.
Come, come, Jesus, the light of the world.

Come, flame of divine love, and burn up the thorns of my sins,
Kindling my heart with the flame of thy love.
Come, my king, sit upon the throne of my heart.
Come and reign in my heart.

For thou alone art my king and my lord.
Come, come, Jesus, the light of the world.

December 6th 2009

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE:       Candle Carol                                                 K. Lee Scott

First time: Choir; Second time: All

Offertory ANTHEM                      Blest Be the King                                         Peter Mathews

Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!
For him let doors be opened, no hearts against him barred!
Not robed in royal splendor, in pow’r and pomp comes he:
But clad as are the poorest–such his humility!

Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!
By those who truly listen his voice is truly heard.
Pity the proud and haughty, who have not learned to heed
The Christ who is the Promise and has our ransom paid.

Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!
He only to the humble reveals the face of God.
All pow’r is his, all glory! All things are in his hand,
All ages and all peoples, till time itself shall end.

Blest be the King whose coming is in the name of God!
He offers to the burdened the rest and grace they need.
Gentle is he and humble! And light his yoke shall be,
For he would have us bear it so he can make us free!

November 29th 2009

ANTHEM             Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing            J.S.Bach

Zion hears the watchmen singing, her heart with joyful hope is springing;
She wakes and hurries through the night.
Forth He comes, her Bridegroom glorious in strength of grace, in truth victorious:
Her star is ris’n, her light grows bright.
Now come, most worthy Lord, God’s Son, Incarnate Word, Alleluia!
Your lamps prepare and hasten there, that you the wedding feast may share.

November 22nd 2009

ANTHEM                                        Crown Him King of Kings                                           J.S. Bach

                                                     Hal Hopson, arr.

Crown Him King of Kings, and Lord of Lords;
Shout and sing to God, the mighty Lord.
Shout to God, the Lord, O sing His praises.
All ye heavens, all the earth, shout and sing to God, the mighty Lord.
Truth unchanging is His law.
In His justice we rejoice.
Praise His name in joyful voice.
Sing to God, the mighty Lord.
Shout and sing to God, the mighty Lord, with joyful heart and voice.            
In humility we bow in thanks for all His tender love.

November 15th 2009   

ANTHEM                                “He That Shall Endure” from Elijah                     Felix Mendelssohn

                                                                Text: Mark 13:13

He that shall endure to the end shall be saved.

November 8th 2009

VOLUNTARY                      Song Without Words, Op. 19, No. 1                       Felix Mendelssohn                    Wei Tsun Chang, violin                   Paul Thurmond, Organist ANTHEM                                 In the Light of His Glory and Grace                         Mark Shepperd For we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is but passing away, but what is unseen is eternal.  Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face; And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.  Turn your thoughts upon Jesus, think deep of his comforting love; And the thoughts of sin and of self and strife Will be lost in that rapture above.

October 25th 2009

ANTHEM                                           Thou Shalt Know Him                                          Mark Sirett

Thou shalt know him when he comes,
Not by any din of drums,
Nor his manners, nor his airs,
Nor by anything he wears.

Thou shalt know him when he comes,
Not by his crown or by his gown,
But his coming known shall be,
By the holy harmony
Which his coming makes in thee.                     

October 18th 2009

ANTHEM                       Whoever Would Be Great Among You             Ronald A. Nelson                                                          Text: Matthew 10:26-28

Whoever would be great among you, must become your servant,

And whoever would be first among you, must be a slave of all.

For the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve.

And to give his life as a ransom for many.

October 11th 2009

ANTHEM             Day by Day                                  Martin How

            Text: Richard of Chichester (1197-1253)

Day by day, dear Lord, of thee three things I pray:

To see thee more clearly,

Love thee more dearly,

Follow thee more nearly;

Day by day.

October 4th 2009

Offertory ANTHEM             One Bread, One Body                John Foley

One bread, one body, one Lord of all; one cup of blessing which we bless.

And we, though many throughout the earth, we are one body in this one Lord.

Gentile or Jew, servant or free, woman or man, no more.

Many the gifts, many the works, one in the Lord of all.

Grain for the fields, scattered and grown, gathered to one for all.    

September 27th 2009

ANTHEM                                                Prayer for Peace                                       David Cherwien

                                                              Text: Henry W. Baker

O God of love, O King of peace,

Make wars throughout the world to cease;

The wrath of nations now restrain.

Give peace, O God, give peace again.

Remember, Lord, thy works of old,

The wonders that thy people told;

Remember not our sin’s dark stain.

Give peace, O God, give peace again.

Whom shall we trust but thee, O Lord?

Where rest but on thy faithful word?

None ever called on thee in vain.

Give peace, O God, give peace again.

September 20th 2009

ANTHEM                                     In All These You Welcomed Me             William Bradley Roberts

                                                           Anne Thurmond, clarinet

Trav’ler’s child laid in a manger, refugee to Egypt bound,

Pilgrim youth, yet not a stranger, when your Father’s house you found:

Christ, who set aside your glory to reclaim our wayward race,

Help us read salvation’s story in each passing heart and face.

Guest who vintaged wine from water, wand’ring healer brimmed with balm,

Foreigner whose hearer brought her heart-thirst to your well of calm:

Savior, may we see our neighbor as an emblem of your care;

In our leisure and our labor give us grace to find you there.

Homeless squatter in a garden, feaster in a rented room,

Scapegoat for another’s pardon, sleeper in a borrowed tomb:

Jesus, outcast and offender to those certain of God’s will,

Rend the veils of race and gender, wealth and health, that shroud us still.

Strange wayfarer to Emmaus, vague form on the distant shore,

Fright to friends (“Does sense betray us?”) when you stood with them once more:

Risen Lord, be there to meet us when life dawns eternally;

May your promised blessing greet us, “In all these you welcomed me.”

OFFERTORY                                               Andante                                                    Gerald Finzi

September 13th 2009

ANTHEM           Lift High the Cross           Leland B. Sateren

Lift high the Cross, the love of Christ proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred Name.

O Lord, once lifted on the glorious Tree,
As Thou hast promised, draw us unto Thee.

Set up Thy throne, that earth’s despair may cease
Beneath the shadow of its healing peace.

 So shall our song of triumph ever be:
Praise to the Crucified for victory.

September 6th 2009

OFFERTORY ANTHEM                       Our Lord’s Prayer                                          Lloyd Larson

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us out debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

August 30th 2009

ANTHEM         Great Is Thy Faithfulness                                Cindy Berry, arr.

Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with thee;
Thou changest not, thy compassions they fail not;
As thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hath provided;
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine,
For thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.

Pardon for sin, and a peace that endureth,
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!