Now the Green Blade Riseth
Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain,
wheat that in dark earth many days has lain;
Love lives again, that with the dead has been:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.In the grave they laid him, Love who had been slain
thinking that never he would wake again,
laid in the earth like grain that sleeps unseen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.Forth he came at Easter like the risen grain,
Jesus who for three days in the grave had lain;
quick from the dead, my risen Lord is seen:
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain,
Jesus’ touch can call us back to life again,
fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been;
Love is come again like wheat that springeth green.
3.24.24 Palm Sunday Meredith Alspach The Rev. Annamarie Groenenboom The Rev. Dr. Seth Weeldreyer
With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before God with burnt offerings, Shall I come before God with yearling calves?
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give God my firstborn for my transgressions, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?God has shown you, O man; God has shown you what is good.And what does the Lord require of you
but to do justly and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly, walk humbly with your God?
Anthem God So Loved the World John Stainer
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
But have everlasting life.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world,
But that the world through Him might be saved.
Anthem En Ego Campana Jacobus Handl (Gallus)
Behold, I am a bell, my words don’t lie
I laud the true God, I sound with ringing…
I call the people, I sound with ringing…
I gather the clergy…
I mourn death…
I annul the flashes of lightning…
I peal the Sabbath…
I arouse the slothful…
I scatter the winds…
I bring peace to the guilty…
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Let us pray. ...
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 our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, now and forever. Amen.
January 21, 2024 — Third Sunday after Epiphany Meredith Alspach The Rev. Annamarie Groenenboom The Rev. Chrissy Westbury The Rev. Dr. Seth Weeldreyer
Anthem Chariot! Traditional African American spirituals arr. by Phillip Kern
Gonna ride up in the chariot early in the morning,
And I hope I join the band.
O Lord, have mercy on me.Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
I look over Jordan and what do I see
A band of angels coming after me
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home.
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMThis morning we are going to tell the story of the birth of Jesus as told by the
gospels of Luke and Matthew, AND as told by you! We ask that you listen
for the following words to be spoken within the story, and to respond as written:
Shepherds Yo, Sheep!
Sheep Baa!
Night Silent night, holy night (sung with piano accompaniment)
Angel Hallelujah! Hallelujah! (sung with piano accompaniment)
Magnificat Luke 1:46-55 Carl Witt
Cantor 1: For God has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day, all generations will call me blessed:
For God has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
RESPONSE
Cantor 2: God has shown mercy on those who fear him in every generation.
God has shown the strength of his arm; he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
RESPONSE.
Cantor 1: God has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly.
God has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
RESPONSE.
Cantor 2: God has come to the help of his servant Israel, for he remembered his promise of
mercy; The promise God made to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children, forever.
RESPONSE.