Anthem The Ground ( from the Sunrise Mass) Ola Gjielo
Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Osana in excelsis.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Osana in excelsis.
Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi. Dona nobis pacem.Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Anthem We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace Undine Smith Moore
African American Spiritual / Choir
We shall walk through the valley in peace.
If Jesus himself shall be our leader, we shall walk through the valley in peace.
There will be no more trials there. If Jesus himself shall be our leader,
We shall walk through the valley in peace.
Cameroonian Melody Ralph Johnson /Louez le Seigneur
In Cameroonian church services, the Bible is often brought forward as part of a “Lectionary
Procession” before the scripture readings. Typically led by the women of the congregation,
lively dance and hymns of praise accompany the movement. "Louez le Seigneur" is an example
of this traditional form crossing over into popular hymnody.
Louez le Seigneur!
Louez son saint nom, Alleluia!
Praise the Lord!
Praise his holy name, Alleluia!
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