Offertory Anthem arr. Mark Hayes
text by Darlene Zschech
My Jesus, my Savior, Lord there is none like you
All of my days, I want to praise the wonders of your mighty love
My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of Refuge and Strength
Let every breath, all that I am never cease to worship You
Shout to the Lord all the earth let us sing, power and majesty, praise to the King
Mountains bow down and the sea will roar at the sound of your name
I sing for joy at the work of your hands
Forever I’ll love you, forever I’ll stand
Nothing compares to the promise I have in you.
“I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints …
and to know the love of Christ … filled with all the fullness of God.”
Christ, Who Was Before the World Began Brenda Portman text by Angier Brock Christ, who was before the world began;
Christ with God, as all things came to be;
Christ in ev’ry atom, ev’ry span
Of hope and light across eternity;
You took on our humanity;
You walked the shores of Galilee.
You healed the blind and set the captives free,
And still you walk with us through history. Christ, we are your people gathered here,
Holding earth’s near future in our hands.
Needs are great, but good news draws us near
With dreams of justice, love’s sweet providence.
Come set our hearts at liberty
And give our faith vitality.
Help us to serve, in peace and confidence,
As faithful stewards of your new covenant.
Christ the hope of generations past;
Christ as yet our compass, star, and guide;
Christ who summons us to feast and fast
By which the greatest love is multiplied:
You pour out grace unsparingly,
You ask us to live daringly.
Teach us to answer with a clear “Amen!”
And through your church, may you be glorified.
Anthem The Meditations of My Heart -- Elaine Hagenberg, text Psalm 19
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord.
O Lord my Rock, O Lord my Strength,
O Lord, my God and Redeemer.
Anthem J.S. Bach, Text James Quinn
Word of God, come down on earth
Living rain from heav’n descending;
Touch our hearts and bring to birth
Faith and hope and love unending.
Word almighty, we revere you;
Word made flesh, we long to hear you.
Word that caused blind eyes to see,
Speak and heal our mortal blindness;
Deaf we are: our healer be;
Loose our tongues to tell your kindness.
Be our Word in mercy spoken,
Heal the world by grace unbroken.
Word that speaks the Father’s Love,
One with God beyond all telling,
Word that sends us from above
God the spirit, with us dwelling;
Word of truth, to all truth lead us,
Word of life, with one bread feed us.
Anthem Mungu ni Mwema arr. Edo Bumba
Swahili text
Mungu ni mwema, mungu ni mwema
Mungu ni mwema, ni mwema, ni mwema!
Know that God is good…
Alle, Alleluia…
Anthem
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal arr. Mark Schweizer text F.R. Marvin
Hark, I hear the harps eternal ringing on the farther shore As I near those swollen waters with their deep and solemn roar
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah praise the lamb Hallelujah, Hallelujah, glory to the great I am
And my soul though stained with sorrow, fading as the light of day Passes swiftly o’er those waters to the city far away
Hallelujah…
Souls have crossed before me saintly to that land of perfect rest And I hear them singing faintly in the mansions of the blest
Hallelujah…