Sermons

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…

God is my strong salvation; what foe have I to fear? In peril and temptation my light, my help, is near. Though hosts encamp around me, firm to the fight I stand; what terror can confound me, with God at my right hand?Place on the Lord reliance; my soul, with courage wait; God’s truth be thine affiance, when faint and desolate. God’s might thy heart shall strengthen; God’s love thy joy increase; mercy thy days shall lengthen; the Lord will give thee peace.

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…