Anthem As the Dark Awaits the Dawn Carl Schalk
text Susan Palo CherweinAs the dark awaits the dawn
So we await your light
O Star of promise, scatter night
Loving bright, loving bright
Till shades of fear are goneAs the blue expectant hour
Before the silv’ring skies
We long to see your day arise
Whole and wise, whole and wise
O lucent Morning Star
As the moon reflects the sun
Until the night’s decrease
May we your healing light release
Living peace, living peace
Unto your holy dawnShine your future on this place
Enlighten ev’ry guest
That through us stream your holiness
Bright and blest, bright and blest
Come dawn, O Sun of grace
Psalm 104 Music by Autumn text from the 1650 Scottish Psalter Bless God, my soul! O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great.
With honor and with majesty thou art clothed in state.
With light, as with a robe, thyself thou coverest about,
And, like unto a curtain, thou the heavens stretchest out. Thou didst it cover with the deep, as with a garment spread;
The water stood above the hills when thou the word but said. They by the mountains do ascend and by the valley ground
Descend unto that very place which thou for them didst found. He to the valley sends the springs, which run among the hills,
They to all beasts of the field give drink, wild asses drink their fills. For cattle he makes grass to grow, he makes the herb to spring;
For th’use of man, that food to him he from the earth may bring. And wine that, to the heart of man, doth cheerfulness impart;
Oil that his face makes shine; and bread that strengtheneth his heart. How manifold, Lord, are thy works! In wisdom wonderful
Thou every one of them hast made, earths of thy riches full.
The Beatitudes H.R. Evans text from Matthew 5
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heav’n.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you,
Blessed are ye when men shall persecute you,
And shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is thy reward in Heaven!
Rejoice, be exceeding glad and glorify the Father in Heav’n.
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 YouShout 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 We Shall Walk Through the Valley arr. Undine Smith Moore
African American Spiritual
Ah, Lord we shall walk, shall walk in peaceWe shall walk through the valley in peace
We shall walk through the valley in peace
And if Jesus himself shall be our leader
We shall walk through the valley in peaceThere will be no trials there
There will be no trials there
And if Jesus himself shall be our leader
We shall walk through the valley in peace
Anthem A City Called Heaven arr. Josephine Poelinitz
African American Sorrow Song
I am a pilgrim, a pilgrim of sorrow,
I’m left in this wide world, this wide world alone!
Ain’t got no hope, got no hope for tomorrow,
Trying to make it, make heaven my home.
Sometimes I’m tossed and I’m driven, Lord.
Sometimes I just don’t know which way to turn,
Heard of a city, a city called heaven
Trying to make it, make heaven my home.
10/06/24 World Communion/Peacemaking Sunday The Rev. Dr. Seth Weeldreyer The Rev. Amber Nettleton
Anthem Lord, Here Am I John Ness Beck
text Fanny CrosbyMaster, Thou callest, I gladly obey;
only direct me, and I'll find Thy way.
Teach me the mission appointed for me,
what is my labor, and where it shall be.
Master, Thou callest, and this I reply,
“Ready and willing, Lord, here am I.”Willing, my Savior, to take up the cross;
willing to suffer reproaches and loss.
Willing to follow, if Thou wilt but lead;
only support me with grace in my need.
Master, Thou callest…Living, or dying, I still would be Thine;
yet I am mortal while Thou art divine.
Pardon, whenever I turn from the right;
pity, and bring me again to the light.
Master, Thou callest…