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…
Anthem The Meditations of My Heart -- Elaine Hagenberg, text Psalm 19May 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.
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…
Anthem Je louerai l’Éternel Claude Frayssé, Alain Bergése
Je louerai l’Éternel de tou mon couer,
Je raconterai routes tes merveilles,
Je chanterei ton nom.
Je louerai l’Éternel de tou mon couer,
Je feria de tou le sujey de ma joie. Alleluia!Praise, I will praise you Lord, with all my heart.
O God, I will tell the wonders of your ways, and glorify your name.
Praise, I will praise you Lord, with all my heart.
In you I will find the source of all my joy. Alleluia.Love, I will love you Lord...Serve, I will serve you Lord...
Anthem Psalm 78
The Lord gave them bread from heaven,
Bread in the wilderness.He commanded the skies and opened the doors of heav’n;
He rained manna upon them for food, and gave them heav’nly bread.Manna bread of angels, food He sent in abundance.
And they were brought to his holy land, the mountain his hand had won.