October 18th, 2020
Season of Challenge-Hallie 9/20/20
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September 19th, 2020
Season of Challenge 2020 – September 14 – Pierrette Comulada: Song of Solomon
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September 19th, 2020
Season of Challenge 2020 – September 13 – Liz Edman: Song of Solomon
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September 19th, 2020
2020 Season of Identity Sermons – August 10, 31 and September 6
Three recorded sermons from the Season of Identity:
August 10, 2020 – Matthew 14:22-33
August 31, 2020 – Exodus 3:1-15
September 6, 2020 – Exodus 25:4
Enjoy!
September 12th, 2020
Poetry Resources for the Fall 2020 Season of Challenge
A note from our own Suzanne Wise:
If you are choosing a poem for a dinner church service or looking for poems to read generally during our Season of Challenge, here are a few online resources for poetry that might be helpful.
Poetry Foundation: poems of protest, resistance, and empowerment
Academy of American Poets: social justice poems
Poetry Society of America: poetry and protest
New York Public Library: poetry of protest by Black LGBTQ poets, e-books & books
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September 10th, 2020
Music for Fall 2020
Most beautiful song leaders,
This fall, as our scriptures and preaching explore right relationship with ourselves, each other, money, the world around us, and God, we’ll be singing songs that resonate with that theme. Our menu of music includes:
Gathering song: Lament for Zion (by our own Debbie Holloway)
Candle Lighting song: Lead Me, Guide Me
Table Acclamation: Fall Table Acclamation (by our own Meave Shelton)
Prayer Song: Song Leader’s choice (as always).
Gathering for Offering: We have two new ones from which to choose:
1. Yea, O God
or
2. What Does the Lord Require of You?
Final Hymn: God Whose Giving Knows No Ending
If you have a song you’d like to lead that isn’t on this list, you are welcome to lead it. We ask only that you familiarize yourself with how we choose our repertoire and that you notify Christian or Jake ahead of time.
Thank you for holding your community in song!
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Songs We Sing
September 10th, 2020
What Does The Lord Require of You?
“What Does the Lord Require of You?” is a song based on the prophetic line from Micah, chapter 6, verse 8.
“What Does the Lord Require of You?”
What does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God, your God
and to walk humbly with your God
It has a nice, snappy rhythm, which you can learn by listening to this teaching recording made by Christian.
(We’re not sure of who wrote this beautiful song, but if you know, please let us know!)
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Songs We Sing
September 10th, 2020
Yea, O God
“Yea, O God” is a song by Larry Dittberner. It has three parts, which can be sung as a round.
Here is a teaching recording from Christian.
Here are the words:
Yea, O God
by Larry Dittberner
Yea O God, you are our mother
You are our mother and father
(2x)
We are the clay
We are the clay
We are the clay You are the potter (2x)
We are all the work of your hands
The work of your hands
The work of your hands (2x)
If you’d like to hear it as a round, you can purchase a beautiful mp3 of it here for only a dollar. Sheet music also available for purchase.
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Songs We Sing