Glenn Balzer

Scripture: Its Complicated

Pastor Glenn will preach from 2 Timothy 3:14-17, with a sermon titled “Scripture: Its Complicated.”

Acknowledgement for Worship Resources

“Be Still and Know / Be Still, My Soul”
Arr. Mark Hayes; ©1995 Word Music, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“God Speaks to Us in Bird and Song”
Text: Joseph Johnson, 1888, alt.; Music: Pax Ressler, ©2016 Pax Ressler; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“For the Beauty of the Earth”
Text: Folliott S Pierpoint, Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, alt.; Music: Conrad Kocher, Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes, 1838; adapt. William H Monk, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

“Compassionate Christ, if you are my light”
From Die ernshafte Christenpflicht, 1708; trans. Leonard Gross, 1998; adapt. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2018

Scripture from First Nations Version: an Indigenous Translation of the New Testament; ©2021 Rain Ministries, Inc.; InterVarsity Press

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“Gloria”
Text: Latin; Luke 2:14; Music: Jacques Berthier, ©1979 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“In Christ There is No East or West”
Text: John Oxenham, 1908, Bees in Amber, 1913, alt.; Music: Alexander Robert Reinagle, Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte, ca. 1836

“The Church’s One Foundation”
Text: Samuel J Stone, Lyra Fidelium, 1866, alt.; Music: Samuel S Wesley, Selection of Psalms and Hymns, 1864

“For the Beauty of the Earth”
By Conrad Kocher; arr. John Carter; ©2007 Hope Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O Chisholm, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; Music: William M Runyan, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; ©1923, renewed 1951, Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed and reprinted with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Is More Love Somewhere”
Text & Music: African American traditional

So Jesus Went on a Sabbatical

Pastor Glenn will preach from Matthew 4:1-3, when Jesus went on a sabbatical.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Sinfonia” from Cantata BWV 29
Music: JS Bach; arr. Michael Aston; ©2006 Oxford University Press

“Over My Head”
Text: African American spiritual; Music: African American spiritual; arr. John L Bell, alt.; ©1998 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“My Soul Cries Out”
Text: based on Luke 1:46-55; Rory Cooney; Music: Irish traditional; arr. Rory Cooney; ©1990 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Je louerai l’Éternel (Praise, I Will Praise You, Lord)”
Text: French; based on Psalm 9:1-2; Claude Frayssé; English trans. Kenneth I Morse, 1988, English trans. ©1989 Hymnal: A Worship Book; Music: Claude Frayssé; harm. Alain Bergése, 1976; acc. Marilyn Houser Hamm; ©1975 Claude Frayssé; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“In defiance of corruption and falsehood”
By John van de Laar, 2009

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“Gloria”
Text: Latin; Luke 2:14; Music: Jacques Berthier, ©1979 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Jesus, Help Us Live in Peace”
Text & Music: Jerry Derstine (JD Martin); ©1971, 2004 Jerry Derstine (JD Martin); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Le Jardin de Dolly Op. 56 No. 3”
Music: Gabriel Fauré; ©2003 Alfred Publishing Co, Inc

“You Are Salt for the Earth”
Text & Music: Marty Haugen, 1985, Gather, 1988; ©1986 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

A Mother's Day Reflection

Pastor Glenn will preach from Psalm 23.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
Music: John Zundel; arr. Victor Labenske; ©2009 Alfred Music Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart”
Music: Frederick C Atkinson; arr. Victor Labenske; ©2009 Alfred Music Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O Chisholm, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; Music: William M Runyan, Songs of Salvation and Service, 1923; ©1923, renewed 1951, Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“As I Went Down to the River to Pray”
Text & Music: African American spiritual

The Littlest Yak
Written by Lu Fraser; illustrated by Kate Hindley; ©2021 Peachtree Publishing

Psalm 23 from “Psalms for a New World” by Christine Robinson (doubterpsalms.blogspot.com)

“Calm Me, Lord”
Text: David Adam, ©SPCK; Music: Margaret Rizza, ©1998 Kevin Mayhew, Ltd. (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Shepherd Me, O God”
Text: based on Psalm 23; Marty Haugen, 1985, Gather, 1988; Music: Marty Haugen, Gather, 1988; ©1986 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Children of the Heavenly Father”
Text: Caroline VS Berg, Tryggare kan ingen vara, Andeliga Daggdroppar, 1855; trans. Ernst W Olson, The Hymnal, 1925, alt.; ©1953 Augsburg Fortress; Music: Swedish traditional, Son Book for Sunday School, 1871; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Total Praise”
Text: Richard Smallwood; Music: Richard Smallwood; arr. Stephen Key; ©1996 Bridge Building Music (BMI)/T Autumn Music (BMI) (admin. Capitol CMG Publishing); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

Prudent

Pastor Glenn will preach from John 12:1-8. The service will also include communion.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“All Creatures of Our God and King”
Music from Geistliche Kirchengesang; Arr. Philip Keveren, ©2008 Hal Leonard Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“All Creatures of Our God and King”
Arr. Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright, ©1990 Neil A Kjos Music Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What Is This Place”
Text: Huub Oosterhuis, Zomaar een dak boven wat hoofden, 1968; trans. David Smith, ©1967 OCP Publications; Music: Nederlandtsche Gedenckclanck, 1626; harm. Bernard Huijbers, harm. ©1984 TEAM Publications, OCP Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“My Hope Is Built”
Text: Edward Mote, ca. 1834, Hymns of Praise: A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, 1836, alt.; Music: William B Bradbury, 1863, Devotional Hymn and Tune Book, 1864

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“Alleluia”
Text: Hebrew traditional, ca. 4th c. BC; translit. Greek, ca. 3rd c. BC; Music: from the singing of George Mxadana; transcr. John L Bell, transcr. ©1990 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Is a Line of Women”
Text: John L Bell, ©2002 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); Music: Charlene Nafziger, ©2019 Charlene Nafziger; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Bless the Arms That Comfort”
Text: Mary Louise Bringle, ©2001 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Co.); Music: Gustav Holst, 1906; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“It Is Well With My Soul”
Music: Philip P Bliss; Arr. Philip Keveren, ©2008 Hal Leonard Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Fairest Lord Jesus”
Tune: Crusaders’ Hymn; Arr. Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright, ©1990 Neil A Kjos Music Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Abide With Me”
Tune: Eventide; Arr. Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright, ©1990 Neil A Kjos Music Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”
Text: Omer Westendorf, People’s Mass Book, alt. ©1964 World Library Publications, Inc.; Music: Welsh traditional; harm. anon.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Siyahamba (We Are Marching)”
Text: Xhosa; South African traditional; English trans. Gracia Grindal; Music: South African traditional; arr. Freedom is Coming, 1984; ©1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB (admin. Walton Music Corp., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Easter 2022

Pastor Glenn will preach from John 20:1-18 as we celebrate Easter.

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“Were You There”
Text: African American spiritual; Music: African American spiritual; arr. Richard Proulx; ©1994 Augsburg Fortress; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Text: based on “Salve caput cruentatum,” anon., 13th c.; Paul Gerhardt, “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden,” Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1656; trans. James W Alexander, rev. The Breaking Crucible, 1861; Music: Hans L Hassler, Lustgarten neuer Teutscher Gesäng, 1601; harm. JS Bach, St Matthew Passion, 1729

“He Is Alive! (Fanfare for Easter)”
Words and Music by Jay Althouse; ©1998 by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (admin. Jubilate Music Group, LLC); All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Christ the Lord is Risen Today”
Music: Easter Hymn from “Lyra Davidica”; arr. Lani Smith; ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of the Lorenz Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Christ the Lord is Risen Today”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739, alt.; Music: anon., Lyra Davidica, 1708

“Let the Children Come to Me”
Text: James V Marchionda; Music: James V Marchionda; arr. Michael K Runyan, alt.; ©1982 World Library Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

“All Glory, Laud, and Honor”
Text: Theodulph of Orleans, “Gloria, laus, et honor,” ca. 820; trans. John M Neale, The Hymnal Noted, 1851; Music: Melchior Teschner, 1613, Ein andächtiges Gebet ..., 1615

“This Joyful Eastertide”
Text: George R Woodward, Carols for Easter and Ascension, 1894; Music: Dutch traditional, David’s Psalmen, 1685; harm. Alice Parker, ©1966 Alice Parker; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Text: Edward Perronet, Gospel Magazine, 1779-1780; rev. John Rippon, Selection of Hymns, 1789; Music: James Ellor, ca. 1838

“Alleluia”
Composed by Randall Thompson; ©1940; Renewed 1968 by E.C. Schirmer Music Co.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Prepare Ye (The Way of the Lord)”
from the Musical Production “Godspell”; Composed by Stephen Schwartz; ©1971 Range Road Music, Inc., Bug Music-Quartet Music and New Cadenza Music Corp.; Copyright renewed; Arranged by Emily Martin

“Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep”
Text: based on a traditional spiritual; Music: Greg Gilpin; ©2007 by Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Lift Your Glad Voices”
Text: Henry Ware Jr, Christian Disciple, 1817, alt.; Music: John E Gould, Methodist Hymnal with Tunes- Special Edition, ca. 1878

“Go in peace. Christ is with you.”
By: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, 2006

“Angels Rolled De Stone Away”
Arranged by Jester Hairston; ©1949 Bourne Co., New York; Arrangement Copyright ©1962 Bourne Co., New York

Good Friday 2022

Pastor Glenn and a host of readers will lead this traditional Good Friday service.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Wondrous Love”
Music: American traditional, Southern Harmony, 1840; Arranged: David N Johnson; ©1968 Augsburg Fortress; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
Text: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707; Music: Lowell Mason, 1824, Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection…, 3rd ed., 1825

“Were You There”
Text: African American spiritual, Journal of American Folklore, April-June 1897; Music: African American spiritual, Old Plantation Hymns, 1899

“Ah, Holy Jesus”
Music: Johann Crüger, Neues volllkömliches Gesangbuch, Vol. II, 1640; Arranged: John Carter; ©2011 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Sacred Head, Now Wounded”
Music: Hans L. Hassler, Lustgarten neuer Teutscher Gesäng, 1601; Arranged: John Carter; ©2011 Beckenhorst Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed”
Music: Hugh Wilson, before 1824; Arranged: Gilbert M Martin; ©2005 Lorenz Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Were You There”
Music: African American spiritual; Arranged: Gilbert M Martin; ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Stay With Me”
Text: German; based on Matthew 26:38-42, Mark 14:32-36, Luke 22:39-46, Music from Taizé, vol. 2; English trans. Taizé Community; Music: Jacques Berthier, Music from Taizé, vol. 2; ©1984 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Amazing Grace”
Music: American traditional, Columbian Harmony, 1829

What is God Like?

Pastor Glenn will preach from Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling”
Music: Will L Thompson, Sparkling Gems Nos. 1 & 2 Combined, 1880

“Here I Am, Lord”
Music: Daniel L Schutte; arr. Michael Pope, SJ, and John Wiessrock; ©1981 Daniel L Schutte and New Dawn Music; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Come, Let Us All Unite to Sing”
Text: anon., ca. 1812, Millennial Praises, 1812; Music: Edmund S Lorenz, Notes of Triumph: For the Sunday School, 1886

“Come, let us celebrate the forgiving, reconciling love of God”
By Nancy Townley

“Gentle Shepherd, Come and Lead Us”
Text: Gloria Gaither; Music: William J Gaither; ©1974 William J Gaither; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Come and See”
Text: Marilyn Houser Hamm, 1974, Sing and Rejoice, 1979; adapt. from Greek and Latin liturgies; Music: Marilyn Houser Hamm, 1974, Sing and Rejoice, 1979; ©1974 Marilyn Houser Hamm; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Where Does God Live?
Written by Holly Bea; illustrated by Kim Howard; published by HJ Kramer, 1997

“Far, Far Away / I Will Arise”
Text: based on Luke 15:1-24; vers. anon., “The Prodigal son,” Gospel Songs, 1874; Music: American traditional, Southern Harmony, 1835; harm. Charles H Webb

“Hymn of Promise”
Music: Natalie Sleeth, 1986; arr. John Carter, 1995; ©1986 and this arrangement ©1995 New Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“We Are People of God’s Peace”
Text: based on Menno Simons, Reply to False Accusations, 1552; stanzas 1, 3, 4 vers. David Augsburger, 1978; adapt. Esther Bergen, 1990; Music: Johann Horn, Ein Gesangbuch der Brüder im Behemen und Merherrn, 1544; rev. In Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum, 1584; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“To God Be the Glory”
Text: Fanny J Crosby, Brightest and Best, 1875; Music: William H Doane, Brightest and Best, 1875

“The Prodigal Son” by Kaye Redman (kayeredmanart.patternbyetsy.com)

Why?

Pastor Glenn will preach from Luke 13:1-9.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Six Etudes in Canon Form, Op. 56”
Composed by Robert Schumann, 1845; arr. Georges Bizet; ©2009 Alfred Publishing Company, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Could It Be That God Is Singing”
Text: Becca J R Lachman, ©2004 Becca J R Lachman, rev. 2018; Music: Southern Harmony, 1854; arr. Alice Parker, ©2008 Alice Parker; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Jesus calls us to praise and prayer”
By Joanna Harader, 2017, alt.

“We are not alone; we live in God’s world”
By United Church of Canada, 1968, rev. 1980, 1995

“Jesus Loves Me”
Text: Anna B Warner, 1859; Music: William B Bradbury, The Golden Shower, 1862

My First Day
Written and illustrated by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huyhn Kim Lien; ©2021; published by Make Me a Better World (a division of Random House), New York

“I Want Jesus to Walk with Me”
Text & Music: African American spiritual

“What Does the Lord Require of You?”
Text: based on Micah 6:8; Jim Strathdee; Music: Jim Strathdee; ©1986 Desert Flower Music/Jim and Jean Strathdee; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“We Are One in the Spirit”
Text: Peter Scholtes, 1966; Spanish trans. Federico J Pagura; German trans. Anton Schulte and Bernd Schlottoff; Music: Peter Scholtes, 1966; arr. Richard D Wetzel; ©1966 FEL Publications, assigned to the Lorenz Corp., 1991; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084