God has a strong stomach

Rev. Amy Zimbelman, Conference Minister of MSMC, will preach from Mark 5:21-43 with a sermon titled "God has a strong stomach, and other insights from Mark 5." Amy offers this description: "Today we'll be looking at the healing of two women in the book of Mark: one with a flow of blood for years, and a 12-year-old on the threshold of adulthood. We'll be drawing from scholars like Dr. Brittney Wilson and Dale Martin to look at bleeding and how bodies and gender were viewed at the time (So if you get queasy at the mention of blood, I apologize in advance for triggering any gag reflexes.) And we'll be looking at the relationship between us and God when it comes to healing. What might our healing demand of us? and in the mess of life, where do we find God?"

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Sicilienne, Op. 78”
Composed by Gabriel Fauré, 1898

“To God Be the Glory”
Music: William H Doane, 1875; arr. Mark Hayes, ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Wakantanka (Many and Great)”
Text: Dakota; Joseph R Renville, Dakota Dowanpi Kin, 1846; paraphr. Philip Frazier, 1929, alt.; Music: Plains Indian traditional, Dakota Odowan, 1879

“Heleluyan”
Text: Muscogee; Hebrew traditional, ca. 4th c. BC; Music: Muscogee traditional; transcr. Charles H Webb, ©1989 United Methodist Publishing House (admin. Music Services); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth”
By Harold M Daniels, 2003

“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

“Jesus, Be the Center”
Text & Music: Michael Frye; ©1999 Vineyard Songs (admin. Music Services); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Sonata in E Major, K. 380”
Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, 1840

“New Earth, Heavens New”
Text: Harris J Loewen, 1982, Assembly Songs, 1983, rev. 2019; Music: Harris J Loewen, 1982, Assembly Songs, 1983; acc. Andrea Welty Peachey; ©1991 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Longing for Light”
Text & Music: Bernadette Farrell; ©1993 OCP Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Charlie Ferguson will preach from Luke 10:25-37 and Mark 1:40-42.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Jesus, Lover of My Soul”
Music: Joseph Parry; arr. John Carter; ©2010 Hope Publishing Co; 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

“Praise to God who has given us life”
By The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, A New Zealand Prayer Book, 1988

“Everlasting God, in whom we live and move”
Inspired by Augustine of Hippo, ca. 397; The Book of Common Order of the Church of Scotland, 1940, alt.

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

Children’s story images from Lumo Project (www.lumoproject.com)

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

Sermon image: “Go and do likewise” by Jorge Cocco Santángelo

“Song for Peace”
Text & Music: Tim Shue, 1994

“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

“The Lord Lift You Up”
Text: Patricia J Shelly; Music: Patricia J Shelly; arr. Dennis Friesen-Carper; ©1983 Patricia J Shelly; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Irresistible Revolution?

Pastor Glenn will preach from Mark 12:38-44.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Narcissus Op. 13, No. 4”
Composed by: Ethelbert Nevin, 1891

“Simple Gifts”
Traditional Shaker Melody; Arranged by: Mark Hayes, ©1988 Glory Sound, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There is no scarcity”
By Rosemarie Feeney Harding, ca. 1990

“All People That on Earth Do Dwell”
Text: based on Psalm 100; William Kethe, Anglo-Genevan Psalter, 1561; adapt. Thomas H Troeger, 1992; Music: Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551

“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

“Tú has venido a la orilla (Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore)”
Text: Spanish; Cesáreo Gabaráin; trans. composite Gertrude C Suppe, George Lockwood IV, Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon, Willard F Jabusch, alt.; Music: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1979, Dios con nosotros; Spanish text and music ©1979 Cesáreo Gabaráin and Ediciones Paulinas (admin. OCP Publications); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Let Us Build a House”
Text & Music: Marty Haugen; ©1994 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Children’s Corner, L. 113 The Little Shepherd”
Composed by: Claude Debussy, 1908

“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

“Guide My Feet”
Text: African American spiritual; Music: African American spiritual; harm. Wendell Whalum, ca. 1984, ©Estate of Wendell Whalum; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Bienvenido!

Anton Flores-Maisonet is founder of Casa Alterna in Atlanta GA. In the past year, Casa Alterna has hosted nearly 300 asylum seekers from 50 different countries. In this message from Mark 9:30-37, Anton reflects on what it means to engage in the spiritual practice of radical welcoming.

Worship Music Acknowledgements

“Tú has venido a la orilla (Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore)”
Text: Spanish; Cesáreo Gabaráin; trans. composite Gertrude C Suppe, George Lockwood IV, Raquel Gutiérrez-Achon, Willard F Jabusch, alt.; Music: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1979, Dios con nosotros; Spanish text and music ©1979 Cesáreo Gabaráin and Ediciones Paulinas (admin. OCP 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

“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

“Open My Eyes (Abre mis ojos)”
Text: Jesse Manibusan; Spanish trans. stanzas 1-3, 5 Rufino Zaragoza, OFM, (c)1988, 1998, 1999 Jesse Manibusan and Rufino Zaragoza, OFM, Spirit and Song (admin. OCP); Music: Jesse Manibusan, ©1988, 1998, 1999 Jesse Manibusan, Spirit and Song (admin. OCP); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Beauty for Brokenness”
Text: Graham Kendrick, 1993, alt.; Music: Graham Kendrick, 1993; ©1993 Make Way Music (admin. Music Services); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Hamba nathi (Come, Walk with Us)”
Text: Zulu; South African traditional; trans. Gerhard Cartford, ©Lutheran World Foundation; Music: South African traditional; arr. Anders Nyberg, ©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

Learning to Love the Heck Out of Each Other

Charlie Ferguson preached from 1 Peter 4:7-11, Mark 1:40-45, and Mark 10:42-45.

Music Acknowledgements

“One Is the Body”
Text: based on Ephesians 4:4-13, John L Bell; Music: John L Bell; ©1997, 2002 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Will You Let Me Be Your Servant”
Text: Richard Gillard, 1976, alt.; Music: Richard Gillard, 1976; adapt. Betty Pulkingham; ©1977 Scripture in Song (admin. Capitol CMG Publishing); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through CCLI License #200093153

“Holy Spirit, Come to Us”
Text: adapt. from Latin liturgy, ca. 10th c.; John 13:35; 15:12-13; 1 John 3:16; 4:10, 16; Music: Jacques Berthier; ©1998 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Praise God” (Dedication Anthem)
Text: Thomas Ken, A Manual of Prayers…, 1695, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason’s Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection…, 9th ed., 1830

So Many Questions

Pastor Glenn preached from Mark 4:26-34. How should we read this text? Is it about the sower, the seed, or the harvest? And, for that matter, just who is the sower? So many questions!

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah”
Text: based on Psalm 148; The Book of Psalms, 1871; adapt. William J Kirkpatrick, ca. 1893; Music: William J Kirkpatrick, ca. 1893

“They That Wait Upon the Lord”
Text: Stuart Hamblen (chorus of song “Teach me, Lord, to Wait”); Music: Stuart Hamblen; ©1953, Renewed 1981 Hamblen Music Co.; Used by permission.; CCLI License #20093153

“God has set this day before us”
By Beth Merrill Neel, holdfasttowhatisgood.com/liturgy/call-to-worship

“Morning Has Broken”
Text: Eleanor Farjeon, Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931, alt. © David Higham Assoc., Ltd.; Music: Scottish Gaelic traditional, Songs and Hymns of the Gael, 1888; harm. Martin Shaw, 1931, alt., © Oxford University Press

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

“My Life Flows On”
Text & Music: Robert Lowry’s Bright Jewels for the Sunday School, 1869, alt.; Refrain arr. ©1989 Hymnal: A Worship Book, alt.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“God Is Here Among Us”
Text: German; Gerhard Tersteegen, Geistliches Blumengärtlein, 1729; trans. The Hymnal, 1940, alt.; Music: Joachim Neander, Alpha and Omega, Glaub- und Liebesübung, 1680

“Masithi: Amen (Sing Amen)”
Text: Xhosa; South African traditional; trans. Unknown, alt.; Music: S C Molefe, ©1991 Lumko Institute; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Confused?

Pastor Glenn’s sermon featured Mark 3:20-35 and lines from The Princess Bride:
”Inconceivable!”
”You keep using that word. I don’t think you know what it means.”

Worship Resources

“The Lord Is My Light”
Text: based on Psalm 27:1, 5, 14, Lillian Bouknight; Music: Lillian Bouknight; arr. Stephen Key, arr. ©2000 GIA Publications, Inc.; ©1980 Savgos Music, Inc.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“In the Quiet Curve of Evening”
Text: Juliana Howard; Music: Juliana Howard; acc. Vera Lyons, alt.; ©1993 Juliana Howard; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“A love that never ceases”
By Beth Merrill Neel, holdfasttowhatisgood.com/liturgy/call-to-worship

“Whatsoever You Do”
Text: Willard F Jabusch, based on Matthew 25:31-46; Music: Willard F Jabusch; harmonized by Robert J Batastini; Text & Music copyright ©1966, 1982 Willard F Jabusch; admin. OCP; 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

“Abide With Me”
Text: Henry F Lyte, 1847, Remains of Henry Francis Lyte, 1850, alt.; Music: William H Monk, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861; Arrangement: Lloyd Larson, ©2019 Hal Leonard Corp.

“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

The Unveiling

Pastor Glenn preached from Mark 1:21-28.

Featured in today’s service:

“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

Too Short
Written by Stephen S Pearce; Illustrated by Audrey Rosenthal; ©1985

“Whatsoever You Do”
Text: Willard F Jabusch, based on Matthew 25:31-46; Music: Willard F Jabusch; harmonized by Robert J Batastini; Text & Music ©1966, 1982 Willard F Jabusch; admin. OCP; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Word and Sign”
Text: Adam M L Tice ©2016; Music: Benjamin Bergey ©2019; GIA Publications, Inc.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Going Home”
Music: Wayne Gratz

“To God Be the Glory”
Text: Franny J Crosby, 1875; Music: William H Doane, 1875; Public Domain

Mark 1:14-20

Pastor Claudia preached from Mark 1:14-20.

Today’s Music:

“I Sing the Mighty Power of God”
Text: Isaac Watts; Music: harmonized by William H Monk; Public Domain

“Let There Be Light, Lord God”
Text: William M Vories; Music: Charles H C Zeuner; Public Domain

“They That Wait Upon the Lord”
Text: Stuart Hamblen (chorus of song “Teach Me, Lord, to Wait”); Music: Stuart Hamblen; ©1953, renewed 1981 Hamblen Music Co.; Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Guide My Feet”
Text & Music: African American Spiritual; Harmonization by Wendell Whalum; Public Domain

“Good News! Chariot’s A-Comin’”
Text & Music: African American Spiritual; Arranged by Arlen Hershberger

Mark 1:4-11

Pastor Claudia Aguilar preached from Mark 1:4-11.

Today’s Music:

“Hamba Nathi (Come, Walk with Us)”
Text: South African traditional, translated by Gehard Cartford; ©Lutheran World Foundation; Music: South African traditional, arranged by Anders Nyberg; ©1984 Utryck, admin. Walton Music Corp.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

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

“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”
Text & Music: Kathleen Thomerson; ©1970, 1975 Celebration; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“God of the Bible”
Text: Shirley Erena Murray; ©1996 Hope Publishing Co.; Music: Tony E Alonso; ©2001 GIA Publications Inc.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“The Peace of the Earth be with You”
Text: Guatemalan traditional; translated by Christine Carson; Music: Guatemalan folk melody; Public Domain