Standing in the Tragic Gap

Pastors Claudia and Glenn and PCRC members led a service of communal acknowledgement. This was a space to express, talk about, and own the pain, loss, and disappointment that has been part of the fabric of our lives over the past few months. The tone is similar to a typical Good Friday service.

Scripture: Lamentations 3:27-36 and 1 Corinthians 13:13

Today’s Music:

“Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?”
Text: Isaac Watts, 1707; Music: Hugh Wilson; adapted by Robert A Smith, 1825; Public Domain

“Be Thou My Vision”
Text: Ancient Irish, tr. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1905; Music: Irish melody, harm. Martin Shaw, 1931; Harmonization copyright © Oxford University Press; All right reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

 “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”
Text: Isaac Watts; Music: American folk melody; Public Domain

“O Lord Hear My Prayer”
Text & Music: Jacques Berthier; ©1982 Les Presses de Taize. All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go”
Text: George Matheson, 1882; Music: Albert L Peace, 1884; Public Domain

“I Wonder as I Wander”
Music: Albert L Peace; Public Domain

 “My Life Flows On”
Text & Music: Robert Lowry; Public Domain

“Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Text: Thomas O Chisholm; Music: William Runyan; ©1923, renewal 1951 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“In Heavenly Love Abiding”
Text: Anna L Waring, Hymns and Meditations, 1850; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, Sechs Lieder, Op 59, No 3, 1843; Public Domain

“Rain Down”
Text & Music: Jaime Cortez; ©1991 OCP Publications.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Christmas Eve 2020

Join us for a Christmas service adapted from A Christmas Gift: A Christmas Eve Worship Service by C E Cowen. We journeyed through the Christmas story in scripture and song.

Today’s Music:

“Hodie Christus Natus Est”
By Benjamin Britten from his Ceremony of Carols, 1942

“Canon de Noël”
Arranged by Joseph M Martin; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“I Wonder as I Wander”
Tune arranged by Mark Hayes; ©2013 Lorenz Corporation. All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Still, Still, Still” (A Christmas Berceuse)
Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Shawnee Press

“’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”
Music: French melody; Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Shawnee Press

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Text: John F Wade (1743) and Office de St Omer (1822); tr. Frederick Oakeley (1841), Etienne JF Borderies (1822), and William Mercer (1844); Music: attributed to John F Wade, 1743; Public Domain

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Text: anonymous, ca 6th-7th century; tr. John M Neale, 1851 and Henry Sloane Coffin, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th century; Public Domain

“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Text: Phillips Brooks, 1868; Music: Lewis H Redner, 1868; Public Domain

“What Child is This”
Text: William C Dix, 1865; Music: Traditional English Melody; Public Domain

“Away in a Manger”
Text: anonymous, Little Children’s Book (sts. 1-2), 1885, Vineyard Songs (st.3), 1892; Music: William J Kirkpatrick, 1895; arr. by Joan A Fyock ©1989

“Angels We Have Heard on High”
Text: Unknown, Nouveau Recueil de Cantiques, 1855; tr. Unknown, altered by Earl Marlatt, 1937; Music: traditional French carol; Public Domain

“While Shepherds Watched”
Text: Nahum Tate, 1700; Music: Thomas Est, 1592; Public Domain

“We Three Kings”
Text: based on Matthew 2:1-11; Text & Music: John H Hopkins, Jr, 1863; Public Domain

“Ave Maria”
Composed by Franz Schubert, 1825; Public Domain

“Joy to the World”
Text: Isaac Watts, 1719; Music: “From Handel,” Lowell Mason, 1836; Public Domain

“Silent Night”
Text: Joseph Mohr, 1818, tr. John F Young, 1863; Music: Franz Gruber, 1818; Public Domain

Postlude

“Joy to the World”
Tune arranged by Mark Hayes; ©2020 Lorenz Corporation. All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Sheep May Safely Graze” for violin and piano
JS Bach; arranged by Lynne Latham; ©2009 Latham Music, Ltd.; Streamed by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”
From “Christmas Carols for Twelve Bells,” Arr. Jason Krug; ©2013 Choristers Guild; All rights reserved.; ONE LICENSE, license #A731084

“Gesù Bambino”
Text & Music: Pietro A Yon; ©1919 J. Fischer Bros., renewed 1947; All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”
Music: Arranged by Bill Wolaver; ©2018 Van Ness Press, Inc.; Streamed by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Breath of Heaven”
Authors: Amy Grant & Chris Eaton; ©1992 Hal Leonard Corporation; All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“De Drie Koningen”
Music: Flemish folk song, 15th or 16th century; Arranged by Larry and Carla Sue; composer granted permission to stream.

“While Shepherds Watched”
Music: Thomas Est, 1592; Arranged by Wolaver

“Pachelbel’s Canon”
Composed by Johann Pachelbel, 1680

“La Nanita Nana”
Traditional Spanish carol; arranged by Ken Berg; ©2010 Carl Fischer Music; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“I Saw Three Ships”
Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Shawnee Press

“Silent Night” for violin and piano
Composed by Franz Gruber; arranged by HL Harts; Public Domain

Advent 4- Luke 1:46-56

Pastor Claudia Aguilar preached from Luke 1:46-56.

Today’s Music:

“Los Peces en el Rio”
From Christmas Carols for Twelve Bells, Arr. Jason Krug; ©2013 Choristers Guild; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084; This arrangement by Larry and Carla Sue; streaming permission granted.

“Sing a Different Song”
Text: The Iona Community; Music: John L Bell; ©1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland). Used by permission of GIA Publications.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“To Us a Child of Hope is Born”
Text: John Morison, 1781; Music: Lowell Mason, 1837 or 1838; Public Domain

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Text: Charles Wesley and others, 1739; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; adapted by William H Cummings, 1855; Public Domain

“The First Noel, the Angel Did Say”
Text: English carol, 1823; Music: English carol, 1833; Public Domain

“Good Christian Friends, Rejoice”
Text: In dulci jubilo, 14th century; tr. John M Neale, 1853; Music: Geistliche Lieder, 1535; harmonized by Robert L Pearsall; Public Domain

Advent 3- A Little Good News

Pastor Glenn preached from Isaiah 61:1-4; 8-11. The Prophet Isaiah reminds us what joyful proclamation looks like. This is the kind of news we need in 2020!

Today’s Music

“Hodie Christus Natus Est”
By Benjamin Britten from his Ceremony of Carols, 1942

“’Twas in the Moon of Wintertime”
Text: St. Jean de Brebeauf, ca. 1643; tr. JE Middleton, 1926; Music: French melody; Public Domain

“Gesù Bambino”
Text & Music: Pietro A Yon; ©1919 J. Fischer Bros., renewed 1947; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, All Ye Children”
Text: Christian von Schmid; Music: Johann Abraham Peter Schulz; Public Domain

“O Come, O Come Immanuel”
Text: Anonymous, ca. 6th-7th century; tr. John M Neale, 1851, and Henry Sloane Coffin, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th century; Public Domain

“Sing a Different Song”
Text: The Iona Community; Music: John L Bell; ©1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland). Used by permission of GIA Publications.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”
From Christmas Carols for Twelve Bells, Arr. Jason Krug; ©2013 Choristers Guild; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What Child is This”
Text: William C Dix, 1865; Music: Traditional English Melody; Public Domain

“How Brightly Beams the Morning Star”
Text: Philipp Nicolai, 1599; tr. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978; Music: Philipp Nicolai, 1599; Translation ©1978 Augsburg Fortress Publishing; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Advent 2- Children's Program

The children and youth of FMC led us in worship for the second Sunday of Advent.
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8

Today’s Music:

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Text: John F Wade (1743) and Office de St Omer (1822); tr. Frederick Oakeley (1841), Etienne JF Borderies (1822), and William Mercer (1844); Music: attributed to John F Wade, 1743; Public Domain

“Sing a Different Song”
Text: The Iona Community; Music: John L Bell; ©1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland). Used by permission of GIA Publications.; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What Child is This”
Text: William C Dix, 1865; Music: Traditional English Melody; Public Domain

“Go Tell it on the Mountain”
Text & Music: African-American spiritual; Public Domain

“Joy to the World”
Text: Isaac Watts, 1719; Music: “From Handel,” Lowell Mason, 1836; Public Domain

“Oh, Beautiful Star of Bethlehem”
Text: Adger M Pace, 1940; Music: R Fisher Boyce, 1940; harmonized by Adger M Pace; All rights reserved.; Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
Text: Charles Wesley and others, 1739; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; adapted by William H Cummings, 1855; Public Domain

Advent 1- Luke 1:26-38

On the first Sunday of Advent, Pastor Claudia preached from Luke 1:26-38.

Today’s Music:

“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, 1744 ; Music: Rowland H Pritchard, ca. 1830; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906; Public Domain

 “Sing a Different Song”
Text: The Iona Community; Music: John L Bell; ©1987 WGRG The Iona Community (Scotland). Used by permission of GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“My Soul Proclaims with Wonder”
Text: Carl P Daw, Jr.; ©1987 Hope Publishing Co.; Music: J Harold Moyer; ©1991 The Hymnal Project; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Breath of Heaven”
Authors: Amy Grant & Chris Eaton; ©1992 Hal Leonard Corporation; All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“My Soul Cries Out”
Text: Rory Cooney, based on Luke 1:46-58; Music: Irish traditional; arranged by Rory Cooney; ©1990 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

A Look Under the Hood

Pastor Glenn Balzer preached from Matthew 25:31-46. We conducted Glenn’s 3rd year review. It seems like it would be a good time to have a congregational review! How does this morning’s text guide the review process?

Today’s Music:

“We Gather Together”
Text: Nederlandtsche Gedenckclanck, 1626; tr. Theodore Baker, 1917; Music: Nederlandtsche Gedenckclanck, 1626; tune adapted by Edward Kremser, 1877; Public Domain

“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Text: Joachim Neander, 1680; tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1863; Music: Erneuerten Gesangbuch, 1665; Public Domain

“For the Beauty of the Earth”
Text: Folliott S Pierpoint, 1864; Music: John Rutter, 1980 © Hinshaw Music, Inc.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Kumbayah”
Text & Music: Traditional African melody; Public Domain

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

Risky Business

Pastor Glenn preached from Matthew 25:14-30. We looked at the parable of the talents and saw what it has to say to us about taking risks.

Today’s Music:

“Let There be Light, Lord God”
Text: William M Vories; Music: Charles HC Zeuner
Public Domain

“The Lord’s My Shepherd”
Text: based on Psalm 23; Music: Jessie S Irvine, harmonized by David Grant
Public Domain

“Spirit of the Living God”
Text & Music: Daniel Iverson
©1963 Birdwing Music; All rights reserved.
Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“We Are Not Alone”
Text & Music: Pepper Choplin
©2005 Shawnee Press; All rights reserved.
Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go”
Text: George Matheson; Music: Albert L Peace
Music: J Rosamund Johnson
Public Domain

“Be Thou My Vision”
Music: Irish melody; harmonized by Martin Shaw, 1931
Harmonization copyright © Oxford University Press; All rights reserved.
Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Amos 5:18-24

Pastor Claudia preached from Amos 5:18-24.

Music in this service:

“O Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic”

Text: based on Psalm 8, Michael W Smith; Music: Michael W Smith, arrangement by Martha Hershberger; Text and Music copyright ©1981 and arrangement ©1990 Meadowgreen Music Co.; Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Let Justice Roll Like a River”

Text & Music: Marty Haugen; ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Jesus, Rock of Ages”

Text & Music: M Gerald Derstine; ©1973 c/o Mennonite Publishing House

“Be Thou My Vision”

Text: Ancient Irish, translation by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, 1905; Music: Irish melody, harmonized by Martin Shaw, 1931; Harmonization copyright © Oxford University Press; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Text: James W Johnson; Music: J Rosamund Johnson; ©1921 Edward B Marks Music Company. Copyright renewed.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Surrounded

Pastor Glenn preached from Hebrews 12:1-2 as we observed All Saints Day.

All Saints Day has been a very solemn and rich experience of remembering those who have gone before. The act of lighting candles in their honor and being surrounded by our church family who are doing the same thing has been a very worshipful time. We have few such times of quiet reflection and remembrance at FMC. Today we continue this tradition as we will hear the names of the cloud of witnesses that we are honoring.

Today’s Music

“Great is Thy Faithfulness”

Text: Thomas O Chisholm; Music: William Runyan; ©1923, renewal 1951 Hope Publishing Co.; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“My Latest Sun is Sinking Fast”

Text: Jefferson Hascall, 1860; Music: William B Bradbury, 1862; arranged by James E Clemens, 2004

“Steal Away”

Text & Music: African-American spiritual; Public Domain

“Asithi: Amen (Sing Amen)”

Text: South African hymn; Music: SC Molefe

“Holy, Holy, Holy!”

Music: John B Dykes, 1861; Public Domain

“Be Thou My Vision”

Music: Irish melody; harmonized by Martin Shaw, 1931; Harmonization copyright © Oxford University Press; All rights reserved.; Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084