Rev. Dr. Dominique Robinson

FMC’s Black History Month Guest Preacher Series continues with Rev. Dr. Dominique Robinson, Dean of Chapel and Assistant Professor of Religion at Wiley College in Marshall TX.

Rev. Dr. Robinson preached from 1 Peter 3:8-9.

Today’s Music and Worship Resources:

“Uyai mose (Come All You People)”
Text: Shona; Alexander Gondo; transc. And English paraphrase I-to Loh, 1986; Music: Alexander Gondo; arr. John Bell, ©1994 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications); 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

Call to Worship: Today’s call to worship was originally posted at the Sacred Pauses blog (www.sacredpauses.com).

“As I Went Down to the River to Pray”
Text & Music: African American spiritual; Arrangement: James E Clemens ©2004

“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; Public Domain

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Text: James W Johnson, 1900; Music: J Rosamund Johnson, 1905; Public Domain

Ash Wednesday 2021

Join FMC and the Denver Inner City Parish in observing Ash Wednesday.

Rev. Dr. Khalia Williams

FMC’s Black History Month Guest Preacher Series continues with Rev. Dr. Khalia Williams, Assistant Dean of Worship and Music, and Assistant Professor in the Practice of Worship at Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

Rev. Dr. Williams preached from 1 Kings 19:9-18.

Today’s Music:

“O Prince of Peace”
Text & Music: Javanese; Saptojoadi (Indonesia); Text trans: Lawrence M Yoder, Mennonite World Conference International Songbook, 1990; ©1978 Mennonite World Conference; All rights reserved.; Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“This Is My Song”
Text: stanzas 1, 2 Lloyd Stone, ©1934, 1962 Lorenz Publishing Company; stanza 3 Georgia Harkness, ©1964 Lorenz Publishing Company; Music: Jean Sibelius, 1899; arr. The Hymnal, ©1933, 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Bless the Lord, My Soul”
Text: based on Psalm 103:1, Taizé Community; 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

“Open, Lord, My Inward Ear”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1742; Music: Bradley P Lehman, ©1991 Bradley P Lehman; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Oh Freedom”
African American Spiritual

“God Loves All His Many People”
Text: Tshiluba; Lubunda Mukungu (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo); trans. Rev. Anna Juhnke, International Songbook, ©1978, 1990 Mennonite World Conference; Music: Tshiluba traditional, International Songbook, Mennonite World Conference, 1978; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Abby Endashaw

FMC’s Black History Month Guest Preacher Series starts with Abby Endashaw, Young Adult Programs Coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee Central States.

Abby preached from John 2:13-22.

Today’s Music:

“O Great Spirit”
Text & Music: adapt. Doreen Clellamin, from a song by Nuxalk young people; Music transcribed by Pablo Sosa; ©1994 Doreen Clellamin

“Herr, füll mich neu (Fill Me Anew)”
Text & Music: German- Jesus-Bruderschaft, Gnadenthal; ©1978 Jesus-Bruderschaft e.V., Gnadenthal, Germany; Music harm. Klaus Heizmann, 2004; harm. © Haus der Musik, Wiesbaden, Germany; Text translation and translation copyright ©2006 Jean Janzen, Kenneth Nafziger, and Randall Spaulding; All rights reserved.; Translation reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE #A-731084

“Abana alathi (Abana in Heaven)”
Text: Arabic; based on Matthew 6:9-31; Laila Constantine; trans. and adapt. Anne Emile Zaki, Emily Brink, and Greg Scheer, trans. and adapt. ©2008 Faith Alive Christian Resources; Music: Laila Constantine; ©2002 Songs of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt (admin. Faith Alive Christian Resources); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE #A-731084

“God Welcomes All / Amen”
Text: John L Bell; Music: South African traditional; transcribed by John L Bell; ©2008 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE #A-731084

“Hallelujah!”
African American Spiritual; arr. EP Smeltzer
Performed by the Spirituals Project Choir at Celebration Hall, 2006

“Rise, Shine For Thy Light is a Comin’”
African American Spiritual; arr. EP Smeltzer
Performed by the Spirituals Project Choir at Celebration Hall, 2006

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

Liminality

Pastor Glenn preached from 1 Samuel 3:1-20.

Today’s Music:

“In Christ There is No East or West”
Text: John Oxenham, 1908; Music: Alexander R Reinagle, ca. 1836; Public Domain

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”
Text: Thomas A Dorsey, 1932; Music: George N Allen, 1844; adapted by Thomas a Dorsey, 1932; ©1938, 1966 Hal Leonard Corp.; 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

“Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
Text & Music: North American traditional; Public Domain

“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

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

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

Jeremiah 31:7-14

Pastor Claudia preached from Jeremiah 31:7-14.

Today’s Music:

“Praise the Lord, Sing Hallelujah”
Text: based on Psalm 148, adapted by William J Kirkpatrick; Music: William J Kirkpatrick; Public Domain

“I Saw a Tree by the Riverside”
Text & Music: Ken Medema; ©1976 Curb Word Music; Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Arise, Your Light is Come!”
Text: Ruth Duck, 1974; ©1992 GIA Publications, Inc.; Music: William Henry Walter, 1894; Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Gentle Shepherd, Come and Lead Us”
Text: Gloria Gaither, ca. 1974; Music: William Gaither, ca. 1974; ©1974 William J Gaither; Streamed and reprinted by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

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

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

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