A Fishing Story

Pastor Glenn will preach from Luke 5:1-11.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Give Me Jesus”
Based on the traditional spiritual; arr. John Purifoy; ©2002 Lorenz Publishing CO, a division of the Lorenz Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“His Eye Is On The Sparrow”
Music: Charles H. Gabriel; arr. Mark Hayes; ©1998 GlorySound, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Summoned by the God Who Made Us”
Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, ©1993 Delores Dufner (published by OCP); Music: American traditional, in John Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“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

“In the beginning, before time”
By Wild Goose Resource Group, 2015

“Sing, Praise, and Bless the Lord”
Text: Latin; based on Psalm 117; Taizé Community, 1980; Music: Jacques Berthier, 1980; ©1991 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Save us, God, from being self-centered”
By John Calvin, 16th c.

“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

“Be Thou My Vision”
Text: Irish traditional, “Rob tum o bhoile, a Comdi cride,” ca. 8th c.; trans. Mary Elizabeth Byrne, Ériu, Vol. 2, 1905, alt.; Music: Irish traditional, Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, 1909; harm. Martin Shaw, Enlarged Songs of Praise, 1931, alt., ©1927 Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”
Music: George N. Allen; arr. Mark Hayes; ©1998 GlorySound, a division of Shawnee Press, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“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

“Strong, Peaceful Man of Galilee”
Text: Harry W Farrington, 1921, The Hymnal for Boys and Girls, 1935, alt.; Music: John B Dykes, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

Why Am I Here?

Pastor Glenn will preach from Jeremiah 1:4-10.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“I Will Arise and Go to Jesus”
Tune: Walker’s Southern Harmony, 1835; Arranged by John Carter; ©1987 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Waltz in A Flat Op. 39, No. 15”
Composed by Johannes Brahms, 1865

“He Leadeth Me”
Tune: “He Leadeth Me” by William B. Bradbury; Arranged by Larry Shackley; ©2008 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of the Lorenz Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Song No. 5, from Sea Pieces Op. 55”
Composed by Edward MacDowell, 1898

“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

“Open our ears”
By Carol Penner, 2019

“Morning Has Broken”
Text: Eleanor Farjeon, Enlarged Songs of Praise, 931, alt. © David Higham Assoc., Ltd.; Music: Scottish Gaelic traditional, Songs and Hymns of the Gael, 1888; harm. Martin Shaw, 1931, alt., © Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Are Many Gifts”
Text: based on 1 Corinthians 12:4-12; Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977, alt.; Music: Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977; ©1977 Patricia Shelly; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Go, My Children”
Text: Jaroslav J Vajda, ©1983 Concordia Publishing House; Music: Welsh traditional, Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards, 1784; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart”
Tune: Morecambre by Frederick C. Atkinson, 1841-1897; Arranged by Mark Hayes; ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of the Lorenz Corporation; 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

“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

The Spirit of the Lord is upon... say what now?

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Be Thou My Vision”
Irish Folk Melody; Arranged by Mark Hayes; ©2004 Glory Sound, A Division of Shawnee Press, Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Impromptu, Op. 142 No. 2”
Composed by Franz Schubert, 1827

“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Tune: Lobe den herren from the Straslund Gesangbuch, 1665; Arranged by Larry Shackley; ©2006 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of the Lorenz Corporation; 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, Holy Spirit, enter our silences”
By Neill Thew, 1990, adapt. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2019

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

“Confitemini Domino (Come and Fill Our Hearts)”
Text: Latin; Psalm 136:1; English and Spanish stanzas Taizé Community; Music: Jacques Berthier; ©1982, 1991, 2011 Les Presses de Taizé (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Praise with Joy the World’s Creator”
Text: Iona Community, 1985, alt. ©1987 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); Music: John Goss, The Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, 1869; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

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

“Go Now in Peace, Worship Continues”
Text: Mary R Bittner, ©2004 Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc., alt.; Music: David N Johnson, abridged; arr. Andrew Daniels, ©1968 and this arr. ©2020 Augsburg Publishing House (admin. Augsburg Fortress); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Will You Come and Follow Me”
Text: John L Bell and Graham Maule; Music: Scottish traditional; arr. Lloyd Kauffman, arr. ©2015 Lilly Chapel Press, LLC; ©1987 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Jesus, NASCAR, & the Church

Pastor Glenn will preach from 1 Corinthians 12:1-11.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

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

“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”
Text: African American spiritual, Folk Songs of the American Negro, 1907; Music: African American spiritual, Folk Songs of the American Negro, 1907; harm. anon.

“There Are Many Gifts”
Text: based on 1 Corinthians 12:4-12; Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977, alt.; Music: Patricia Shelly, 1976, Many Gifts, 1977; ©1977 Patricia Shelly; 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

“For the times we have lied”
By Anne Macksoud, 1981

“Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
Text: African American traditional, ca. 20th c.; Music: African American traditional, ca. 20th c.; acc. David Berry, 2019

“This Little Light of Mine”
Text & Music: African American traditional, ca. 20th c.

“In the Morning When I Rise”
Text: African American spiritual; Music: African American spiritual; arr. Wendell Whalum, ©1978 Lawson-Gould Music (admin. Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

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

“There Is a Balm in Gilead”
Text & Music: African American spiritual

Meet Jesus

Pastor Glenn will preach from Luke 3:15-17; 21-22.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“All Creatures, Worship God Most High”
Text: Saint Francis of Assisi, “Laudato sia Dio mio Signore,” 1225; trans. William H Draper, Hymns of the Spirit, 1926, alt.; Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906, simplified

“If you are delighted”
By Marlene Kropf, 2007

“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

“Let This Mind Be in You”
Text: Philippians 2:5; Music: James E Clemens, 2008; ©2008 James E Clemens; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“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

Longing, Waiting, Hoping

Pastor Glenn will preach from John 1:1-18.

Worship Resources Acknowledgements

“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

“The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy”
Text & Music: West Indian carol, from the Edric Conner Collection of West Indian Spirituals; ©1945 Boosey & Co., Ltd.; copyright renewed; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“To Worship is to Stand”
By Jacob Trapp, 20th c., adapt.

“Solemn Stillness, Weary Streets”
Text: Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Maria Clymer Kurtz, 2014; Music: Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Maria Clymer Kurtz, 2014; arr. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee; ©2018 Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Maria Clymer Kurtz; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Santo (Holy)”
Text: Spanish; variation on traditional liturgical text (Argentina); Music: Argentine traditional; arr. Iona Community, based on two-part version as taught by Pablo Sosa, ©1990 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); 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

“Vamos Todos al Banquete”
Text & Music: Guillermo Cuéllar, Misa Popular Salvadoreña; ©1988 GIA Publications; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Celtic Alleluia”
Text & Music: Fintan O’Carroll and Christopher Walker; ©1985, 1996 OCP Publications; All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Go, My Friends, in Grace”
Text: David Wright, 2004, A Field of Voices, 2007, ©2004 David Wright; Music: James E Clemens, 2004, A Field of Voices, 2007, ©2004 James E Clemens; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

One of Us

Pastor Glenn will preach from Luke 2:1-20.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

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

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”
Music: French traditional, Chansons populaires des provinces de France, 1860

“When Peace like a River”
Text: Horatio G Spafford, Gospel Hymns, No. 2, 1876, alt.; Music: Philip P Bliss, Gospel Hymns, No. 2

“If you are delighted”
By Marlene Kropf, 2007

“In the Beginning”
Text: based on John 1:1-14; Chris Shelton, ©2015 GIA Publications, Inc.; Music: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906, simplified; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What Child Is This”
Text: William C Dix, Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871; Music: English traditional

“He Came Down”
Text: Cameroon traditional; Music: Cameroon traditional; arr. John L Bell; ©1990 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.); All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“The First Noel, the Angel Did Say”
Text: English traditional, Some Ancient Christmas Carols, 2nd ed., 1823; Music: English traditional, Christmas Carols, 1833

“Mary Had a Baby”
Traditional Spiritual; Arr. Roland Carter, ©2021 Walton Music Corp; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Go Tell It on the Mountain”
Text: African American spiritual; adapt. John W Work Jr. (1871-1925); Music: African American spiritual; arr. Valeria A Foster, alt., ©2000 GIA Publications, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

Christmas Eve 2021

Join us for a Christmas Eve service filled with stories and song. Pastor Glenn and Isabel M will lead the service; Emily M and Sonia G will lead music; musicians include Romaine A, Sonia G, Emily M, and Sam M; Pastor Glenn will offer a short reflection; and many other individuals will help read the Christmas story. All the offerings from this service will go to Joseph's Storehouse.

Acknowledgement of Worship Resources

Service adapted from A Christmas Gift: A Christmas Eve Service by C E Cowen, 1998. CSS Publishing Co.

“Lo, How A Rose”
Tune: Es ist ein' ros', German 15th century melody; Arranged by David Paxton, ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of The Lorenz Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks”
(from DINO Christmas Favorites); From Weyman's Melodia Sacra (1815), George Handel; Transcribed by Bill Wolaver; ©1984 Communique Music, Inc. / ASCAP Arr. 1988

“I Wonder as I Wander”
Composed by John Jacob Niles, ©1934 (Renewed), G. Schirmer, Inc.; Arranged by Mark Hayes, ©1991, G. Schirmer, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“I Wonder as I Wander”
Text & Music: John Jacob Niles, ©1934 G. Schirmer, Inc.; All rights reserved. Streamed by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“A La Nanita Nana”
Traditional Spanish Carol; Arranged by Victor C Johnson, ©2021 Alfred Music; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“I Saw Three Ships”
Traditional English Carol; Arranged by Lindsey Stirling and Stephen Anderson, ©2017 Lindseystomp Music LLC

“What Child Is This”
Traditional 16th c. melody Greensleeves; Arranged by Linsey Stirling, Debi Johnson, and Stephen Anderson, ©2012 Lindseystomp Music LLC

“Mary’s Little Boy Chile”
Traditional West Indian carol

“Mary, Did You Know?”
Text: Mark Lowry, 1984; Music: Buddy Greene, 1991; ©1991, 1993 Rufus Music; Curb Word Music; All rights reserved. Streamed by permission through CCLI License #200093153.

“Lost in the Night”
Finnish folk carol; Arr. Kyle Haugen, ©2000 Ausburg Fortress; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Text: Latin; stanzas 1, 3, 4 trans. attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, “Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,” Office de St Omer, 1822; trans. Frederick Oakeley and others, alt.; stanza 2 Etienne J F Borderies, 1822; trans William Mercer, 1854; Music: attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Text: anon., O Antiphons, ca. 8th-9th c.; “Veni, veni Emmanuel,” 12th c.; stanzas 1-5 trans. John M Neale, Medieval Hymns and Sequences, 1851, alt.; stanzas 6-7 trans. Henry Sloane Coffin, Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th c.

“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Text: Phillips Brooks, 1868, Sunday School Services and Hymn Book, 1870, alt.; Music: Lewis H Redner, 1868, The Church Porch: A Service Book and Hymnal for Sunday Schools, 1874

“What Child Is This”
Text: William C Dix, Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871; Music: English traditional

“Away in a Manger”
Text: stanzas 1-2, anon., Little Children’s Book, 1885; stanza 3 Vineyard Songs, 1892; Music: James R Murray, Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses, 1887

“Angels We Have Heard on High”
Text: French; Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855; trans. Anon.; alt. Earl Marlatt, New Church Hymnal, 1937; Music: French traditional, Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855

“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks”
Text: based on Luke 2:8-14; Nahum Tate, 1700; Music: George F Handel, 1728

“We Three Kings of Orient Are”
Text & Music: John H Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891), alt.

“Ave Maria”
Composed by Franz Schubert, 1825; Arranged by Lynne Latham, ©1997 Latham Music, a division of Ludwig Masters Publications

“Joy to the World”
Text: based on Psalm 98; Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason, Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1836

“Silent Night, Holy Night” (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht / Noche de paz, noche de amor)
Text: German; Joseph Mohr, 1818, Leipziger Gesangbuch, 1838; English trans. John F Young, The Sunday School Service and Tune Book, 1863; Spanish trans. Federico Fliedner, ca. 19th c.; Music: Franz Gruber, 1818, Leipziger Gesangbuch, 1838

“Angels We Have Heard on High”
Tune: Gloria, French Tradition; Arranged by Mary McDonald, ©2007 Lorenz Publishing Co, a division of The Lorenz Corporation; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

A Mother's Vision for Christmas

The fourth Sunday of Advent will be a mostly musical service that includes a full choir and a men's ensemble. Pastor Glenn will offer a meditation based on Luke 1:39-55, a mother's vision for Christmas.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources

“Sing We Now of Christmas”
Noel Nouvelet French Carol, 15th century; Arranged by John Carter; ©2010 Hope Publishing Company; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“What Child is This?”
Tune: Greensleeves, 16th century English ballad; Arranged by Patricia Lou Harris; ©2012 Lorenz Publishing Company, a division of the Lorenz Corp.; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Away in a Manger”
Tune: Mueller by James R. Murray; Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Malcolm Music, a division of Shawnee Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Canon de Noel”
Tunes: Canon and Gigue by Johann Pachelbel; The First Nowell, English Carol. Sandys' Christmas Carols, 1833; Arranged by Joseph Martin; ©1997 Malcolm Music, a division of Shawnee Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“To Us a Child of Hope is Born”
Text: based on Isaiah 9:6-7; John Morison, Scottish Paraphrases, 1781; Music: Lowell Mason, Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes,1837 or 1838, alt.

“Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob”
Text: Numbers 24:17; Music: Felix Mendelssohn

“Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
Text: Aurelius C Prudentius; tr. John M Neale and Henry W Baker; Music: 13th c. Plainsong; Arranged by Paul Wohlgemuth; ©1973 Hope Publishing Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Magnum Mysterium”
Text: Responsory, Feast of the Nativity; tr. Ellen S Beebe; Music: Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1572; edited by Ellen S Beebe; ©1984 Broude Brothers Limited

“The Star and the Wise Men”
Text & Music: Charles H Gabriel

“Still, Still, Still”
Text: Marilyn Keith and Alan Bergman; Music: Norman Luboff; ©1960 Walton Music Co; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Angels’ Carol”
Text & Music: John Rutter; ©1988 Oxford University Press; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Good Christians All Rejoice and Sing”
Text: traditional; Music: traditional English melody; Arranged by Douglas Macomber, ©1983 Clarion Call Music, Inc

“How Far Is It to Bethlehem?”
Text & Music: English traditional; Arranged by Paul Christiansen, ©1950, renewed 1977 by Neil A Kjos Music Co

“Mary Had A Baby”
Text & Music: William L Dawson; ©1947, renewed 1974 by William L Dawson, Tuskegee Institute (admin. Neil A Kjos Music Co); All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Text: Latin; stanzas 1, 3, 4 trans. attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, “Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,” Office de St Omer, 1822; trans. Frederick Oakeley and others, alt.; stanza 2 Etienne J F Borderies, 1822; trans William Mercer, 1854; Music: attr. John F Wade, ca. 1743, Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 1782

“Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739, alt.; Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1840; adapt. William H Cummings, 1855, Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, 1857

“Angels We Have Heard on High”
Text: French; Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855; trans. Anon.; alt. Earl Marlatt, New Church Hymnal, 1937; Music: French traditional, Nouveau recueil de cantiques, 1855

“Joy to the World”
Text: based on Psalm 98; Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David, 1719, alt.; Music: Lowell Mason, Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1836

“Go, Tell it on the Mountain”
Text: African American Spiritual; adapt. John W Work, Jr., 1871-1925; Music: African American Spiritual

Children's Christmas Program 2021

The FMC children will premier their 2021 Christmas Program video. Romaine and Vicky will also offer extended special Christmas music.

Acknowledgements for Worship Resources 

“Good Christian Men, Rejoice”
Music: German traditional, 14th c.; Setting by John Carter; ©1989 Harold Flammer, Inc

 “Appalachian Christmas Carol”
By John Ness Beck; ©1971 G Schirmer, Inc

 “The First Nowell the Angel Did Say”
Arranged by Kathy C Bowen; ©1983 Broadman Press

 “Hope Is a Candle”
Text: Richard Leach, 1994, ©1995 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.; Music: Scottish traditional; acc. James E Clemens, 2006; 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

“Appalachian Christmas Carols” (After John Jacob Niles)
Arranged by Vincent Persichetti; Collection ©1975 Elkan-Vogel, Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“O Come, O Come, Immanuel”
Text: anon., O Antiphons, ca. 8th-9th c.; “Veni, veni Emmanuel,” 12th c.; stanzas 1-5 trans. John M Neale, Medieval Hymns and Sequences, 1851, alt.; stanzas 6-7 trans. Henry Sloane Coffin, Hymns of the Kingdom of God, 1916; Music: trope melody, 15th c.

“Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming”
Arranged by Dennis Alexander; ©2003 Alfred Publishing Co, Inc; All rights reserved. Streamed with permission through ONE LICENSE, license #A-731084

“Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming”
Text: stanzas 1-2 anon., “Es ist ein Ros‘ entsprungen“, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; trans. Theodore Baker, 1894; stanza 3 Friedrich Layritz, Liederschatz, 1832; trans. Harriet K Spaeth, The Hymnal, 1940, alt.; Music: German traditional, 15th c.; Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengasäng, 1599; harm. Michael Praetorius, Musae Sionae VI, 1609

“What Child is This?”
By John Ness Beck; ©1971 G Schirmer, Inc

“Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus”
Text: Charles Wesley, Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 1744; stanza 2 adapt. from “Light of Those Whose Dreary Dwelling” in the same collection; Music: Rowland H Prichard, ca. 1830, Cyfaill y Cantorion, 1844; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906, adapt. 1951, BBC Hymn Book, ©Oxford University Press, London