Music and Mission

A Festival of
Congregational Song
October 26, 2014 5:00 pm
Faith & Works
James 2:15-18
Edenton Street United Methodist Church
228 West Edenton Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Telephone: 919-832-7535
www.esumc.org
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Introduction to the Service Kevin Holland
Voluntary Variations on the Hymntune MORNING SONG
Robert Grogan
I. Prologue (Teme in Pedal)
II. Cantilena
III. Adagio
Creator and Creation
God saw everything that God had made, and indeed it was very good.
(Genesis 1:31)
Words of Witness Kathryn Stevenson
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Te Earth Is the Lords and the Fullness Tereof ST. DENIO
Pastor Carollyn Winfrey Gillette began writing hymns in 1998 while attending a
Presbyterian Church summer conference. She wrote this text, entitled A hymn for
celebrating Gods creation and a call to care for it, in 2001.
WORDS: Carolyn Winfrey Gillett (1961 - )
MUSIC: Welsh folk melody; adapt. Caiadau y Cessegr, 1839
1. All - SATB
2. Women
3. Men
4. All - Unison
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Touch the Earth Lightly TENDERNESS
WORDS: Shirley Erena Murray, 1991 MUSIC: Colin Gibson
A Litany for the Care of the Earth
We have faith
in one God, one Source of all life.
One Ground of the whole earth, with all its creatures.
And thus we believe
in the goodness of earths life in the innate worth
of all its dependents, in human partnership, in the life of nature.
And thus we believe
that in Christ we have been shown the special role of the human
race to bear Gods likeness in working and caring for the earth,
in seeking to understand its mysteries and powers,
in gently working with these powers for the well-being
of all children of the earth.
And thus we believe
that Gods Spirit will lead us to sensitive closeness with earths life,
to that meek, unselfsh and compassionate life-style
by which the earth is inherited in peace,
by which its life is transformed for all creatures
1. Solo
2. Organ only
3. All
4. All
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to share justly in its bounty.
So be it. Amen.
Peace and Reconciliation
As Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying,
If you had only recognized the things that make for peace! (Luke 19:41-42)
Words of Witness David Smoot
In Labor All Creation Groans MORNING SONG

In addition to her work as a hymn writer, Dolores Durner has also worked as a libret-
tist, most notably for Mona Lyn Reeses Choose Life (Uvacharta Bachayim), an oratorio
commemorating the Holocaust, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.
WORDS: Delores Dufner, OSB (1939 - )
MUSIC: Wyeths Repository,1813; harm Richard Proulx (1937-2010)
1. All- Unison
2. Solo
3. All - SATB
4. Solo
5. All - Unison
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O Day of Peace Tat Dimly Shines JERUSALEM
Carl P. Daw Jr. wrote this text with two understandings of peace: the frst stanza is
about pax, an understanding of peace based on cessation of confict, while the
second stanza is about shalom, the condition of living abundantly in harmony and
mutual good will.
WORDS: Carl P. Daw Jr (1944- )
MUSIC: Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)
1. Solo
Interlude
3. All
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Sung Prayer Dona nobis pacem from Iona
Justice and Human Need
I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me
something to drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I was naked and
you gave me clothing. I was sick and you took care of me.
I was in prison and you visited me.
(Matthew 25:35-36)
Words of Witness Eveyln Foster
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Te Church of Christ in Every Age DUNEDIN
Like many of Fred Pratt Greens text, this hymn went through several revisions. Its
fnal version came into being afer changes were suggested by the editors of the Lu-
theran book of Worship. Receiving their edits, Green replied, Te changes asked for
by your committee have improved it.
WORDS: Fred Green Platt (1903-2000)
MUSIC: Vernon Grifths (1894-1985)
1. All
2. Women
3. All
4. Men
5. All
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Hear Tis from a Homeless Stranger GENEVA
Te poet Jacque B. Jones, a native of Texas, is an active lay member of Plymouth
Church in Brooklyn Heights, New York. She has served Te Hymn Society of the
United States and Canada as secretary and its new president-elect.
WORDS: Jacque B. Jones (1950 - ) MUSIC: George H. Day (1883-1966)
Solo lines 1-3
All lines 4-6
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Prayer
Leader: Creator God, You loved the world into life.
People: Forgive us when our dreams of the future
are shaped by anything other than glimpses of a kingdom
of justice, peace and an end to poverty.
Leader: Incarnate God, you taught us to speak out for what is right.
People: Make us content with nothing less than a world
that is transformed into the shape of love. We cry out against
all that kills life: hunger, poverty, unemployment, sickness,
debt, repression, individualism, abuse of the earth, injustice,
and all other forms of slavery.
Leader: Breath of God, let there be fullness of life.
People: Grant fullness in work, education, health, housing,
Safe environment, bread for all.
Grant communion, solidarity and a world renewed. With the
God of history, we want to make all things new again. Give us
the faith, courage and will to make it happen. Amen.
Dignity and Diversity
Ten people will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat
in the kingdom of God.
(Luke 13:29)
Words of Witness Maggie Stroud
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For Everyone Born, a Place at the Table TABLESONG
Shirley Erena Murray used two starting places for this text: the Parable of the Great Banquet
in Luke 14 and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948.
WORDS: Shirley Erena Murray (1931 - ) MUSIC: Jane Manton Marshall (1924 -)
1. Solo
2. Solo -
All on Refrain
3. All
4. Pulpit Side
5. Lectern Side
6. All
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In the Midst of New Dimensions COURAGE
Tis hymn text, which combines Old Testament and Native American imagery, was written
by Julian Rush in 1985. Rush, ordained in the United Methodist Church, served as founding
director of the Colorado AIDS Project.
WORDS: Julian B. Rush (1936 - ) MUSIC: Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
1. All - Unison
2. All - SATB
3. All - SATB
4. All - Unison
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+ Prayer for the Four Corners of the Earth
Before each of the four prayers, worshipers are invited to sing the response
printed below and turn to face the four geographic locations as indicated.


Commitment and Service
Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and dont have enough
to eat. What good is there in your saying to them, God bless you! Keep warm
and eat well! if you dont give them the necessities of life? So it is with faith:
by itself, without any actions, it is dead.
(James 2:14-17)
Words of Witness David Rockefeller
Jesus Christ Is Waiting NOEL NOUVELET
Te tune NOEL NOUVELET may date back to the ffeenth century, but it gets its name from
the French Christmas carol which has been associated with it since the seventeenth century.
Its opening melodic gesture and Dorian mode were likely inspired by the Marian plainchant
Ave Maris Stella.
WORDS: John L. Bell ( 1949 - ) and Graham Maule (1958 - )
MUSIC: French carol; harm Tomas Foster (1938 - )
1. Women
2. All
3. Men
4. All
+ Stand if able.
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God of Tempest, God of Whirlwind CWM RHONDDA
Herman Stuempfe Jrs spirited text is here paired with John Hughes equally spirited
CWM RHONDDA. Hughes, a coal miner by trade, served as a deacon and precenter
of the Salem Baptist Chapel in Pontypridd, Wales.
WORDS: Herman Stuempfe Jr. *(1923 - 2007)
MUSIC: John Hughes (1873 - 1932)
1. All - Unison
2. All - SATB
3. All - SATB
Interlude
4. All Unison
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Ofertory Variations on the Hymntune MORNING SONG
Robert Grogan
IV. Cantilena
V. Adagio
Hope and Expectation of a World Made New
Words of Witness Renae Newmiller
Canticle of the Turning
My soul cries out with a joyful shout that the God of my heart is great,
And my spirit sings of the wondrous things that you bring to the ones who wait.
You fxed your sight on your servants plight, and my weakness you did not spurn,
So from east to west shall name be blest. Could the world be about to turn?
Tough I am small, my God, my all, you work great things in me,
And your mercy will last from the depths of the past to the end of the age to be.
Your very name puts the proud to shame, and to those would for you yearn,
You will show your might, put the strong to fight, for the world is about to turn.
From the halls of power to the fortress tower, not a stone will be lef on stone.
Let the king beware for your justice tears every tyrant from his throne.
Te hungry poor shall weep no more, for the food they can never earn;
Tere are tables spread, every mouth be fed, for the world is about to turn.
Tough the nations rage from age to age, we remember who holds us fast:
Gods mercy must deliver us from the conquerors crushing grasp.
Tis saving word that our forebears heard is the promise which holds us bound
Til the spear and rod can be crushed by God, who is turning the world around.
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Sending Forth
Response Tuma mina from South Africa
Closing Voluntary Variations on the Hymntune MORNING SONG Robert Grogan
VI. Toccata