Greetings, Grace Church, from Rhonda Stanton, Director of Music, and Zoë Pouliot, our lovely young singer. Today we celebrate Scripture and Song … a different type of service we enjoy each quarter when there is a fifth Sunday in the month. I have asked some of my young friends from KPAC Young Artists to do some reading for us. Please listen to the readings and follow along, allowing these young voices to bring fresh life to the eternal words of Scripture. Some songs have been selected for you to sing along. Please make a joyful noise; perfect pitch is not required, just joy. Other songs have been recorded for listening and reflection and maybe even a little inspiration. Listen and see if the words we’ve been inspired to sing might speak to you.
Lastly, a thought. Usually our congregational worship fits into a short span of time on Sunday mornings, then we take what we have heard and sung into our week. Hopefully, we reflect during the week what happened during the service, but I know it’s also easy to leave that behind and just get going. While I surely hope you will take the time to listen to all of the recordings and look at all the visuals, consider one positive in this unusual situation; you can easily return to the words of Scripture that are recorded. You can easily come back to a song. You can spread the elements of the service into your week, and just maybe that could be a comfort in the isolation of social distancing and uncertainty.
Blessings on you and yours!
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Sing with us – Now thank we all our God words | music
Collect of the Day – Read by Catherine Palmer
Wade in the Water – Sung by Zoë Pouliot
Fairest Lord Jesus – Sung by Rhonda Stanton
Ezekiel 37:1-14 – Read by Ella Seaton
Sing with us – It is well with my soul words | music
Romans 8:6-11 – Read by Branton East
On Eagles Wings – Sung by Zoë Pouliot and Rhonda Stanton
Psalm 130 – Read by Jessamyn Romines
I Will Lay Down – An original song sung by Rhonda Stanton
John 11:1-45 – Part one Read by Juliet Romines
John 11:1-45 – Part two Read by Jocelyn Romines
Sing with us – O for a thousand tongues words | music
Guide my feet, Lord – Sung by Zoë Pouliot
BONUS!!!! Mother Dorothy Hartzog provided this sermon for 5 Lent, that she shared with us in 2017.