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Master Arts Series Hymn Festival
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Church Street United Methodist Church
Through the Church the Song Goes On
October 25, 2015
8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Gathering
Greeting
Leader:
People:
The worship service begins with the ringing of the tower chimes.
Please disable cellular phones in preparation for worship.
Please sign and pass the ritual of friendship pads.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Opening Voluntary
God of Grace and God of Glory
Joby Bell, Organist and Tennessee Brass Quintet
Introit
Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
Brethren, we have met to worship
and adore the Lord our God:
Will you pray with all your power,
while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain unless the Spirit
of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna
will be showered all around.
Parish Adult Choir
Rev. Nicole Krewson
Paul Manz
arr. Jonathan Crutchfield
holy manna
+Processional Hymn
Verse 1—All
Verse 2—Trebles
Verse 3—All
Verse 4—Men
Verse 5—All
When in Our Music God Is Glorified
Words: Fred Pratt Green, 1971 (Mk. 14:26)
Music: Charles Villers Stanford, 1904; Stanza 5 arr. Joby Bell
©The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House
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+Invocation
Glorious God,
source of joy and righteousness,
enable us as redeemed and forgiven children
evermore to rejoice in singing your praises.
Grant that what we sing with our lips
we may believe in our hearts,
and what we believe in our hearts
we may practice in our lives;
so that being doers of the Word and not hearers only,
we may receive everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Rev. David Graves
+Response
© The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House
+Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into God’s presence with singing!
Know that the Lord, who made us, is God.
We are the Lord’s;
we are the people of God, the sheep of God’s pasture.
Enter God’s gates with thanksgiving, and God’s courts with praise!
Give thanks and bless God’s name!
For the Lord is good;
God’s steadfast love endures forever;
God’s faithfulness to all generations.
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Rev. Graves
+Hymn
Daniel Webb, Leader
Jesus, We Want to Meet
Words: A. T. Olajida Olude, 1949, trans. by Biodun Abedesin; versed by Austin C. Lovelace, 1962
Music: A. T. Olajida Olude, 1949
© The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House
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Anthem
Fairest Lord Jesus
Calvin Hampton
Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,
O Thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.
Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, and all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer than all the angels heaven can boast.
Text from Muenster Gesangbuch, 1677
Chorister and Primary Choirs
Hymn
O Lord, Our God, How Excellent
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During the singing, children are invited to the Chancel Steps for the Children’s sermon.
Moments with All God’s Children
A Hymn Story
Rev. Barbara Clark
+Hymn
Stanza 1 – Choirs only
Stanza 2-4 - All
Christ is Made the Sure Foundation
lowry
Words: 7th century, Latin; translation: John Mason Neale, 1861
Music: McNeil Robinson
© 2013 by the composer. All rights reserved.
Anthem
How Firm a Foundation
arr. Leo Nestor
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in his excellent Word!
What more can he say than to you he has said, to You who for refuge to Jesus have fled.
“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, for I am thy God, and will still give thee aid.
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.”
“When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow.
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and to sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.”
“The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes.
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!”
Text by John Rippon
Parish Adult and Youth Choirs
Karen Cook, soloist
Reading
Colossians 3:12-17
Rev. Krewson
+Hymn
Verse 1—All
Verse 2—Lectern side
Verse 3—Pulpit side
Verse 4—All
Shall We Gather at the River
Words: Robert Lowry, 1864 (Rev. 22:1-5)
Music: Robert Lowry, 1864
©The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House
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Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory Anthem
Rev. Clark
Deep River
African-American Spiritual
arr. Russell Robinson
Deep river, my home is over Jordan.
Deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.
Oh, don't you want to go to that gospel feast,
that promised land where all is peace?
Oh, deep river, Lord,
I want to cross over into campground.
Parish Adult and Youth Choirs
+Doxology
Offertory Prayer
lasst uns erfreuen
arr. Joby Bell
+Hymn
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Stanzas 2 and 3 will be sung by choir alone.
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arr. Robert Lau
Pastoral Prayer
Rev. Krewson
The Lord’s Prayer (in unison)
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever. Amen.
Hymn
Be Thou My Vision
Words: Ancient Irish; trans. by Mary E. Byrne, 1905; versed by Eleanor H. Hull, 1912, alt.
Music: Trad. Irish melody; harm. by Carlton R. Young, 1963
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House; harm © 1964 Abingdon Press
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+Invitation to Christian Discipleship and Service
+Closing Hymn
O God, Beyond All Praising
Rev. Graves
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arr. Robert Hobby
© 1982 Jubilate Hymns Ltd. Administered by Hope Publishing Co., Carole Stream, IL 60188
Anthem
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
arr. Mack Wilberg
Come, thou Fount of ev’ry blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, Mount of thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Prone to wander Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it. Seal it for thy courts above.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wand’ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed his precious blood.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for thy courts above.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wand’ring heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
Text by Robert Robinson
Parish Adult Choir, Parish Youth Choir, Chorister Choir and Primary Choir
+Benediction
+Closing Voluntary
Rev. Graves
Chorale Prelude on ST. ANN’S
Joby Bell, Organist
C. H. H. Parry
+A Time of Greeting
The Altar flowers are given in loving memory of Grace and Brodie Baynes by Stephanie Baynes
Womack and Marcia Lee Baynes.
Acolytes Today
8:30:
Kathryn Atkins and Virginia Holladay
11:00: Caroline Powell and Sarah Young
Organist/conductor Joby Bell is professor of organ and church music at Appalachian State
University. He holds degrees from ASU and from Rice University. His church posts have included
St. John the Divine (Houston), St. Philip Presbyterian (Houston), First Presbyterian (Houston), and
First Presbyterian (Lenoir, NC).
The hymn concertato, Holy God, We Praise Thy Name arranged by Robert Lau, is given in honor of
Allison Ensor’s 80th birthday (Oct 3, 2015) and 50 years in the Church Street Choir as of Fall 2015 by
Anne Ensor, Beth Ensor & Family, and Eddie Ensor & Family.
The anthem, Deep River arranged by Russell Robinson, is given by Betty Houser.
Instrumentalists
Cathy Leach, Trumpet
John Starr, Trumpet
Katie Johnson, Horn
Alex van Duuren, Trombone
Sean Copeland, Bass Trombone
Scott Eddlemon, Timpani
Matt Cook and Max Ward, African Drums
Parish Adult Choir
Mickey Alsip
Jami Anderson
Kevin Anderson
Jennifer Axley
Frances Bachstein
Shelby Berkley
Noemi Carter
Karen Cook
Matt Cook
Polly Cowart
Betty Craig
John Craig
Laurie Craig
Susan Dominick
James Eder
Allison Ensor
Hannah Gamble
Cathy Goff
Jean Hannan
Kathleen Harwell
Ginger Hood
Tom Hood
Anne Jackson
Parker Jenkins
Will Johnson
Hannah Rose Libby
Matthew Luter
David Martin
Suzanne Matheny
Meghan Mayes
Verna McLain
Howard Moody
Duncan Moseley
Elizebeth Moseley
Sara Mundy
Steve Mundy
Sharon Murphy
Barbara Paulson
LaNoka Rhodes
Donald Rickels
Richy Robinson
Ethan Roeder
Shirley Smith
Christopher Sneed
Nancy Staub
Bill Terry
Jo Terry
Brad Thompson
Donald Trentham
Terri Ward
Paul Watkins
Rachel Watson
Daniel Webb
Eileen Weber
Adam Young
Parish Youth Choir
Beckett Anderson
Molly Armstrong
Kathryn Atkins
Sara Katherine Bailey
Grady Beach
Shelby Berkley
Kloi Blue
Samuel Blue
Fiona Boyd
Lee Brandt
Mac Chandler
Ty Chandler
Connor Cowart
Eli Cowart
James Cox
Mary Elizabeth Cox
Kamryn Dagel
Nicholas Dagel
Henry Dansereau
Kate Dansereau
Anderson Fuller
Erin Gamble
Hannah Gamble
Blythe Gulley
Claire Hamilton
Mary Kate Holladay
Virginia Holladay
Sarah Grace Hollingsworth
Erin Johnson
Isabella Johnson
Dawson Kitts
Anastasia Lamar
Josiah Libby
Jack Lynch
Becca May
Emmaline May
Meghan Mayes
Grace McCluskey
Kara McNutt
Justice Newberry
Hadley O’Hara
Parker O’Hara
Cameron Overholt
Carder Poore
Lucy Poore
Caroline Powell
Olivia Roberts
Ethan Roeder
Chandler Rosecrance
Preston Rotton
Michelle Simpson
Nathan Stinnett
Kaylan Sudbury
Graham Sullivan
Marcy Sullivan
Maria Thompson
Sophia Thompson
Margi Troxler
William Walker
Max Ward
Emory Wineland
Ella Woodson
Sarah Young
Chorister Choir
Meg Atkins
Abigail Bailey
Sara Cada
Anna Cooper
Lucy Cooper
Lilly Dansereau
Kate Henry
Claire Holladay
Alana Johnson
Annabel Jumper
Molly Kelso
Ainsley Lamar
Jackson McNutt
Emmy O'Hara
James Overall
Tyler Santel
Pauline Schneiter
Aiden Stalcup
Seth Stalcup
Beth Suters
Clara Suters
Will Suters
Primary Choir
Alex Bowden
Elizabeth Cada
Riley Cada
Sarah Cheatham
Alice Hampton
Lila Fay Jumper
Sarah Kinnaird
Bella Newberry
Brennan O’Hagan
Addison Pratt
Ellie Thomas
Pastors and Church Staff
David Graves.............................................................................................................................. Senior Pastor
Barbara Clark ........................................................................................................................ Associate Pastor
Matt Hampton....................................................................................................................... Associate Pastor
Nicole Krewson..................................................................................................................... Associate Pastor
Jan Buxton-Wade ..................................................................................... Minister of Spiritual Enrichment
Rick Isbell ................................................................................................................. Minister of Discipleship
Tim Ward .......................................................................................................... Director of Music Ministries
Edie Johnson ...................................................................................................................................... Organist
Jenny Cross ...................................................................................................... Director of Youth Ministries
Judith Winters ....................................................................................... Director of Kay Adult Care Center
Beth Cooper-Libby .......................................................................................................Director of Preschool
Caroline Lamar ............................................................................................... Director of Communications
Kate Spencer ............................................................................................................... Church Administrator
Cover Photo by Ryan McGill