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“I want students to function in a studio recording session and a live performance, which are very, very different worlds. I want them to be able to do not just jazz, not just classical, not just gospel, but everything so that they can be hired to sing backgrounds for Beyoncé one day and the next day be singing with Andrea Bocelli on tour. I try to give them the most well-rounded experience I can.”A native of Holguín, Cuba, Cindy Ellis immigrated to the United States in 2005. She earned her Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education and Jazz Voice from Florida International University and her Master's Degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri. Mrs. Ellis is a full time choral director at Miami Arts Studio, a 6th-12th grade public performing arts magnet school in Miami, FL. Her middle school and high school ensembles have been featured at numerous venues throughout the country. These include Carnegie Hall (2018 and 2024), and the Florida, Southern, and National Conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. In 2022, Mrs. Ellis' students performed in Los Angeles for the Summit of the Americas, a meeting hosted by President Joe Biden that brought together 40 Presidents and leaders from the Americas and Caribbean. Additionally, in the last 7 years, the students have recorded and performed background vocals for Gloria and Emilio Estefan and several music award shows including the AMAs, Latin American Music Awards and the Latin GRAMMY Awards. In 2024 Mrs. Ellis conducted her students at the Miami show of Jacob Collier's DJESSE Volume 4 World Tour. Beyond her school responsibilities, she frequently performs, conducts honor choirs and teaches masterclasses for music directors and students from elementary to college throughout North America. As a jazz vocal soloist and alto with the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, she collaborated with Jacob Collier for performances at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and recording projects including a performance alongside Coldplay for NBC's Saturday Night Live and the 2024 BBC Proms Music Festival in London, UK.In 2020, Mrs. Ellis was published by GIA Publications as a contributing author on “Teaching with Heart,” and in 2022, she served as instructional design editor and contributing author of “Teaching Beyond the Music,” the second edition in the series. Ellis is Miami Arts Studio's 2025 Teacher of the Year, a 2025 Grammy Music Educator Semi-Finalist, and currently serves as the World Musics & Cultures Coordinator for the American Choral Directors Association Southern Region.To get in touch with Cindy, you can find her on Instagram (@cindycellis) or Facebook (@ccellis) or email her at cindycellis@icloud.com. You can follow MAS Vocal on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or Spotify (@masvocal) or on YouTube (@masvocal2765).Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace HudsonPodMatchPodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews

Jesus desires our ingathering, and we so often are not willing. Jesus goes belly up, like a fierce yet vulnerable mother hen in the presence of a fox, ready to take us under the shelter of her wings. Are we willing? And what might we learn from Jesus about lament?Sermon begins at minute marker 6:00​​​​Luke 13.1-8, 31-35ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 631 – A Lament Over Jerusalem, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, JrBarbara Brown Taylor, “As a Hen Gathers her Brood,” The Christian Century.Jewish Voices for Peace action: call your reps to demand the release of student activist and U.S. permanent resident, Mahmoud Khalil, abducted by the DHS on March 8, 2025.Image: “Christ the Mother Hen,” Kelly Latimore iconsHymn 298 - What Is the World Like. Text: Adam M. L. Tice (USA), 2009, © 2011 GIA Publications, Inc. Music:  Sally Ann Morris (USA).  Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Fetus John the Baptist knew exactly who Jesus was, according to Luke. Adult John the Baptist sends emissaries to ask Jesus who he is. Jesus does not answer John's question, but rather instructs the question-askers to simply report what they see and what they hear. It seems that, according to Jesus, his identity must be shown, enacted, embodied for it to be real. Similarly, our Anabaptist faith has a centuries-long history of being done, enacted, embodied. Our faith is a lived faith and has traditionally been proclaimed more in deed than in word. This is why the decision of our denomination to be the named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security (Mennonite Church USA et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security et al.) is completely in line with our 500-year history of following Jesus. Because our faith IS caring for our neighbor. So when the U.S. Government tries to prevent us from doing that, the free exercise of our religion is compromised and we must resist.Sermon begins at minute marker 6:18Luke 7:18-35ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 626 – Are You Really the One?, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, JrIris de León-Hartshorn, “Our Anabaptist Witness as Mennonites,” (theological basis for legal action taken by Mennonite Church USA - see link below) February 12, 2025.“MC USA and more than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations and associations sue to protect religious freedoms,” February 11, 2025.Mary H. Schertz, Luke, Believers Church Bible Commentary (Herald Press, 2023), 166.“Orthopraxy,” wikipedia article.Image: A valentine to Mennonite Church USA: “Roses are red | Violets are blue | You sued the President | I think I love you!”VT Hymn 428 Praise with Joy the World's Creator. Text: Iona Community (Scotland), 1985, alt., © 1987 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Music: John Goss (England), The Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, 1869. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

“I said, ‘I really wish a book existed with more women composers in it'... This book is so important in 2024 with equality and inclusivity being at the forefront of our profession. I think that this is timely, and I think it's a great representation of where we're going in our profession right now especially given the fact that I see a lot more programming to be equal with male composers and women composers.”Alan Troy Davis is a conductor, music educator, tenor, and voice teacher with extensive experience in both academic and community music settings. He has completed the coursework for a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree in choral conducting at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is currently finalizing his doctoral document. He also holds a Master of Music (M.M.) in Choral Conducting from California State University–Los Angeles, a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Secondary Education from Portland State University, and a Bachelor of Musical Arts (B.M.A.) in Music from Pacific Lutheran University.Davis has taught in public high schools across Oregon, Colorado, and California and has directed a variety of church and community ensembles. His research interests focus on choral intonation, conducting pedagogy and score study, vocal pedagogy within choral rehearsals, Renaissance and Baroque performance practices and repertoire, and the exploration of choral repertoire by women composers.As a compiler and contributing author, Davis is playing a key role in the forthcoming book Choral Repertoire by Women Composers, scheduled for publication by GIA Publications, Inc. in January 2025. In addition, he will co-present an interest session titled In Her Voice: Highlighting Female Composers at the 2025 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference in Dallas, Texas.To get in touch with Alan, you can find him on Instagram (@thechoralgeek) or Facebook (@alantdavis) or email him at alantroydavis@gmail.com.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

A sermon about a 25 chapter novella, in three parts: 1) Joseph actually had an amazing technicolor princess dress, and isn't that both telling and fabulous?! 2) Love unevenly distributed produces division, resentment, and - in this story - the hate-filled action of a band of brothers who traffic their beloved brother into slavery, and it's that terrible?! 3) If (or when) you go through hell, don't come out empty-handed, and isn't it tricky to say anything at all about suffering and the good we sometimes wrest from it?!Sermon begins at minute marker 8:03Genesis 37.3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50.15-21ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 603 – Evil Made Good, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr“Don't Come Out Empty Handed,” Kate Bowler's podcast, Everything Happens, interview with Rabbi Steve Leder.“Good Grief,” Kate Bowler's podcast, Everything Happens, interview with Thomas Lynch.Image: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Hymn 205 - Light Dawns on a Weary World. Text: Mary Louise Bringle (USA), 2001, © GIA Publications, Inc. Music: William P. Rowan (USA), © 2000 William P. Rowan (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Abram longs for a child that he believes God has denied him. God meets Abram in that specific need, but then leads him to a more expansive - even cosmic - view. This is a story that might be easier for aunties like me to understand: I absolutely don't have one or two or three children. I either have zero children, or I have children that number the stars. I choose the latter, and in this story God seems to agree. As a church, we claim all our children as belonging to all of us. And we explicitly bless those who devote their time and their energy to the education, mentoring, care, and love of our kids when we gather together on Sunday mornings.Sermon begins at minute marker 4:24Genesis 15.1-6ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 602 – Trusting the Promise, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr“Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton.Image: Photo by note thanun on UnsplashHymn: Voices Together, 175, Planets Humming as They Wander. Text: Heather Josselyn-Cranson (USA), alt., © 2010 Heather Josselyn-Cranson Music: Sally Ann Morris (USA), 2009, © 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

This week Nick Averwater talks with Dr. Matthew Arau, Chair of the Music Education department at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and author of the book, Upbeat! Mindset, Mindfulness and Leadership in Music Education And Beyond, published by GIA Publications. Dr. Arau is also the founder of Upbeat Global.As the 2024-2025 school year gets underway, Dr. Arau will share his ideas for starting the year off right, including ways of defining success, setting realistic goals for yourself and your students, and more.

In the last episode of Ministry Monday we spoke to Fr. Joe Laramie, a Jesuit priest, about the Liturgy of the Hours. This week we continue the conversation with Michael Silhavy, Senior Project Editor for GIA Publications, Inc., as we explore the Divine Office Hymnal: what was the genesis of its creation? What is included in the hymnal? What is the format and structure? Can it be used for prayer outside of the Liturgy of the Hours? Michael addresses all of these questions and much more.

Paul binds the physical body with resurrection, a holistic change from life as we have structured and understood it to that which is eternal as Jesus' life, death and resurrection gifted us. Our faith is intricately tied to a belief in the unbelievable while living and loving as Jesus did, attending to the needs of bodies in the here and now. Bodies matter now and in a future we can not know or understand - for now. Sermon begins at minute marker 6:03I Corinthians 15:1-26, 51-57ResourcesBelievers Church Bible Commentary: 1 Corinthians, By: Dan NighswanderBibleWorm podcast Episode 540 The Resurrection of the Body Working Preacher's Narrative Lectionary 584 - Death Swallowed in LifeImage:   Align Towards Spine on UnsplashHymn: Voices Together, 433, I Believe in God Almighty. Text:  based on Apostles' Creed (Mediterranean), ca. 4th c.; Sylvia G. Dunstan (Canada), In Search of Hope and Grace, © 1991 GIA Publications. Music: American traditional (USA), Christian Lyre, 1831; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, The English Hymnal, 1906. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

The crippled man and the disciples both experience surprise and interruption in the norms of what they think might happen for them this day.  The man expected the same - people offering him coins or ignoring him.  It has been the same day in and day out for years.  Peter and John expected to continue in their grieving and confusion at the loss of their mentor and friend Jesus, and planned to go to the temple for a routine prayer service.  Neither expectation happens, and they - and we! - are all better for it.  What might it take for us to open our senses differently to the wonder of welcoming interruption and - perhaps - finding a miracle of healing within ourselves or those around us?!Sermon begins at minute marker 3:06Acts 3.1-10ResourcesBibleWorm podcast Image: Photo by Yanko Argirov on Unsplash  Hymn: Voices Together 834 Thuma Mina. Text:  Zulu; anon. (South Africa); trans. anon Music: South African traditional; arr. © 1984 Peace of Music Publishing AB (admin. Walton Music Corp., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.) Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

News of wars, natural disaster, and human suffering greets us every evening, withoutfail. Where is God in this? Does God not see? Jesus warns his disciples of the temple'sdestruction, and worse, yet to come. Indeed, God in Christ does see what humanbeings are doing to one another. It is we who cannot stand to look, listen, or respond tothe fires, the famines, the faces of suffering around us. And yet, and yet. Jesus comesamong us to announce God is near at hand, God's gracious will is carrying forth, God'sreign unfolds in our very midst. God is with us in the midst of earthquake, flood,homelessness and hopelessness. As the fig tree comes into blossom, so the ministry offellow believers serves as sign of new life to us. The coming of God's reign isn't going tolook like yesterday. We wait with prayer and expectation. Christ is coming soon.Preacher: Pam RussellSermon begins at minute marker 5:38 Mark 13.1-8, 24-37Image: Photo by Federica Gioia on pexels.Voices Together 319, Stay With Me the Night Has Come. Music: Welsh traditional. Text: David Bjorlin (USA), © 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Reflection: Fr. BrianPrayer Lead: LizMUSICStay with MeArtist(s): Music by Jacques Berthier, Taizé CommunityPublisher: ©1991 The Community of Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc. (North America)Jesus, Remember MeAlleluia! Praise and Worship Instrumentals℗ 2016 Shamrock-n-Roll, Inc.

Jesus' entry into Jerusalem is a deliberate act of political confrontation with the Roman Empire's powers-that-be. After casing the mostly deserted late evening Temple, he makes plans to return the next day to make a royal mess of things; to disrupt business as usual. The Way Jesus walks, the Way that Jesus calls us to walk (together!), is a Way lined with palms that leads to confrontation with Empire.Sermon begins at minute marker 5:03Mark 11.1-19ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 531 – The Triumphal Entry, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.Ched Myers, “Palm Sunday As Subversive Street Theatre,” posted on Radical Discipleship, 2021.Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week: A Day-to-Day Account of Jesus' Final Week (Harper, 2007).Image: Melissa KellyVT 146 Lord Jesus, Come and Overturn #99565 words: David Gambrell music: Klug's Geistliche Lieder ©2015 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

I can talk about a woman who experiences a minimum of three healings in one healing story. The first is busting through all sorts of internal and external barriers to step out her door and into a crowd. The second is reaching for the hem of Jesus' cloak to seize a cure for her illness. And the third is - with one word - being restored as family, reclaimed as belonging. I can talk about Jesus making a powerful one wait in order to give his full attention and presence to a marginalized one. And I can talk about - especially in a moment of big transition or uncertainty - never underestimating the power of food.Sermon begins at minute marker 4:06Narrative Lectionary, Year 3ResourcesBibleWorm podcast: Episode 522 – Healing Interrupted, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.Image: Photo by William Farlow on UnsplashHymn VT 519: God, Give Me Faith Like A Child. Text - Adam M. L. Tice, 2012, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc Music - Sally Ann Morris, b.1952, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Tempted to avert our gaze from the mention of “evil spirit” or “demon”, instead Pastor Megan chooses to hold this story's gaze and look for what may be true… then and now. What is true? What binds humans is indeed legion. What liberates humans is indeed Jesus. Who liberates humans is indeed us. Whew. Buckle up as we explore what makes demons tremble.Sermon begins at minute marker 5:05Mark 5.1-20ResourcesIntersectionality: In the sermon, I credit the origin of intersectionality to the women of the Combahee River Collective. In fact, Kimberlé Crenshaw should be credited with the origination of the term, in a pair of essays from 1989 and 1991. The work of the Combahee River Collective, particularly their work on ‘simultaneity' in the 1970s, laid a foundation for Crenshaw's development of the concept of ‘intersectionality'. But credit for coining the term and more fully developing the concept of ‘intersectionality' belongs to Crenshaw!BibleWorm podcast: Episode 521 – Making the Demons Tremble, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr.Frank Peretti wrote a series of fiction books depicting demons, angels, and ‘spiritual warfare' for a largely Pentecostal and more conservative evangelical Christian audience through the 1980s and beyond. I'm still recovering from the images his terrifying books emblazoned on my young impressionable brain.Ruth C. Duck hymn text published in Voices Together 642, “Healing River of the Spirit” verse 3: “Living stream that heals the nations, make us channels of your power. All the world is torn by conflict; wars are raging at this hour. Saving Spirit, move among us; guide our winding human course, till we find our way together, flower homeward to our Source.”Image: Photo by Tony Rojas on UnsplashHymn: VT 285 - Cast out, O Christ. Text: Mary Louise Bringle (USA), 2002, © 2006 GIA Publications, Inc. Music: William Tans'ur (England), Harmony of Zion 1734 Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Jesus' parables meet us in story form about ordinary livelihood understandings. Throwing these stories alongside life experiences of these livelihoods can provide spirit openings to fuller understanding of what it means to be kindom people. With these parables Jesus invites followers to be and embody kindom messaging without expectation and with generosity.Sermon begins at the 9:06 minute markerScripture: Mark 4.1-34Photo by Şahin Sezer Dinçer on pexelsHymn VT 519 God, Give Me Faith Like A Child: Text - Adam M. L. Tice, 2012, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc Music - Sally Ann Morris, b.1952, © 2013, GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Christine Sine teaches us about where Jesus was most likely born, how the Inn we traditionally invoke probably wasn't what we consider an Inn at all. She reminds us of the Mennonite tradition of radical hospitality and encourages us into Chalking our doors as a blessing for all who enter our homes and to consider who we might be excluding from those homes and blessings.Sermon begins at minute marker 5:42Matthew 2: 1-12ResourcesBlessing, instructions and image of door chalking Image by Alexander Grey on pexelsHymn: Hymn 274 See Whose Glory Fills the Skies Text: adapt. from Charles Wesley (England), Music: George D. Elderkin (USA), 1890; arr. Evelyn Simpson-Curenton (USA), © 2000 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved. 

Eric and Emily explore a great accomplishment for Black Catholics in the US many years in the making: the Lead Me Guide Me hymnal, published by GIA Publications in 1987. After some background on the hymnal's development, hosts introduce Marjorie Gabriel-Burrow, who chaired the committee that brought the hymnal to birth. Marjorie, an internationally acclaimed musician and composer, has served the Catholic Church as a pastoral musician since the eighth grade and since 1992 at St. Augustine-St. Monica Parish in Detroit. Marjorie tells stories of a lifetime of making music in the Church as a Black Catholic, including meeting Fr. Rivers and long-time parish use of Rivers' Mass Dedicated to the Brotherhood of Man and the struggles and triumphs of putting together Lead Me Guide Me with collaborators Rawn Harbor and Leon C. Roberts. Hosts and guest discuss Fr. Rivers' decision not to allow the inclusion of much of his music in the hymnal. Marjorie shares her personal remembrances of Fr. Rivers. For Episode 27 Show Notes, click here.

Fr. Ron has our reflection today.Check our App Blog or Website for the ALL SOULS MASS and Mosaic that will be available after noon CST. MUSICI Know that my Redeemer Lives by Beyond Stillness (instrumental)I Know that my Redeemer Lives by Scott Soper (vocal)We Remember by GIA Publications

Joy in Giving The Joy in Being Christ's Church, Sixth in Series Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet Response: Lord, Cleanse the Depths Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1969, 1983, alt. Music: Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, 1820; harm. Margaret W. Mealy, 1985. Text: ©1969, 1983 Rosamond E. Herklots (admin. Oxford University Press). Music Harm: ©1985 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem: Laudate Dominum Text: Psalm 117. Music: W.A. Mozart (1756-1791); arr. Alice Parker, 1973. Music: ©1973 Lawson-Gould Music Publishers, Inc. (a div. of Alfred Music Publishing). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord Text: Psalm 95. Music: René Clausen, 1999. Music: ©1999 Fostco Music Press. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: Fugue on the name ALAIN Music: Maurice Duruflé, 1942. Music: ©1943 Editions Durand, Paris, France, (a div. of Universal Publishing Group). All rights reserved.

The Joy in Humility The Joy in Being Christ's Church, Third in Series Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet ____________________________________________ Introit: Bwana Asifiwe Text: Joachim Neander (1650-1680). Music: Traditional Swahili song of praise; arr. Mark Burrows. Music: ©2012 Choristers Guild. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Prelude: Le Banquet Céleste Music: Olivier Messiaen, 1928. Music: ©1960 Alphonse Leduc & Co., Editions Musicales, (a div. of Wise Music Classical). All rights reserved. Hymn: Here in This Place Text and Music: Marty Haugen, 1979. Text and Music: ©1982 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211.All rights reserved. Response: Lord, Cleanse the Depths Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1969, 1983, alt. Music: Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, 1820; harm. Margaret W. Mealy, 1985. Text: ©1969, 1983 Rosamond E. Herklots (admin. Oxford University Press). Music Harm: ©1985 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: I Come with Joy Text: Brian Wren, 1968; rev. 1993. Music: American folk melody; arr. Austin C. Lovelace, 1977. Text: ©1971, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Music Arr: ©1977 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Salmo 150 Text: Psalm 150. Music: Ernani Aguiar, 1993. Music: ©1993 Earthsongs Choral Music. All rights reserved. Communion Music: All Who Are Thirsty Text: Michael Perry, 1993. Music: Mutya Lopez Solis; arr. Geoff Weaver, 1983. Music: ©1983 Melchizedek M. Solis and Mutya Solis (admin. Jubilate Hymns, Ltd.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Communion Music: O Sing to the Lord Text: Anonymous; trans. Gerhard Cartford, 1993. Music: Brazilian folksong; arr. Christopher Norton, 1993. Text: Portuguese copyright control. Music: ©1993 Christopher Norton (admin. HarperCollins Religious, United Kingdom). All rights reserved.

A Work of the Wind Sermon by the Rev. Eustacia Moffett Marshall Response: Lord, Cleanse the Depths Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1969, 1983, alt. Music: Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, 1820; harm. Margaret W. Mealy, 1985. Text: ©1969, 1983 Rosamond E. Herklots (admin. Oxford University Press). Music Harm: ©1985 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem: From Life to Life Text: Delores Dufner, OSB, 1990. Music: Petr Eben, 1999. Text and Music: ©1999 Laurendale Associates. All rights reserved. Hymn: Let Us Build a House Text and Music: Marty Haugen, 1994. Text and Music: ©1994 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: My Soul Thirsteth for God Text and Music: Max Janowski (1912-1991). Text and Music: ©1957 Max Janowski. All rights reserved. Hymn: The Church Cannot Be Bound Text: Adam L. Tice, 2005. Music: African American spiritual; Jubilee Songs, 1884; adapt. Harry T. Burleigh, 1940. Text: ©2005 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Postlude: Philadelphia Flourish Music: Jeffrey Brillhart, 2017. Music: ©2017 E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc. (a div. of ECS Publishing Group). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

We have all laughed at and with Sarah for as long as we've heard the story. An 80 year old woman giving birth!?! Pastor Megan challenges us to consider laughter. What impossible things do we laugh at? An end to hunger? Reconciliation between settlers and indigenous peoples? A green and just economy? Healing for addiction? What have we laughed at that we should maybe consider a calling into impossible, great works of God?Sermon begins at minute marker 6:03Genesis 18.1-15; 21:1-7Image: Photo by Matt Barnard on pexelsHymn: VT 190, The God of Sarah Praise. Music - traditional. Words - David Bjorlin, ©2018 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Joy & Justice are the twin children of Jubilee. They go together like (love and marriage?) a horse and carriage… “You can't have one without the other!” As we seek to be God's Jubilee people for one another and the world, may we continuously form one another in the ways of joy and of justice.Sermon begins at minute marker 4:12Psalm 146Resources“Ella's Song,” written by Bernice Johnson Reagon in honor of her mentor, Ella Baker; performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock. “​​We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W): A Multi-Gospel Single-Year Lectionary, Wilda C. Gafney, Church Publishing Incorporated (2021).Voices Together, 107.Jubilee texts throughout the Bible, a sampling: Exodus 23, Leviticus 25 and 27, Deuteronomy 15, 1 Samuel 2.1-10 (Hannah's song), Psalm 113, Psalm 146, Isaiah 61, Jeremiah 34, Luke 1.46-55 (Mary's song), Luke 4.14-30 (Jesus' first public teaching)Image: a still from the GORGEOUS video of “Ella's Song,” produced and performed by the Resistance Revival Chorus. “The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) is a collective of more than 60 women, and non-binary singers, who join together to breathe joy and song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women's voices.”Hymn: Arise Your Light is Come. Ruth Duck (USA), 1974, © 1992 GIA Publications, Inc. William Henry Walter (USA), 1894; desc. Diana McLeod (Canada), © 1995 Diana McLeod. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

Today's episode of Ministry Monday celebrates Taizé in both the small village and the music it offers in contemplation and prayer. Today we speak to David Anderson, Editor-at-Large for GIA Publications and Director of Music and Liturgy at Ascension Catholic Church in Oak Park, Illinois.David has visited Taizé, France, several times, and has led monthly Taizé services for years in his parish. He reflects about the depth and beauty of Taizé and how you can implement its music and spirituality in your parish.

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Pentecost's Affirmation By the Rev. Leigh DeVries _______________________________________ Hymn: Come, Holy Spirit, Dwell Among Us Text: Janie Alford, 1979.Music: Thomas John Williams, 1890. Text: ©1979 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Response: Christ our Companion Text: Susan Palo Cherwien, 1996. Music: Gaelic melody; arr. Beverly A. Howard, 2012. Text: ©1996 Susan Palo Cherwien (admin. Augsburg Fortress). Music Arr: ©2012 Beverly A. Howard. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem: Spirit Truth, Pure Light of Love Text: Carol McClure, 2010. Music: Robert J. Powell, 2010. Music: ©2010 St. James Press. Reprinted and streamed with permission by St. James Music Press, license #7158. All rights reserved. Hymn: Will You Come and Follow Me Text: John L. Bell and Graham Maule, 1987. Music: Scottish melody; arr. John L. Bell, 1987. Text and Music Arr: ©1987 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: The Whisper of a Distant Wind Text: David Bjorlin, 2022. Music: Edward Landin Senn, 2022. Music: ©2022 Edward Landin Senn. All rights reserved. Hymn: Here in This Place Text and Music: Marty Haugen, 1979. Text and Music: ©1982 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Leaning Forward By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet ____________________________________ Prelude: Elegy and Festive Bells Music: John Rutter, 2019. Music: ©2019 Collegium Music Publications (lic. to Oxford University Press, London). All rights reserved. Response: Christ our Companion Text: Susan Palo Cherwien, 1996. Music: Gaelic melody; arr. Beverly A. Howard, 2012. Text: ©1996 Susan Palo Cherwien (admin. Augsburg Fortress). Music Arr: ©2012 Beverly A. Howard. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem: O Day of Days Text: ©1987 Jaroslav J. Vajda (used with permission). Music: Emily Maxson Porter, 1999. Music: ©1999 Selah Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Hymn: Come! Live in the Light! Text and Music: David Haas, 1988.Text and Music: ©1988 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: I, the Lord of Sea and Sky Text: Daniel L. Schutte, 1981, alt. Music: Daniel L. Schutte, 1981; harm. Alfred V. Fedak, 2011. Text and Music: ©1981, 2000 OCP. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Postlude: Toccata in Seven Music: John Rutter, 1975.Music: ©1975 Oxford University Press, London. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Sarah Augustine, our Just Peace Climate Justice speaker, discusses the uses and failures of Capitalism and calls us to engage in an Indigenous cosmology that prioritizes Community Wellbeing over individuals and profit. She deftly contrasts a world view that demands continued growth and increasing consumption against the basic reality that we exist in a closed system of mutual dependence. Sarah speaks clearly about the ways we are willing to sacrifice human life, particularly Indigenous lives,  in order to continue our extraction-based, consumerist lives without any real change. Sermon begins at minute marker 8:41 2 Corinthians 4:7–12; Luke 7:18–23ResourcesSarah Augustine is the Executive Director of Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery and a cofounder of Suriname Indigenous Health Fund  For more information about the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) explore the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) (one of our Just Peace Partners) website.Photo by Goshen College photographersHymn: The Garden Needs Our Tending Now Words: Mary Louise Bringle ©2002 GIA Publications, Inc., Music: French traditional, 16th c.; acc. Andrew Donaldson (Canada), 2010 Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

The deacons have a great conversation with Kate Williams, Vice President of Sacred Music at GIA Publications, Inc., and a Music Minister at Old St. Mary's Church in Chicago. The deacons ask Kate about the impact of liturgical music on the faith lives of Mass-goers. She also shares what gives her hope in the Church today. ABOUT THE SHOW: Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it's especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church. Deacons Pod is hosted by Deacon Tom Casey, Deacon Drew Dickson, and Deacon Dennis Dolan, all permanent deacons who are Paulist Deacon Affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers. More at deaconspod.com

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Behind Locked Doors By the Rev. Brian K. Ballard ___________________________________ Hymn: Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers Text: John L. Bell and Graham Maule, 1988. Music: Welsh melody; arr. Alfred V. Fedak, 2011. Text: ©1988 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Music Arr: ©2011 Alfred V. Fedak. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Christ Our Companion Text: Susan Palo Cherwien, 1996. Music: Gaelic melody; arr. Beverly A. Howard, 2012. Text: ©1996 Susan Palo Cherwien (admin. Augsburg Fortress). Music Arr: ©2012 Beverly A. Howard. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. Hymn: We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight Text: Henry Alford, 1844, alt. Music: Samuel McFarland, c. 1814; harm: Richard Proulx, 1986. Music Harm: ©1986 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: See the Land Text and Music: Alice Jordan, 1984. Text and Music: ©1984 Sacred Music Press (a div. of The Lorenz Corportation; admin. by Music Services). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: Christ is Alive! Text: Brian Wren, 1968; rev. 1995. Music: Musica Sacra, c. 1778. Text: ©1975, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

This week Nick Averwater continues his conversation with Dr. Matthew Arau, Chair of the Music Education Department at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and author of the book, Upbeat! Mindset, Mindfulness and Leadership in Music Education And Beyond, pubished by GIA Publications. In the last episode we looked at the first part of the book entitled Ignite, and we encourage you to listen to that episode before listening to this one. This week we'll learn more about the rest of the book. This conversation was recorded January 24, 2023.

Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: The Lords Prayer: Albert Hay Malotte Music: Albert Hay Malotte, 1935. Music: ©1935 G. Schirmer, Inc. (a div. of Wise Music Classical). All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Ride On! Ride On! Text: Henry Hart Milman, 1820. Music: Graham George, 1970. Music: ©1941, rev. 2001 The H. W. Gray Co., Inc., (a div. of Jubilate Music Group, LLC). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. reserved. Postlude: Les Rameaux (The Palms) Music: Jean Langlais, 1932. Music: ©1933 H. Hérelle & Cie (a div. of Editions Combre, Paris). All rights resereved.

This week Nick Averwater talks with Dr. Matthew Arau, Chair of the Music Education Department at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and author of the book, Upbeat! Mindset, Mindfulness and Leadership in Music Education And Beyond, pubished by GIA Publications. Our conversation was recorded January 24, 2023. It's broken up in to two episodes, and this is part 1.

Sunday, April 2, 2023 The Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet Thine is the Kingdom Lenten Series on the Lord's Prayer Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: The Lords Prayer : Albert Hay Malotte Music: Albert Hay Malotte, 1935. Music: ©1935 G. Schirmer, Inc. (a div. of Wise Music Classical). All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Ride On! Ride On! Text: Henry Hart Milman, 1820. Music: Graham George, 1970. Music: ©1941, rev. 2001 The H. W. Gray Co., Inc., (a div. of Jubilate Music Group, LLC). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. reserved. Postlude: Les Rameaux (The Palms) Music: Jean Langlais, 1932. Music: ©1933 H. Hérelle & Cie (a div. of Editions Combre, Paris). All rights resereved.

"This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins". (MT 26:28)I have Mass at St. Isidore on April 2 @ 7:30 / 9:30 am. I will be presenting the Passion Gospel at 7:30/9:30/11:30 am Masses.The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/"Will You Hold Me in the Light," text by Adam Tice; Music by Sally Ann Morris. copyright 2013 GIA Publications.I will preside at the Easter Vigil @ St. Isidore on Saturday, April 8, 8:30 pm.frjoedailey@gmail.com

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Thy Will Be Done By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet Prelude: Variation on "Jesu, Dulcis Memoria" ©2022 Jessica French. All rights reserved. Introit: "Kyrie Eleison" from Missa Dorica © 2001 Richard R. Webster. Published by Advent Press. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: Thy Will Be Done ©2023 Jessica French. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Litany to the Holy Spirit Text: Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Music: Peter Hurford, 1958. Music: ©1958, rev. 1995 Oxford University Press, London. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved

Let's talk about successful teaching strategies for choir, starting with teaching rhythm (especially compound meter), running through solfège (especially minor scales), and other practical teaching tricks and tips from veteran teacher and author, Eric Wilkinson!Eric Wilkinson is the director of the Wando High School Choir in Charleston, South Carolina, and is co-author of "Habits of a Successful Choir Director" as well as “Habits of a Successful Choral Musician” both published by GIA Publications. Wilkinson's choirs performed at the ACDA Southern Division Convention in 2014 and they have also performed solo concerts in Carnegie Hall, St. Peter's Basilica, the Washington National Cathedral, and Pearl Harbor. Under his direction, the Wando Choirs have premiered new choral works by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Michael John Trotta, and David Brunner. Mr. Wilkinson is a nationally Board Certified Teacher and was awarded the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2007.Links and things from this episode: https://habitsuniversal.com/habitsinstitute/ https://www.mjtrotta.com/  https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/habits-of-a-successful-choral-musician-teachers-edition-book-g9917Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2rxASy0I7pA The Music (ed) Matters Podcast is sponsored by our friends over at Perform International. Thinking of going on tour domestically or abroad, want to take a solo tour, or team up with a dynamic festival? PI offers the best educationally sound and culturally significant experiences! Check them out, and tell them Emmy sent you :) Perform-International.com  Order your copy of “The Business of Choir”: https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-business-of-choir-book-g10713 or check out the website, businessofchoir.com. Join us over at Patreon.com/MusicEdMatters for monthly meet-ups, monthly bonus episodes, special content, and more!**Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell**Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Forgive Us Our Debts By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet _________________________________ Hymn: Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive Text: Rosamond E. Herklots, 1969, 1983, alt. Music: Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, 1820; harm. Margaret W. Mealy, 1985. Music Harm: ©1985 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: The Lord's Prayer Text: Matthew 6: 9-13. Music: John Tavener, 1993. Music: ©1999 Chester Music Ltd. (admin. Wise Music Classical). All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Love is all our Joy Text: Col. 3:12-17. Music: Alice Carpenter, (1590-1670); arr. Malcolm Archer, 2012. Music: ©2012 St. James Press. Reprinted and streamed with permission by St. James Press, license #7158. All rights reserved. Postlude: Chant héroïque Music: Jean Langlais, 1942. Music: ©1945 S. Bornemann (a div. of Alphonse Leduc, admin. by Wise Music Classical). All rights reserved.

John 3:16 is much loved by many & much detested by many others. This Laetare Sunday, Dustin looks beyond verse 16 to find a way to rejoice it.Sermon begins at minute marker 7:20Song of Solomon 4.7-16; Psalm 135.1-16; 1 John 4.7-12; John 3.11-17ResourcesA Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church (Year W): A Multi-Gospel Single-Year Lectionary, Wilda C. Gafney, Church Publishing Incorporated, 2021.Finding Fred Podcast: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-finding-fred-91432380/Baker, Elna. “This American Life.” Episode. The Problem with Ghosts no. 793: The Wedding Crasher. Chicago, IL, March 10, 2023. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/793/the-problem-with-ghosts/act-two-6. Sheeler, Jason. “Mister Rogers Encouraged Gay Costar Officer Clemmons to Stay in the Closet and Marry a Woman.” Peoplemag. PEOPLE, April 24, 2020. https://people.com/tv/mister-rogers-encouraged-gay-costar-officer-clemmons-to-stay-in-the-closet-and-marry-a-woman/. Hymn: Voices Together 298, What Is the World Like. Words: Adam Tice and Music: Sally Ann Morris; ©2009 GIA Publications, Inc.

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Daily Bread By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet Hymn: All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly Text: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1990. Music: William Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825. Text: ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: The Lord's Prayer Music: Leroy Robertson, 1941. Music: ©1941 Galaxy Music Corporation (a div. of ECS Publishing). All rights reserved. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: God of our Life Text: Hugh Thompson Kerr, 1916, alt. Music: Charles Henry Purday, 1860; harm. John Weaver, 1986. Text: ©1928 F.M. Braselman, ren. 1956 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education, (admin. Westminster John Knox Press).Music Harm: ©1990 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Like as the Hart Text: Psalm 42: 1-3. Music: Herbert Howells, 1941. Music: ©1943 Oxford University Press, London. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: Hope of the World Text: Georgia Harkness, 1954. Music: Genevan Psalter, 1551. Text: ©1954, ren. 1982 The Hymn Society (admin. Hope Publishing Company). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Postlude: Praeludium Music: Pamela Decker, 2016. Music: ©2016 Editions Leupold, Inc. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Sunday, March 5 10:00 a.m. Worship Service Thy Kingdom Come Lenten Series on the Lord's Prayer By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet _________________________________________________ Prelude: "The Seven Last Words and Triumph of Christ” Music: Pamela Decker, 2018. Music: ©2018 Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Be still and know that I am God. Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: “Kyrie” from Requiem Music: Maurice Duruflé, 1947; rev. 1961. Music: ©1948 Editions Durand, Paris (a div. of Universal Music Publishing Group, Inc.) All rights reserved. Hymn: All Who Love and Serve Your City Text: Erik Routley, 1966. Music: The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799; harm. Carlton R. Young, 1964. Text: ©1969 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Company). Music Harm: ©1965 Abingdon Press (admin. The Copyright Company). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Notre Père Music: Maurice Duruflé, 1976. Music: ©1978 Editions Durand, Paris (a div. of Universal Music Publishing Group, Inc.) All rights reserved.

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Hallowed Be Thy Name Lenten Series on the Lord's Prayer By the Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet ______________________________________________________ Hymn: Deep in the Shadows of the Past Text: Brian Wren, 1973; rev. 1994. Music: Annabeth McClelland Gay, 1952. Text: ©1975, rev. 1995 Hope Publishing Company. Music: ©1958, ren. 1986 The Pilgrim Press. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Sung Response: Be still and know that i am God. Text and Music: John L. Bell, 1989. Text and Music: ©1989 WGRG, Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.) Anthem: The Lord's Prayer Text: Matthew 6: 9-13. Music: René Clausen, 1994. Music: ©1994 Fostco Music Press (admin. by Shawnee Press, Inc; a div. of Hal Leonard Corporation). All rights reserved. Hymn: Bring Many Names Text: Brian Wren, 1986, rev. Music: Carlton R. Young, 1987. Text and Music: ©1989 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Cantate Domino Text: Norman Greyson, 1993. Music: Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612); arr. Norman Greyson, 1993. Text and Music: ©1980 Bourne Co., New York, N.Y. All rights reserved.

In this scripture, we come to the “ending credits” of the story of Mary that we have been following for the past several months. Using the musical West Side Story, Dustin urges us to ensure that we give credit to everyone who contributed to the story.Sermon begins at minute marker 8:00Luke 3: 21-23; 31-38ResourcesGospel of Musical Theatre podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gospel-of-musical-theatre/id1565558402?i=1000544599942 & https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gospel-of-musical-theatre/id1565558402?i=1000546595515 Stephen Sondheim, Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes (New York, NY: Knopf, 2010).Hymn: Voices Together 441 Crashing Waters at Creation Words Sylvia G Dunstan - ©1991 GIA Publications, Inc. Music, Traditional  Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

10:00 a.m. service Stumbling, Foolish Truth By the Rev. Franklyn C. Pottorff ______________________________ Prelude: Hommage à Messiaen Music: McNeil Robinson, 1981. Music: ©1985 Theodore Presser Co., Bryn Mawr, PA (a div. of Carl Fischer, LLC). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: Here in The Place Text and Music: Marty Haugen, 1979. Text and Music: ©1982 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem: Ubi Caritas Text: St. Paulinus of Aquilea, 796. Music: Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986). Music: ©1960 Durand S.A., Paris, FR. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: Lift High the Cross Text: George William Kitchin, 1887; rev. Michael Robert Newbolt, 1916, alt. Music: Sydney Hugo Nicholson, 1916; desc. Richard Proulx, 1985. Text and Music: ©1974 Hope Publishing Company. Music Desc: ©1985 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Text & Music: Hugo Distler (1908-1942). Text & Music: ©1966 Arista Music Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. All rights reserved.

Prelude: Ascension Suite Music: Sharon J. Willis (b. 1949). Music: ©2022 The Leupold Foundation Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem : Jesu, Bright and Morning Star Text: George R. Woodward (1848-1934); Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878). Music: Leo Sowerby (1895-1968). Music: ©1959, ren. 1987 H.T. FitzSimons Company (a div. of Fred Bock Publishing Group, Glendale, CA). Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn: The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound Text: Adam M. L. Tice, 2005. Music: African American spiritual; Jubilee Songs, 1884; adapt. Henry T. Burleigh, 1940. Text: ©2005 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem: We Shall Overcome Text: American freedom song. Music: arr. Tom Trenney, 2016. Music: ©2016 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Postlude: Festal March Music: Florence B. Price, 1951. Music: ©1951 Lorenz Music. Music: ©1995 ClarNan Editions, Inc. All rights reserved.

10:00 a.m. Worship Service Sung Response- On Those Who Sit In Darkness Text: Michael Perry, 1973, alt. Music: Hal H. Hopson, 1983. Text: ©1973 The Jubilate Group (admin. Hope Publishing Company). Music: ©1983 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Anthem - Behold, Emmanuel Text & Music: 13th cent. hymn based on “Veni, Emmanuel”; arr. Diane Loomer (1940-2012). Music: ©1991 Cypress Music Publishing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (dist. by Intrada Music Group, Anderson, IN). All rights reserved. Offertory Anthem - E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come Text: The Book of Revelation, Chapter 22. Music: Paul O. Manz (1919-2009). Music: ©1954 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis. MO. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved. Hymn 125- Before the Marvel of This Night Text: Jaroslav J. Vajda, 1979. Music: Carl F. Schalk, 1979. Text: ©1981 Concordia Publishing House. Music: ©1979 GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted and streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-716211. All rights reserved.

Rev. Tim Koch, pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Linn, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Lutheran Service Book #337, “The Night Will Soon Be Ending.” Jochen Klepper wrote this powerful text while he was living during the beginning of the Third Reich in pre-World War II Germany. That context of growing despair makes the hope of the hymn all the more powerful. Although the darkness of sin, guilt, grief, and pain is all around us, Christians have true hope in the fact that Christ, who is the Light of the world, will return. His first coming at Christmas shone this invincible light into our world to give us this hope even now. That's why we run to the light of Christ as He comes to us now in Word and Sacraments, knowing that He has come for us lost sinners. Text: The Night Will Soon Be Ending (Copyright: © 1998 GIA Publications, Inc. Used with permission.) Author: Jochen Klepper, 1903-42 Translator: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 “The Hymns of Advent'' is a series on Sharper Iron that looks at a variety of the hymns found in the Advent section Lutheran Service Book. The season of Advent prepares us for Christ's coming. The hymns of Advent teach that this is more than getting ready for Christmas; the Word of the Lord sung in hymnody helps us to receive Christ as He comes to us now in the means of grace and when He comes again in glory on the Last Day.

We're ringing in the second season of Hark! with “Carol of the Bells,” or “Shchedryk.” Originally derived from a Ukrainian folk song, this Christmas classic crossed the Atlantic to become a major sensation, debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1922. Since then it has become an enchanting symbol of Christmastime with over 150 versions and recordings worldwide. And to this day the story behind “Carol of the Bells” resonates powerfully with the people of Ukraine. We speak with Ukrainian-American journalist Lydia Tomkiw about these modern-day parallels and music composer, Colin Britt, returns to unpack the musical brilliance of this tune.  Lydia's article for Slate: “Toll of the Bells: The forgotten history of nationalism, oppression, and murder behind a Christmas classic. Colin Britt is one of four composers involved in an international collaboration called “The Same Word,” which celebrates the commonalities between the world's religions. This piece will be premiered in Hamburg in February 2023.  Listen to Tatyana Yurina “Miss Diki” play “Carol of the Bells” on the bandura Special thanks to GIA Publications, Terre Roche of The Roches,  Tatyana Yurina and James Kennerley, the director of Music at St. Paul's Church and Choir school in Cambridge, Mass, for providing much of the music on this episode. Support Hark! by becoming a digital subscriber to America Magazine at: www.americamagazine.org/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mendoza family finally find a church that feels like home. And Abuelita finds a new community of activists. And Gabby gets her phone back. Meanwhile, Fina is not happy with her new detecting partner St. Sebastian. He's a bird dog and easily distracted. But Fina has a breakthrough in her investigation of the bird that pooped on the head of the President. Our cast includes: Amy Solano - Fina Mendoza Christine Avila - Abuelita Monica Vigil - Gabby Steven Cuevas - Papa Linda Graves - Claudia Steve DeVorkin - Fr. Andrew Andrea Felix-Cervantes is our stage manager. Our music is written and performed by Andrew Barkan, and our logo designer is Imelda Hinojosa. The song “All Are Welcome” by Marty Haugen is used by permission of GIA Publications. Our church choir was led by Rosalie Huntington and Julie Pritikin. And special thanks to Katherine LaVictoire for her clarinet contribution. Season 2 of The Fina Mendoza Mysteries podcast is based on the book State of the Union, by Kitty Felde, published by Chesapeake Press. You can pick up a copy at your local bookstore or ask your local public library to order a copy to add to their collection. And if you want an autographed copy of State of the Union, check out the website Chesapeakepress.org. That's also where you can find out more about the cast and crew of the Fina Mendoza Mysteries. It's also where you can find a free download of the 56-page Teacher's Guide to the book and the podcast just by signing up for our newsletter which includes the facts behind the fiction in the Fina Mendoza Mysteries. It's also a sneaky way to introduce civics education to elementary school students.

We got two great songs to lead us in prayer today--1. 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Matt Redman2. Covenant Hymn by Rory CooneyCOVENANT HYMN LYRICSWherever you go, I will follow,Wherever you live is my home.Though days be of blessing or sorrow,Though house be of canvas or stone,Though Eden be lost to the past,Though mountains before us be vast,Wherever you go, I am with you.I will never leave you alone. Whatever you dream, I am with you,When stars call your name in the night.Though shadows and mist cloud the future,Together we bear there a light.Like Abram and Sarah we stand, With only a promise in hand.But lead where you dream: I will follow.To dream with you is my delight. And though you should fall, you will find me,When no other friend can you claim,When foes beat you down or betray you,And others desert you in shame.When home and dreams aren't enough,And you run away from my love,I'll raise you from where you have fallen."Faithful to you" is my name. Wherever you die, I will be thereTo sing you to sleep with a psalm,To soothe you with tales of our journey,Your fears and doubts I will calm.We'll live when journeys are doneForever in mem'ry as one.And we will be buried together,And waken to greet a new dawn. Wherever you go, I will follow.Behold! The horizon shines clear.The possible gleams like a city:Together we've nothing to fear.So speak with words bold and trueThe message my heart speaks to you.You won't be alone, I have promised.Wherever you go, I am here. Copyright © 1992 GIA Publications. All rights reserved.