Ordinary Time // Week 27 // Nov. 24-30
REVELATION 21
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth;
for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away
and the sea was no more.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
"See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away."
Write this, for these words are trustworthy
Write this, trustworthy and true.
See, I am making all things new.
Death will be no more
Then he said to me, "It is done!
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Revelation 21:1, 3-4, and 6a, with parts of verse 5 (NRSV)
Music: Nicolas Melas, Greg Yoder, and Seth Thomas Crissman, 2024
Vocals: Nicolas Melas, Nichole Barrows, Greg Yoder
© Ears to the Ground Family, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 26 // Nov. 17-23
FAITHFUL GOD
Faithful God, your loving heart is always kind
Even when we run away and have no one else
You find us where we are
You speak peace, to our fears and unbelief
When we are afraid, the faithful hands that made us
Remind us who we are
With your Word on our hearts and your Love on our lips
Give us courage, God, give us courage
To follow your movement wherever it is leading
Spirit lead us, Spirit lead us
Hosanna, (hosanna), save us God
Hosanna, (hosanna), save us God
Lyrics and Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2019
Vocals: Lauren Yoder, Rachel Mast, Mitchell Yoder
© The Walking Roots Band, 2019
Nov. 10-16
VIVIMOS POR FE, NO POR VISTA
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the future is uncertain, no por vista
And we can’t see behind the curtain, no por vista
When the future is uncertain, and we can’t see behind the curtain
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the way is scary, no por vista
And heavy things we carry, no por vista
When the way is scary, and heavy things we carry
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the road is jagged, no por vista
And we’ve run ourselves ragged, no por vista
When the road is jagged, and we’ve run ourselves ragged
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
We live by faith, and not by sight
And the promise of the morning’s gonna take us through the night
Not by sight, we live by faith
And the promise of the night is gonna see us through the day
En efecto,
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2024, with direct quotation of 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NVI)
Music: Seth Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2024
Vocals: Chass Kreider, Nicolas Melas, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 24 // Nov. 3-9
GOD’S LOVE IS IN US
God’s love is in us,
God’s love is in us,
God’s love is in us,
So let it grow
Lyrics: participants in the Creativity and Movement in Worship Workshop at Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, 2023
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ruthie Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 23 // Oct. 27 - Nov. 2
PSALM 27 (ONE THING I ASK)
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
To gaze upon and learn of all your beauty, Lord, to gaze upon you
To gaze upon and learn of all your beauty, Lord, to gaze upon you
Do not hide your face from me, or cut me from the land.
If you leave me to my own, who will lend their hand?
If my enemies surround me, if my heart my should yield,
If my mother and my father leave, you will be my shield.
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
I believe that I will see the goodness of God
I believe that I will see the goodness of God
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
This one thing I ask, to dwell in the house of God, one thing I ask
Lyrics and music: William Sumner Leaton, 2024
Vocals: William Sumner Leaton, Ebony Nicole, Megan Bishop, Sara Gingerich, Jackson Maust, Greg Yoder
© William Sumner Leaton, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 22 // Oct. 20-26
JESUS WEPT
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
And he weeps with me
O Jesus,
O Jesus,
O Jesus wept
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
Jesus wept
And he weeps with me
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Nichole Barrows, 2024, with direct quotation of John 11:35
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Nichole Barrows, 2024
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Rachel Mast, Valerie Bess, Nichole Barrows, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 21 // Oct. 13-19
LORD, HAVE MERCY
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy on me
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2024
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Rachel Mast, Greg Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 20 // Oct. 6-12
WONDERFUL ARE YOUR WORKS
I praise you, I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely.
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
I praise you, I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I praise you, I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; Wonderful are your works;
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.
How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end
—I am still with you.
you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
I praise you, I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works; Wonderful are your works
Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Psalm 139:4-6, 13-14, 16-18 (NRSV)
Music: Greg Yoder, 2024
Vocals: Michael Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 19 // Sept. 29 - Oct. 5
BLESSED BE
Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time on and forevermore.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
From the rising of the sun
to its setting the name of
the LORD is to be praised.
From the rising of the sun
to its setting the name of
the LORD is to be praised.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time on and forevermore
Blessed be the name of the LORD
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the LORD, “You are my LORD;”
Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I have no good apart from you.
Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time on and forevermore
Blessed be the name of the LORD
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 113:2-3 and Psalm 16:1-2
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2024
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 18 // Sept. 22-28
LOWLIEST OF US
Faith and hope and peace and love
Is the way the kingdom comes
Not through the proud or the unjust
But the lowliest of us
So do not keep the little children from him
Don’t you see how he set those tables tumbling?
Do not keep the little children from him
It’s how we’ll see the kingdom coming
A little baby in the dust
Who bore the name of Jesus
A Savior, merciful and just
For the lowliest of us
So do not keep the little children from him
Don’t you see how he set those tables tumbling?
Do not keep the little children from him
It’s how we’ll see the kingdom coming
Faith and hope and peace and love
Is the way the kingdom comes
Not through the proud or the unjust
But the lowliest of us
Lyrics and Music: Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, 2024
Vocals: Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, Soil and Seed Family Kids
© Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 17 // Sept. 15-21
THE WAY YOUR KINGDOM COMES
I called to you, LORD
I called to you, LORD
I called to you, LORD
You answered me
I wasn’t looking
When I wasn’t looking
Where I wasn’t looking
You answered me
The LORD doesn’t call from the top of a tower
But comes in the tiniest seed of a flower
And we sleep and rise and rub our eyes
That a new day has begun
We sleep and rise and change our minds
In the way your kingdom comes
I held fast to you, LORD
I held fast to you, LORD
I held fast to you, LORD
You held fast to me
I grew weary and mad
Impatient and sad
Couldn’t see what I had
You held fast to me
The LORD doesn’t call for fire and smoke
But comes in the tiniest seed of an oak
Birds weave in and out and nest about
The branches of your love
Birds weave in and out and do not doubt
The way your kingdom comes
I cried out to you, LORD
I cried out to you, LORD
I cried out to you, LORD
You comforted me.
Though I had strayed
I turned away
Couldn’t see what you made
You comforted me
The LORD doesn’t call just the pious and perfect
But comes to the hearts of the anxious and burdened
Who fret and pace and find our place
In the pages of your love
We fret and pace til we rest in grace
The way your kingdom comes
The way your kingdom comes
The way your kingdom comes
Lyrics and Music: Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, 2024
Vocals: Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, Rachel FitzGerald
© Lindsey FitzGerald Stine, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 16 // Sept. 8-14
NO ROCK LIKE OUR GOD
There is no Holy One like the LORD, no one besides you
There is no Rock like our God, no Rock like our God
Ok, life has its ways of tossing me about, and I’ma shoot straight ‘bout my faith and my doubt
Some days, wooo! I’m lounging on a cloud, cumulus, and I trust, ‘cuz the sun is out
Got faith, and it’s easy, winds lazy, gentle, and breezy
Lemonade stand, lemon, lemon squeezy, Kraft Mac, easy, breezy, squeezy, cheezy
But some days, whoa, the clouds turn gray, and the wind gonna blow my faith away
And the sugar run low, just lemons for days, and my words don’t flow, and my songs of praise
Shrivel up, turn to dust on my tongue, tossed by the storm, don’t trust that the sun
Gonna shine. Is it gonna shine?
There is no Holy One like the LORD, no one besides you
There is no Rock like our God, no Rock like our God
The rains come down, and the streams rise, the winds blow, and beat at the sides
Of the house, but it’s built by the wise man, standing on the rock till clear skies
And red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—like a saltarello—leap across the sky, and
Dance to the mellow cello, the fellow on telenovela, every time returns, Renaissance ritornello
A real Donatello, carved in the rock, trust in the Lord, tick-tock of a clock
Pendulum gonna come back, ready or not, ready, ready, and steady, never start, never stop
Never change, never fail, never falter though the water and the winds prevail
They gonna blow, and gust, but we know we have a Rock to trust
Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock,
Ever, everlasting rock
There is no Holy One like the LORD, no one besides you
There is no Rock like our God, no Rock like our God
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2024, with direct quotation of 1 Samuel 2:2 and Isaiah 26:4 (NRSV)
Music: Greg Yoder, 2024
Vocals: Greg Yoder, Nicolas Melas, Mitchell Yoder, Nichole Barrows, Ebony Nicole, Kristina Yoder, Lauren Yoder, Rachel Mast, Jackson Maust
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 15 // Sept. 1-7
DO WHAT IT SAYS
Do not merely listen to the word,
and so deceive yourselves.
Do not merely listen to the word,
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says.
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says. (James 1:22)
Bear with each other and forgive one another (Colossians 3:13)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. (Colossians 3:15)
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says.
Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry (James 1:19b)
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Love your neighbor as yourself. (Mark 12:31)
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says.
In everything do to others what you would have them do to you. (Matthew 7:12)
Do not merely listen to the word,
and so deceive yourselves.
Do not merely listen to the word,
Do what it says. Do what it says. Do what it says. (James 1:22)
Lyrics: direct quotations of James 1:22, Colossians 3:13,15, James 1:19, Mark 12:31, and Matthew 7:12 (NIV)
Music: Greg Yoder, Seth Thomas Crissman, Jonathan Crissman, Nichole Barrows, Rachel Mast, Perry Blosser, 2024
Vocals: Carleigh Zarchin, Aubri Michael, Vera Rose, Miriam Houff, Hannah Houff, Isla Irons, Tess Hughes, McKenna Zarchin, students of Redeemer Classical School, and students of Augusta Christian Academy
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 14 // Aug. 25-31
VIVIMOS POR FE, NO POR VISTA
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the future is uncertain, no por vista
And we can’t see behind the curtain, no por vista
When the future is uncertain, and we can’t see behind the curtain
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the way is scary, no por vista
And heavy things we carry, no por vista
When the way is scary, and heavy things we carry
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
When the road is jagged, no por vista
And we’ve run ourselves ragged, no por vista
When the road is jagged, and we’ve run ourselves ragged
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
We live by faith, and not by sight
And the promise of the morning’s gonna take us through the night
Not by sight, we live by faith
And the promise of the night is gonna see us through the day
En efecto,
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos por fe, no por vista
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Vivimos, vivimos, vivimos por fe
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2024, with direct quotation of 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NVI)
Music: Seth Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2024
Vocals: Chass Kreider, Nicolas Melas, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 13 // Aug. 18-24
PASS ME NOT
O the bitter shame and sorrow
That a time could ever be
When I sat alone in shadow
In the silence hopelessly
There you found me, I beheld you
Bleeding on th’ accursed tree
Heard you pray, “Forgive them Father”
There your mercy found me
Pass me not, O gentle Savior;
Hear my humble cry
Whom have I on earth beside thee?
Savior do not pass me by
Day by day your tender mercy
Healing, helping, full and free
Sweet and strong, and oh so patient
Grace unending, giv’n for me
Grace unending, giv’n for me
Pass me not, O gentle Savior;
Hear my humble cry
Whom have I on earth beside thee?
Savior do not pass me by
Lyrics: Theodore Monod (1874) and Fanny Crosby (1868), alt., Seth Thomas Crissman, 2024
Music: Seth Crissman, 2024
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Rachel Mast, Kristina Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 12 // Aug. 11-17
SOMETIMES I RUN
Sometimes I run
Sometimes I run as fast I can
Until I can’t stand anymore
Sometimes I fall
Sometimes I fall down to my knees
And I can’t see you anymore
There’s no place that I can go
Where your steadfast love and hope
Can’t find me
And my home is where you are
It’s been written in the stars
Remind me
Help me sing, O LORD, help me sing
Help me pray when I am overwhelmed
There’s no place that I can go
Where your steadfast love and hope
Can’t find me
And my home is where you are
It’s been written in the stars
Remind me
Help me sing, O LORD, help me sing
Help me pray when I am overwhelmed
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, Nichole Barrows, and Greg Yoder, 2024
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, Jonathan Crissman, and Nichole Barrows, 2024
Vocals: Nichole Barrows, Mitchell Yoder
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
Ordinary Time // Week 11 // Aug. 4-10
I WAIT FOR THE LORD
I wait for the LORD
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
watchmen wait for the morning,
I wait for the LORD
Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
LORD, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive to my cry
for mercy.
If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,
LORD, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that we can,
Serve you,
with reverence, serve you.
I wait for the LORD,
my whole being waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
I wait for the LORD
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
watchmen wait for the morning,
I wait for the LORD
Lyrics: Direct quotation from Psalm 130:1-6 (NIV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: William Sumner Leaton, Ebony Nicole
© The Soil and The Seed Project, 2024
