Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 8 // Oct. 23-29

O children of Zion,
be glad and rejoice in the LORD your God;
Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.

Lyrics: direct quotation of Joel 2:23a, 28 (NRSV) // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Lisa Quiñones, Kristina Yoder, and Greg Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 7 // Oct. 16-22

Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days
Bounteous Source of every joy,
Let thy praise our tongues employ
For the blessings of the field,
For the stores the gardens yield
For the joy which harvests bring,
Grateful praises now we sing

Flocks that whiten all the plain,
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain
All that spring with bounteous hand,
Scatters o’er the smiling land
All that gen’rous autumn pours,
From her overflowing stores
These, great God, to thee we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow

But Lord, should rising whirlwinds tear,
From the stem it’s ripening ear
Should the fig tree’s bloss’ming shoot,
Drop her green untimely fruit
Should the vine put forth no more,
Nor the olive yield her store
Though the sick’ning flocks should fall,
And the herds desert the stall
Should thy holy hand restrain,
Th’early and the latter rain
Blast each op’ning bud of joy,
And the rising year destroy
Should the vine put forth no more,
Nor the olive yield her store
Should the rising whirlwinds come,
and tear the song from out our lungs

Yet to thee my soul shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise
And when every blessing’s flown
Love thee for thyself alone

Lyrics: Anna Barbauld, 1772 // Music: Greg Yoder, 2015 // Vocals: Ben Luna, Kristina Yoder, and Greg Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 6 // Oct. 9-15

Love
Your love, your love, O God
Love
Your love, your love, O God
And you surround us
With your love, O God

Hope
Your hope, your hope, O God
Hope
Your hope, your hope, O God
You came and found us
And you surround us
With your hope, O God

And we will praise
We will praise you
All our days
For you are good.

Peace
Your peace, your peace, O God
Peace
Your peace, your peace, O God
Peace for the mourning
And in the storming
Your peace, O God

And we will praise
We will praise you
And we will praise
We will praise you
All our days
For you are good.

Love
Your love, your love, O God
Love
Your love, your love, O God
It’s all around us
all around us

Music and lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Seth Crissman, Nichole Barrows, and Jackson Maust

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 5 // Oct. 2-8

The LORD bless you and keep you
The LORD make his face shine on you
And be gracious to you
The LORD turn his face toward you
And give you peace

Lyrics: direct quotation from Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV) // Music: Greg Yoder, 2022 // Vocals: Spectator Bird

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 4 // Sept. 25-Oct. 1

Happy are those
whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God,
Happy are those
whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God, Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God,
who executes justice
for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free;

Happy are those
whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God,
Happy are those
whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God,
The LORD their God

Happy are those
Happy are those

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind.
The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down;
the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD watches over the strangers;
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Happy are those
Happy are those

Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 146:5-9a (NRSV), 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Joel Ross, 2022 // Vocals: Good Company (Heidi King – Soprano; Melodie May – Soprano; Sarah Brenneman – Alto; Joel Ross – Tenor; Kevin Eby – Baritone; Nathan May – Bass)

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 3 // Sept. 18-24

For this food, for this day
For your love we want to say
Thank you, God, thank you, God
AMEN!

For our family and friends
For your love that never ends
Thank you, God, thank you, God
AMEN!

For the trees, for the birds
For your your Son and your Word
Thank you God, thank you, God
AMEN!

God, you are good
And so we thank you everyday
God, you are good
And this is what we pray

For this food, for this day
For your love we want to say
Thank you, God, thank you, God
AMEN!

Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022 // Music: Greg Yoder, 2022 // Vocals: Emily Grimes, Greg Yoder, and Kristina Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 2 // Sept. 11-17

For the tired and alone
And the far away from home
For the angry and for the afraid
For those who can’t fall asleep
The Shepherd will keep you
And loves you; you’re never alone.

Peace, peace God, give us peace
We cannot make peace on our own
Through the day and the night You will always provide.
You love us; we’re never alone

Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Spectator Bird

Ordinary Time // Part 2 // Week 1 // Sept. 4-10

O Lord, you have searched me and known me
You know when I sit down and when I rise
O Lord, you have searched me and known me
You know when I sit down and when I rise

Where can I go from your spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea
Even there your hand shall lead me
Your right hand shall hold me fast

Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 139:1-2a, 7, 9-10 (NRSV) // Music: Greg Yoder, 2022 // Vocals: Onan Alvarez, Greg Yoder, Valerie Bess, Taylor Bess

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 12 // Aug. 28-Sept. 3

Jesus had no place to rest his head
Jesus had no place to rest his head
Without a house and without a bed
Jesus had no place to rest his head

Jesus said come follow me
Jesus said come follow me
Share what you have with those in need
Jesus said come follow me

Jesus sees the hurt and tired
Jesus sees the hurt and tired
With Mary and Martha he sat and cried
Jesus sees the hurt and tired

Jesus loves the meek and low
Jesus loves the meek and low
All who have no place to go
Jesus loves the meek and low

Jesus washed his disciples feet
Jesus washed his disciples feet
Taught us how to serve, and to follow his lead
Jesus washed his disciples feet

Jesus says come follow me
Jesus says come follow me
Make a place at the table for my children to eat
Jesus says come follow me

Jesus had no place to rest his head
Jesus had no place to rest his head
Without a house and without a bed
Jesus had no place to rest his head

Music and Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022

Vocals: Seth Thomas Crissman, Mitchell Yoder, Greg Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 11 // Aug. 21-27

Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and do not forget all his benefits--
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

Bless the LORD,
O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.

who satisfies you with good
as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed,
renewed like the eagle's.
The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.

Bless the LORD,
O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.

The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 103:1-6, 8 (NRSV)

Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022

Vocals: Rachel Mast, Valerie Bess

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 10 // Aug. 14-20

We don’t know how to pray
don’t know how to say grace
When our neighbors are hungry
And we don’t know how to pray
Don’t know how how to say grace

God, reach out and fill
God, reach out and fill

God, have mercy
Christ, have mercy

Music and Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022

Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Lauren Yoder, Greg Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 9 // Aug. 7-13

My Shepherd will supply my need,
Jehovah is his name;
in pastures fresh he makes me feed,
beside the living stream.
He brings my wand'ring spirit back.
when I forsake his ways;
and leads me, for his mercy's sake,
in paths of truth and grace.

When I walk through the shades of death,
Thy presence is my stay;
one word of thy supporting breath
drives all my fears away.
Thy hand in sight of all my foes,
does still my table spread;
my cup with Blessings overflows,
thine oil anoints my head.

The sure provisions of my God
attend me all my days;
oh, may that house be mine abode,
and all my work be praise.
There would I find a settled rest,
while others go and come;
no more a stranger, nor a guest,
but like a child at home.

Lyrics: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: American traditional

Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Seth Crissman

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 8 // July 31-Aug. 6

In the morning before the sun rises
The world lays in silence
And everything seems still
In the evening, the stillness is motion
The moon rocks the ocean
Lullubaby of the whippoorwill

In each days’ coming, a new world is humming
When our footsteps’ drumming
Is tuned to your heartbeat
In our going, God, teach us to follow
And breathe your love all over
Sun, and moon, and sea.

And in this ordinary time
Shape our hearts and change our minds
Teach us how to love like you
Who are making all things new
And when we lose our way,
When we wander astray,
God, find us with your grace
In this ordinary time

In our resting, renew and restore us
And then set before us
All that you’d have us do

And in this ordinary time
Shape our hearts and change our minds
Teach us how to love like you
Who are making all things new
And when we lose our way,
When we wander astray,
God, find us with your grace
In this ordinary time

Music and Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022

Vocals: Seth Thomas Crissman and Rachel Mast

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 7 // July 24-30

Peace I leave with you.
My peace I give to you.
When you fail, when you fall
When you’re scared, when call for me
My peace I’ll give to you.

Lyrics and Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2021

Vocals: Seth Crissman

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 6 // July 17-23

O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me
Is the current of your love
Leading onward, leading homeward
Leading forth in your wondrous love

O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Still holds us in its changeless tide
There is peace that knows no measure
Hope that through every age abides
With your love within us, your love before us,
Your love beneath us and above
Jesus, lead us onward, lead us homeward
Lead us forth in your wondrous love.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
O the deep, deep love of Jesus
In its fullness rolling over me

O the deep, deep love
O the deep, deep love

Lyrics: v. 1 by Samuel Taylor Francis, 1875, alt. // v. 2 by Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022

Music: Greg Yoder, 2022

Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Valerie Bess, Taylor Bess

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 5 // July 10-16

God fill us, fill us with your love
God fill us, fill us with your love
For everyone we meet
For strangers, neighbors and family
God fill us, fill us with your love

God find us, find us with your hope
God find us, find us with your hope
When in despair we lose our way
Like the sheep that’s gone astray
God find us, find us with your hope

God lead us, lead us with your truth
God lead us, lead us with your truth
Through the storm and through the calm
Give us strength and lead us on
God lead us, lead us with your truth

God spark us, spark us with your joy
God spark us, spark us with your joy
In the laughter of the trees
In the dancing of the breeze
God spark us, spark us with your joy

God send us, send us with your peace
God send us, send us with your peace
In the face of war and fear
Give us courage, draw us near, then
God send us, send us with your peace

Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2022

Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022

Vocals: Mitchell and Lauren Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 4 // July 3-9

Move in us, and move us
Down from your hill
Walk with us and through us
Go with us still
Touch our hands, and show us your way
Touch our feet, and lead us today

Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong
Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong

So use us, Spirit of God
And move us, Spirit of God

Move in us, and move us
Kindle our flame
Burn in us and through us
Send us forth in your name
Touch our hearts and teach us to pray
Take our feet and help us walk in your way

Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong
Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong

So use us, Spirit of God
And move us, Spirit of God

Teach our ears to hear your song
Spirit of God, your love makes us strong
Teach our souls to know your song
Spirit of God, your love makes us strong
Teach our voices to join in your song
Spirit of God, your love makes us strong
Teach our feet to dance to your song
Spirit of God, your love makes us strong

So use us, Spirit of God
And move us, Spirit of God

Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong
Spirit of God, your love, your love makes us strong

Music and Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2022

Vocals: Rachel Mast, Ben Luna, Greg Yoder, Kristina Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 3 // June 26-July 2

Now, on land and sea descending,
brings the night its peace profound.
Let our vesper hymn be blending
with the holy calm around.

Soon as dies the sunset glory,
stars of heav’n shine out above,
telling still the ancient story
their Creator’s endless love.

Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen!

Now, our wants and burdens leaving
to our God who cares for all,
cease we fearing, cease we grieving;
touched by God our burdens fall.

Jubilate! Jubilate! Jubilate! Amen!

As the darkness deepens o’er us,
lo! Eternal stars arise.
Hope and faith and love rise glorious,
shining in the Spirit’s skies.

Jubilate! Jubilate!
Jubilate! Amen!

Lyrics: Samuel Longfellow, 1859
Music: Greg Yoder, 2022
Vocals: Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 2 // June 19-25

In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your righteousness
deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.

Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress, to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
Rescue me, O my God,

Lyrics: direction quotation of Psalm 71:1-4a (NRSV)

Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022

Vocals: Jessica DiPuma

Ordinary Time // Part 1 // Week 1 // June 12-18

The mighty one, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.

Be hallow’d this and ev’ry day;
let meekness be our morning ray,
And faithful love our noon-day light
Our hope, our sunset, calm and bright.

O Lord, with each returning morn
Thine image to our hearts is borne
Oh may we ever clearly see
Our Savior and our God in thee.

Lyrics: St. Ambrose, 4th century, translated by Louis F. Benson // with direct scripture quotation of Psalm 50:1-2 (NRSV)

Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022

Vocals: Nichole Barrows