Eastertide // Week 11 // May 7-13
I know that my Redeemer lives, Glory, Hallelujah
What comfort this sweet sentence gives, Glory, Hallelujah
For I had known Death’s awful sting, Glory, Hallelujah
Now Death is silent, and I can sing, Glory, Hallelujah
When trials come and tempests rage, Glory, Hallelujah
My soul is imprisoned in fear’s dread cage, Glory, Hallelujah
But there is no victory for the grave, Glory, Hallelujah
I know that my Redeemer saves, Glory, Hallelujah
That Sunday morn, at break of day
The faithful women went their way
To seek the tomb where Jesus lay
But he was not there, let your voices raise
Glory, glory, glory, Hallelujah
Glory, glory, glory, Hallelujah
Death, where is your sting? Your victory, O grave?
Conquered by the One who lives, by the One who saves
Glory, glory, glory, Hallelujah
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023, with quotation from Jean Tisserand, 1518-1536; tr. John M. Neale, 1851
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Jackson Maust, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
Eastertide // Week 10 // April 30 - May 6
I don’t know about you, but I’m a do-er
I’m a roll up my sleeves, buckle down, and hop to-er
I’m a skewer, kebab, yah, I’m a push through-er
Man through a man-hole, down into the sewer
When the job gets tough, I’m tough enough
Hit me with the spotlight, I’m a strut my stuff
I got a plan, man, I got a detailed plan
I’m reckless with my checklists, got it in hand
I got a down-to-the-minute plan,
Everything-is-in-it plan,
Begin-it-and-fin’-it-and-spin-it-’til-you-win-it-plan
I’m talking nano-seconds, I don’t mess with the minute hand,
“Have you thought of this?”-”yeah, got nine ways to skin it, man,” plan
And I got goals
I got soul goals
I got soul goals trying to make the world whole
Trying take control and follow the recipe like baking those rolls
I made a long list of injustices
I got road map to where justice lives
But the truth is I’m petrified
To give up the wheel, fear immobilizes
That’s why I got the plan, ‘cuz I’m scared for my life
Ain’t taking no risks, got three kids and a wife
And a mortgage, man, I can’t afford to die
But I gotta let someone else drive
Holy Spirit, come pouring in
Breathe on me, Breath of God, like a roaring wind
Spirit, break me out, shake me up, and make me yours again
Holy Spirit, come pouring in
It’s takes a whole lifetime to learn
But from dust we are formed, and to dust we return
Then let’s adjourn this meeting, I mean, life’s so fleeting
And there’s no beating death
Yeah, see, that’s where you’re wrong
Your life’s not the start, but it’s part of a song
And the song goes on
The song started long ago, still going strong
See, Jesus conquered the tomb
But the disciples didn’t get it, they were locked in the upper room
Hiding out, afraid,
Feeling doom and gloom, consumed with fear and the death they assumed
When BOOM!
Jesus stepped into the room
With a breath blew death back into its tomb
And the rocks of the tomb and the stars and the moon,
And everybody, hear him say,
“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you”
“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you”
So we gotta get out, open these doors
Open these windows, get our dust off these floors
Trust that the Spirit’s more than mine or yours
And open up for whatever God pours
Holy Spirit, come pouring in
Breathe on us, Breath of God, like a roaring wind
Spirit, break us out, shake us up, and make us yours again
Holy Spirit, come pouring in
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2023, with direct quotation of John 20:21b (NIV)
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Greg Yoder, Ebony Nicole, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
Eastertide // Week 9 // April 23-29
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
This is my body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
Lyrics: direct quotation of 1 Corinthians 11:24,26 and John 13:34
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Emily Grimes, Kristina Yoder, Ben Luna, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
Eastertide // Week 8 // April 16-22
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 56:3
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Seth Crissman, Redeemer Classical School
Easter // Week 7 // April 9-15
Oh, Christ is risen! Oh, risen indeed!
Oh, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Early on that Easter day, the women went down to pray
They went on down to the tomb and they found the stone was rolled away
Oh, Christ is risen! Oh, risen indeed! Oh, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Why do you look for the living among the dead?
He is not here; he has risen!
From the women at the empty tomb
To the disciples in the upper room
Spreading the word that the seed was in the dirt
Now it’s out and the sprout’s in bloom
Oh, Christ is risen! Oh, risen indeed! Oh, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Lyrics and music by Greg Yoder, 2023, with direct quotation of a portion of Luke 24:5-6 (NRSV)
Vocals: Crystal Yoder, Greg Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Set your minds on things that are above,
not on things that are on earth,
Set your minds on things that are above,
not on things that are on earth,
for you have died, and your life is
hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ who is your life
is revealed, then you also will be revealed
with him in glory.
with him in glory.
Lyrics: direct quotation from Colossians 3:2-4 (NRSV)
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Michael Yoder, Jackson Maust, Mitchell Yoder
Lent // Week 6 // April 2-8
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
African-American spiritual // Arr. Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ebony Nicole
Let the same mind be in you
that was in Christ Jesus, who,
though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself, taking the form
of a slave, being born
in human likeness. And being found in human form,
he humbled himself and became obedient
to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Therefore,
God also highly exalted him, and gave him the name that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus, so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Philippians 2:5-11 (NRSV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Rachel Mast, Leah Wenger, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Lent // Week 5 // March 26 - April 1
You give us more grace when our burdens grow greater,
You send us more strength when our labors increase,
To added affliction You add your great mercy,
To multiplied trials, you multiply peace.
Your love has no limit, Your grace has no measure,
Your power no boundary and never will end,
For out of your infinite riches in Jesus,
You give and you give and you give us again.
You give and you give and you give us again.
When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half-done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
Our God, your full giving is only begun.
Lyrics: based on “He Giveth More Grace” Annie Johnson Flint (*1866-1932), alt. by Seth Thomas Crissman Music: Seth Thomas Crissman (2020)
Vocals: Stephen Horst
Lent // Week 4 // March 19-25
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
Even though I walk through the valley,
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
You will lead me beside still waters
You will give me rest
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
Even though I thirst in the desert,
Even though I thirst in the desert and the wilderness
You have promised the greenest pastures
You have promised rest
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
and I shall dwell in your house, O God,
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
and I shall dwell in your house,
And you will give me light
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
And I will fear no evil, for you, my God, are with me
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023, based on Psalm 23
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Valerie Bess, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Lent // Week 3 // March 12-18
O love, how deep, how broad, how high!
It fills the heart with ecstasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals’ sake.
For us he was baptized and bore
his holy fast, and hungered sore.
For us temptation sharp he knew,
for us the tempter overthrow.
For us he prayed, for us he taught,
for us his daily works he wrought
by words and signs and actions thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
For us to wicked hands betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death,
for us a length gave up his breath.
Eternal glory to our God
for love so deep, so high, so broad;
the Trinity whom we adore
forever and forevermore.
Lyrics: Thomas a Kempis, 15th century (Latin), trans. Benjamin Webb, 1854
Music: Greg Yoder, 2013
Vocals: Mara Carlson, Monica Carlson, Matt Carlson
Lent // Week 2 // March 5-11
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 56:3
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Seth Crissman, Redeemer Classical School
Lent // Week 1 // Feb. 26 - March 4
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
Each breath, a hallelujah
Each song, our offering
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
For the turning of the seasons, we sing praise
For the turning of the seasons, we sing praise
Every frost, a benediction
Every dew, a warm embrace
For the turning of the seasons, we sing praise
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, Greg Yoder, and Lindsey FitzGerald, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022
Vocals: Spectator Bird
Epiphany // Week 13 // Feb. 19-25
We give thanks to you, LORD
For your mercies are new every day
And your goodness and love will sustain us.
We give thanks.
We sing praise to you, God,
You have broken the sword and the shield,
And your heart of love you revealed,
and we sing praise.
Teach us your way, teach us your way
That we may fear your name
Teach us to number out our days
That we may know the height and depth and breadth of your love.
Sing praise, sing praise, sing praise to the Holy One
Sing of God’s goodness that fills the whole earth
Sing praise, sing praise, sing praise to the Holy One
Sing and give thanks to the LORD
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Lauren Yoder and Mitchell Yoder
Epiphany // Week 12 // Feb. 12-18
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
Each breath a hallelujah
Each song our offering
For your goodness and your mercy, we will sing
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Taylor Bess, Kristina Yoder, and Greg Yoder
Epiphany // Week 11 // Feb. 5-11
ׁ ִשֽירוּ לַֽיהוָה ׁ ִשֽיר ָח ָֽדשׁ ׁ ִשֽירוּ לַֽיהוָֽה כָּל־ ָהאָֽ ֶרץ׃
ׁ ִשֽירוּ לַֽיהו ָה ָבּ ֲרכֽוּ ׁ ְש ֹמֽו ַבּ ּ ְׂשרֽוּ ִמ ֹּֽיום־לְֽ ֹיֽום י ְשׁוּעָ ֹתֽו׃
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Psalm 96:1-2 (Leningrad Codex) // Music: Anil Solanki, used with permission // Vocals: Seth Crissman
Epiphany // Week 10 // Jan. 29 - Feb. 4
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, Blessed are the meek, Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are the meek, blessed are the meek,
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,
Blessed are you
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,
Blessed are you
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Matthew 5:3-6 from NRSV // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Jessica DiPuma
Epiphany // Week 9 // Jan. 22-28
Hear, O LORD,
when I cry aloud,
be gracious to me and answer
Hear, O LORD,
when I cry aloud,
be gracious to me
be gracious to me
be gracious to me and answer me!
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Psalm 27:7 (NRSV) // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Ebony Nicole
Epiphany // Week 8 // Jan. 15-21
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
Because of the tender mercy of our God,
By which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
to us from heaven
Rescue us from our pride and our arrogance.
And cover us in your mercy, O rising Son
Rescue us from our hate and indifference.
And cover us in your shadow, Almighty One.
And lead us in your way of peace
And lead us in your way of peace
And lead us in your way of peace
Amen, Amen, Amen.
Because of the tender mercy of our God
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Luke 1:78 (NIV) with additional words by Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Seth Crissman and Taylor Bess
Epiphany // Week 7 // Jan. 8-14
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
Lyrics: Direct quotation of Psalm 27:1 (NRSV) // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Greg Yoder, and Kristina Yoder
CHRISTMAS // Week 6 // Jan. 1-7
We give thanks to you, LORD
For your mercies are new every day
And your goodness and love will sustain us.
We give thanks.
We sing praise to you, God,
You have broken the sword and the shield,
And your heart of love you revealed,
and we sing praise.
Teach us your way, teach us your way
That we may fear your name
Teach us to number out our days
That we may know the height and depth and breadth of your love.
Sing praise, sing praise, sing praise to the Holy One
Sing of God’s goodness that fills the whole earth
Sing praise, sing praise, sing praise to the Holy One
Sing and give thanks to the LORD
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022 // Vocals: Lauren Yoder and Mitchell Yoder
CHRISTMAS // Week 5 // Dec. 25-31
Sing to the Lord a new song;
Sing of the wonderful birth,
Tell of salvation from day to day.
Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Sing his glory among the nations,
Behold his marvelous works
Sing to the Lord of all creation;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth
Sing to the Lord, all the earth
Honor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty and light
the mountains cry out, and the hills that adore him
Sing with us into the night,
Sing with us into the night
Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing of the wonderful birth,
Tell of salvation from day to day.
Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Let the heavens rejoice,
at the birth of our infant king
Let the earth be glad,
let all the trees of the forest sing
Let the heavens rejoice,
at the birth of our infant king
Let the seas resound,
let all the trees of the forest sing
Sing to the Lord a new song;
Sing of the wonderful birth,
Tell of salvation from day to day. Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Oh, sing to the Lord, all the earth
Lyrics: Jackson Maust, 2022, based on Psalm 96 // Music: Greg Yoder and Jackson Maust, 2022 // Vocals: Jackson Maust, Mitchell Yoder, and Greg Yoder
