Ordinary Time // Week 22 // October 29 - November 4
IN THE LITTLE MOMENTS
In the little moments
In the in between
In the cracks in the sidewalks
In the miracle of green shoots
Peaking through to smile at you
Where life has never been easy
Breezes in the trees can remind you
God is, God has always been, and God will always be in the ordinary
In the little moments
In the laughter of a child
In hair plastered to her face
As she goes dashing wildly
Through springy fields, wings revealed,
Butterflies and bare feet,
Muddy footprints in the kitchen may remind me
God is, God has always been, and God will always be in the ordinary
In the stack of dishes, in the clothes piled in the hall
In the whisper of a loved one, in the bitter tears that fall
In the sunlight, in the shadow, in the days as they unwind
In the minutes that unfold themselves into a whole lifetime
God is, God has always been, and God will always be in the ordinary
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Nichole Barrows, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 21 // October 22-28
FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR MERCY
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
Through the shadow of the valley, we’ll sing on
Through the shadow of the valley, we’ll sing on
And the wind that gently beckons
Is the whisper of Your dawn
Through the shadow of the valley, we’ll sing on
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, Greg Yoder, and Lindsey FitzGerald, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2022
Vocals: Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 20 // October 15-21
DO NOT BE ANXIOUS
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in every situation,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in every situation,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—
think about such things.
And the God of peace will be with you.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Philippians 4:6-9
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Seth Crissman, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 19 // October 8-14
JESUS, KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain;
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the Bright and Morning Star
Shed His beams around me.
In the cross, in the cross may my glory be!
May my soul be revived by the healing stream
Fruitful trees whose leaves are for healing
Grow on the bank of the stream
that flows from Calvary.
Near the cross! O lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o'er me.
Lyrics: Fanny Crosby, 1869 with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: William Howard Doane (1800s), with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Rachel Mast, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 18 // October 1-7
BECAUSE OF JESUS
When we listen for God at the start of the day
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
We’re following Jesus, who taught us to pray
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we take good care of our bodies and minds
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
We can make good use of God’s gifts and God’s time
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we make a mistake or get hurt by a friend
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
The forgiveness of Jesus knows no end
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we see friends and strangers who are in need
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
Jesus shows us the way, let us follow His lead
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
Lyrics: Mitchell Yoder, Seth Thomas Crissman, and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Mitchell Yoder and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Nichole Barrows, Ben Luna, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, chorus: Perry Blosser, Jackson Maust, Ebony Nicole, Carol Tobin, Greg Yoder, Melody Zimmerman
Ordinary Time // Week 17 // September 24-30
SO THE LAST WILL BE FIRST
So the last will be first,
and the first will be last.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Matthew 20:16
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Seth Crissman
Ordinary Time // Week 16 // September 17-23
SUN OF MY SOUL
Sun of my soul, O Savior dear,
it is not night if you are near;
O, may no earthborn cloud arise,
to hide you from my eyes.
Be near to bless me when I wake,
‘ere through the world your way I take;
abide with me, till in your love
I lose myself in heav'n above
Abide with me from morn till eve,
for without you I cannot live;
abide with me when night is nigh,
when night is nigh
Be near to bless me when I wake
‘ere through the world your way I take;
abide with me, till in your love
I lose myself in heav'n above
Lyrics: John Keble, 1820, alt.
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ben Luna, Nichole Barrows, and Ebony Nicole
Ordinary Time // Week 15 // September 10-16
TEACH ME, O LORD
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes,
and I will observe it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain.
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 119:33-37
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Greg Yoder, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder, Ebony Nicole
Ordinary Time // Week 14 // September 3-9
LOVE MUST BE SINCERE
Love must be sincere.
Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in love.
Honor one another above yourselves.
Never be lacking in zeal,
but keep your spiritual fervor,
serving the Lord.
Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Share with the Lord’s people
who are in need.
Practice hospitality.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Romans 12:9-21
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Lauren Yoder
DO NOT BE OVERCOME
Do not be overcome by evil
But overcome evil with good.
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Romans 12:21 and Matthew 5:44
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ben Luna, Mitchell Yoder, Greg Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 13 // August 27 - September 2
EACH MORNING BRINGS
Each morning brings us fresh outpoured
The loving kindness of the LORD
It ends not as the day goes past
But gives us strength while life shall last
It gives us strength for God’s own will
That we may love and follow still
‘Til evening’s sun is sinking low
And we have further yet to go
To go and show God’s love we’re called,
For we are the hands and feet that walk;
So walk, whether night or brightest day,
That we might always—come what may—
Be Jesus’ feet and Jesus’ hands,
Through waters high, over sun-parched lands,
Carrying the peace of God’s kingdom
And the love we see when the morning comes
Lyrics: verse 1 - Johannes Zwick, 1536; verses 2-4 - Greg Yoder, 2015
Music: Greg Yoder, 2015
Vocals: Jackson Maust, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 12 // August 20-26
NOW THE DAY IS OVER
Now the day is over,
night is drawing nigh;
shadows of the evening
steal across the sky.
Jesus, give the weary
calm and sweet repose;
with your tend'rest blessing
may our eyelids close.
Comfort ev'ry suff'rer
watching late in pain;
Give courage to your laborers
That we may rise again
When the morning wakens,
then may we arise
Sure and strong and ready
in your holy eyes.
Lyrics: S. Baring-Gould, 1865, alt.
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ebony Nicole
Ordinary Time // Week 11 // August 13-19
COME, YE SINNERS
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy
Weak and wounded, sick and sore
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of mercy, love and pow’r
Come ye thirsty, come, and welcome,
God’s free bounty glorify
True belief and true repentance
Every grace that brings you nigh
I will arise and go to Jesus
He will embrace me and call me His own
In the arms of my dear Savior
My restless soul will find a home
Come, ye weary, heavy laden
Come, ye burdened, and alone
Look, a river, living water
Flowing out of rock and stone
I will arise and go to Jesus
He will embrace me and call me His own
In the arms of my dear Savior
My restless soul will find a home
Lyrics: verses - J. Hart, 1759, alt.; chorus - Anonymous/traditional
Music: The Walking Roots Band, 2023
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, chorus: Nichole Barrows, Perry Blosser, Seth Crissman, Jackson Maust, Greg Yoder, Kristina Yoder, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Melody Zimmerman
Ordinary Time // Week 10 // August 6-12
YOU FIRST LOVED US
It’s just a start
A fluttering of the heart
The tiniest bud on a tree
that becomes a leaf
The first sign of spring
The moment when everything
that was holding its breath can breathe again
With a sigh of relief
In the winter’s doubt
In our empty and desolate place
our souls cry out
to see Your face
You are in the spring’s first rain
Laughing wind and growing grain
Mighty waves and solid stone
You are hope, You are home
You are in each rising day
Every morning Your grace remains
We sing Your love because
You first loved us
The mountainside
Painted on canvas high above
Where oranges and reds collide
With the blue of the morn
We lift our eyes
And follow the sun, who rises
To curtsy and twirl and glide
Like she has every day since the world was born
In the coming dawn
In our hopes and our dreams and all our days
our souls cry on
and sing Your praise
You are in the spring’s first rain
Laughing wind and growing grain
Mighty waves and solid stone
You are hope, You are home
You are in each rising day
Every morning Your grace remains
We sing Your love because
You first loved us
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 9 // July 30 - August 5
MORE THAN CONQUERORS
Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will hardship, or distress, or persecution,
Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Lyrics: direct quotation from Romans 8:37-39
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ben Luna, Kristina Yoder, Mitchell Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 8 // July 23-29
EACH MORNING BRINGS
Each morning brings us fresh outpoured
The loving kindness of the LORD
It ends not as the day goes past
But gives us strength while life shall last
It gives us strength for God’s own will
That we may love and follow still
‘Til evening’s sun is sinking low
And we have further yet to go
To go and show God’s love we’re called,
For we are the hands and feet that walk;
So walk, whether night or brightest day,
That we might always—come what may—
Be Jesus’ feet and Jesus’ hands,
Through waters high, over sun-parched lands,
Carrying the peace of God’s kingdom
And the love we see when the morning comes
Lyrics: verse 1 - Johannes Zwick, 1536; verses 2-4 - Greg Yoder, 2015
Music: Greg Yoder, 2015
Vocals: Jackson Maust, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 7 // July 16-22
YOU WILL GO OUT IN JOY
You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
You will go out in joy
You will go out in joy
You will go out in joy
Lyrics: direct quotation of Isaiah 55:12 (NIV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder, Greg Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 6 // July 9-15
I WILL GIVE YOU REST
Come to me, all you that are weary
and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Matthew 11:28, 30
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Nichole Barrows
Ordinary Time // Week 5 // July 2-8
BECAUSE OF JESUS
When we listen for God at the start of the day
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
We’re following Jesus, who taught us to pray
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we take good care of our bodies and minds
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
We can make good use of God’s gifts and God’s time
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we make a mistake or get hurt by a friend
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
The forgiveness of Jesus knows no end
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
When we see friends and strangers who are in need
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
Jesus shows us the way, let us follow His lead
Let us do what we do because of Jesus
Lyrics: Mitchell Yoder, Seth Thomas Crissman, and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Mitchell Yoder and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Nichole Barrows, Ben Luna, Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, chorus: Perry Blosser, Jackson Maust, Ebony Nicole, Carol Tobin, Greg Yoder, Melody Zimmerman
Ordinary Time // Week 4 // June 25 - July 1
JESUS, KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain;
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the Bright and Morning Star
Shed His beams around me.
In the cross, in the cross may my glory be!
May my soul be revived by the healing stream
Fruitful trees whose leaves are for healing
Grow on the bank of the stream
that flows from Calvary.
Near the cross! O lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadow o'er me.
Lyrics: Fanny Crosby, 1869 with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: William Howard Doane (1800s), with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Rachel Mast, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 3 // June 18-24
SHOUT FOR JOY
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 100:1-3
Music: Jonathan Crissman and Seth Thomas Crissman, 2021
Vocals: Jackson Maust, students of Redeemer Classical School
WITH THANKSGIVING
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 100:4-5
Music: Jonathan Crissman and Seth Thomas Crissman, 2021
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Melody Zimmerman
