Epiphany // Week 10 // Feb. 4-10
Gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, gloria, alleluia.
Lyrics: Luke 2:14a (Latin)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Theresa Peachey Crissman, Eliana Crissman, Seth Crissman, Gina Coulson, Katie Maust, Julia Maust, Kristina Yoder, Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Sarah Halteman, Zach Halteman, Taylor Bess, Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust, Daniel Barrows, Greg Yoder
Epiphany // Week 9 // Jan. 28 - Feb. 3
We cry peace, peace, peace for the storms surround us
Peace, peace, peace for the fears that haunt us
Peace, peace, peace, God, we are perishing!
We cry peace, peace, peace for there is no peace
Oh hold, hold your arms around this tilting planet
Hold, hold your arms around the wounds of this world
Hold, hold your arms around your people, all of us,
Hold, hold your arms around the world
We cry peace, peace, peace — but there is no justice
Peace, peace, peace —- but some have more than others
Peace, peace, peace —- but there are hungry bellies
We cry peace, peace, peace — but there is no peace
Oh hold, hold Your arms around this tilting planet
Hold, hold Your arms around the wounds of this world
Hold, hold Your arms around Your people, all of us,
Hold, hold Your arms around the world
May we see the wounds within, around us truthfully
May we take the time and care they need to heal
Then bring our hammers and our hearts
A time for ends, a time for starts
Show us what to build and what to tear down to the ground
Peace, peace, peace, may our minds be set on it
Peace, peace, peace, may our fears make way for it
Peace, peace, peace, lay our weapons down for it
Peace, peace, peace, may we join in building it
Oh hold, hold Your arms around this tilting planet
Hold, hold Your arms around the wounds of this world
Hold, hold Your arms around Your people, all of us,
Hold, hold Your arms around the world
Lyrics: Susan Gascho-Cooke, 2021
Music: Susan Gascho-Cooke, 2021
Vocals: Susan Gascho-Cooke, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder
Epiphany // Week 8 // Jan. 21-27
For God alone
my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Psalm 62:5-6 (NRSV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Kristina Yoder and Mitchell Yoder
Epiphany // Week 7 // Jan. 14-20
Come down, O love divine, seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn, til earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
Bless’d be the tie that binds our hearts and souls and minds.
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till love creates a place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
Lyrics: Bianca da Sienna, d. ca. 1434; trans. Richard Frederick Littledale, d. 1890, with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman, 2013
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2013
Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Nichole Barrows, Ebony Nicole, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Epiphany // Week 6 // Jan. 7-13
On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh.
Awake and harken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of Kings!
We hail you as our Savior, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward.
Without your grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
And let us all our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there
Then cleansed be every life from sin:
Make straight the way for God within
Make straight the way
Make straight the way for God within,
And let us all our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there
Lyrics: Charles Coffin, d. 1749; trans. John Chandler, 1837
Music: Greg Yoder, Ebony Nicole, and Nichole Barrows, 2023
Vocals: Ebony Nicole, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder
Christmas // Week 5 // Dec. 31 - Jan. 6
Up in the fields, with shepherd and sheep
A withered old tree reaches out from her sleep
To call to the star, the night-watch now keeping
“Are you the one from the stories of old?
Is He the one sent to heal and make whole?”
Out on the plain, between dust and stone
A tender young sapling, hardly half-grown
Whispers to the family walking alone
“Are you the ones from the stories of old?
Is He the one sent to heal and make whole?”
To bind up the brokenhearted
Bring good news for the oppressed
With a garland instead of ashes
Planting oaks of righteousness
Down in the city, with no room for belief
An olive branch rustles, offers a leaf
And cries to the child, who has come like a thief
“Are you the one from the stories of old?
Are you the one sent to heal and make whole?”
Up in the fields, out on the plain,
Down in the city, they’re shouting his name
The mountains and trees sing with joy the refrain
“This is the one from the stories of old
He is the one sent to heal and make whole”
“This is the one from the stories of old
The one who the star and the prophets foretold
The Shepherd who gathers us into the fold
Jesus, the Son, sent to heal and make whole”
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Lauren Yoder and Mitchell Yoder
CHRISTMAS DAY
I am goin’ up to Bethlehem town
I am goin’ up hills and back down
Living in womb darkness like all peoples without the sun
King of Light, I Am the Bethlehem One
King of Light, I Am the Bethlehem One
We are goin’ up to Bethlehem town
We are runnin’ up fields and back down
“Glory to God and Good News!” they said, so we seek the new peace begun
Prince of Peace, we need you, Bethlehem One
Prince of Peace, we need you, Bethlehem One
We are goin’ up to Bethlehem town
We are climbin’ up mountains and back down
They call us wise but we are not, we only come weary, broken, undone
Son of the Wise God, we love you, Bethlehem One
Son of the Wise God, we love you, Bethlehem One
So glory to God in the highest!
And may Your favor and peace rest on all
Immanuel, God so big, baby so small
Immanuel, God so big, baby so small
Immanuel, God so big, baby so small
Lyrics: Philip Fisher Rhodes, 2009
Music: Philip Fisher Rhodes, 2009
Vocals: Ben Luna, Ebony Nicole, Jackson Maust
Gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo
Gloria, gloria, alleluia.
Lyrics: Luke 2:14a (Latin)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Theresa Peachey Crissman, Eliana Crissman, Seth Crissman, Gina Coulson, Katie Maust, Julia Maust, Kristina Yoder, Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Sarah Halteman, Zach Halteman, Taylor Bess, Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust, Daniel Barrows, Greg Yoder
Advent // Week 4 // Dec. 24-30
Here am I, the servant of the Lord;
let it be with me according to your word.
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name,
and holy is his name.
Lyrics: direct quotation of Luke 1:38b, 46b, 47, 49 (NRSV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, Nicole Barrows, Ebony Nicole, and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Nichole Barrows, Ebony Nicole, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Advent // Week 3 // Dec. 17-23
Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise the words of prophets,
but test everything;
hold fast to what is good.
Lyrics: direct quotation of 1 Thessalonians 5:16-21 (NRSV)
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ben Luna, Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Jackson Maust, Mitchell Yoder, Greg Yoder
Advent // Week 2 // Dec. 10-16
A voice cries out: "In the wilderness
prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed
Lyrics: direct quotation of Isaiah 40:3-5a (NRSV)
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Jessica DiPuma, Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder, Greg Yoder
Come down, O love divine, seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn, til earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
Bless’d be the tie that binds our hearts and souls and minds.
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till love creates a place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.
Lyrics: Bianca da Sienna, d. ca. 1434; trans. Richard Frederick Littledale, d. 1890, with chorus by Seth Thomas Crissman, 2013
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2013
Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Nichole Barrows, Ebony Nicole, Lauren Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Advent // Week 1 // Dec. 3-9
The grass withers, the flower fades;
but the word of our God will stand forever.
The leaf shrivels, so too the shade,
But the word of our God will stand
May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy
May those who sow in fear be neither harmed nor destroyed
May those who sow in sorrow harvest with delight
For all who sow, sow for tomorrow, with hope that falls by night
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down
Lyrics: direct quotations from Isaiah 40:8 (NRSV), Psalm 126:5 (NRSV), and Isaiah 64:1a (NRSV), with additional lines by Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Jackson Maust and Rachel Mast
Ordinary Time // Week 26 // November 26 - December 2
CALL US HOME
You will search for your sheep
Mountain high and valley deep
And You will find us, You will find us in our doubt
From our fear You will carry us out
You will search for Your sheep
For the Shepherd does not sleep
You will find us, You will find us in the thorn
You have known us, You have loved us from before we were born
Call us home, call us home
You will search for Your sheep
For the Shepherd does not sleep
You will find us, You will find us where we are
Torn and tattered, broken, battered, scared and scattered far
Call us home, call us home,
You are the Shepherd of the hungry and alone
Call us home, call us home
You will not leave us, for we are Your own
Call us home
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Lauren Yoder, Ebony Nicole, Nichole Barrows, Kristina Yoder, Greg Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 25 // November 19-25
BEFORE YOU FORMED THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
Before You formed the highest mountains
Before You poured out the waters of the sea
Before You spoke and You created
You were and forever will be
Before You formed the ground beneath us
Before You called us, called us each by name
Before You breathed Your breath into us
You were and You never change, You never change
You are Maker of the universe, and Savior of our souls
Liberator and our Creator, the One who makes us whole
There is not a place that we can be that Your love isn’t waiting patiently
Maker of the universe, Savior of our souls
Before You formed the ground beneath us
Before You called us, called us each by name
Before You breathed Your breath into us
You were and You never change, You never will change
Holy, Holy One
Holy God, Three in One
Who was, and is, and is to come
Holy, Holy, Holy
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman, 2023
Vocals: Lauren Yoder, Mitchell Yoder, Kristina Yoder
Ordinary Time // Week 24 // November 12-18
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 23 // November 5-11
GIVE US YOUR LABOR
I don’t know if we’re ready
I don’t know if we’re strong
But I know that Jesus can steady any
Rocky boat and make the waters calm
Jesus, make us ready
Teach us what You’d have us do
Jesus, give us courage
To work like You
Give us Your work
Teach us how to work Your land
Give us Your work
Give us Your labor in our hands
Lyrics: Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Ben Luna, Ebony Nicole
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
