Entries Tagged as 'worship'

May 14, 2008

Our Father chant…

At Deep Shift in the Bronx we did a chant of The Lord’s Prayer.  You can find the lyrics for this version and an explanation for how to do the chant here.  I really appreciated this way of saying the prayer.  Another aspect of our worship during that weekend which I really appreciated was the [...]

March 5, 2008

Orthodox-Mennonite Dialogue…

SPEAKERS
Reverend Demetrius Nicoloudakis, Pastor, Saint Matthews Orthodox Church
Mark Wenger, Ph.D., Director of Pastoral Studies, Eastern Mennonite Seminary
TOPIC
Community Worship in the Orthodox and Mennonite Traditions
All are welcome for worship, speaker presentations, and Q & A
Saturday March 22, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Annunciation Orthodox Church, 64 Hershey Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Sanctuary Entrance)
Download a flyer for this event here.

March 1, 2008

U23D

U2 Praise & Worship: 40/Streets Prayer Breakfast

I went to see U23D at the Whitaker Center last evening.  I have never been to a live U2 concert before, but this was no doubt the next best thing. 

December 4, 2007

Advent 1

Advent 1 Meditation

 Almighty God, give all of us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in [...]

November 16, 2007

The River…

The river

 
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
 Revelation 22:2

November 11, 2007

Thus saith the Lord…

William Stone, Robert Shaw–

Today in our worship at Sunnyside Mennonite Church, the Old Testament reading will be from the prophet Haggai.  When I read this passage, my mind immediately goes to Handel’s Messiah.  Early in the first section of Handel’s magnum opus, the bass soloist holds forth.  The prophecy of salvation, the coming of the Messiah, [...]

October 25, 2007

Today…

Brian Doerksen, Today

The worship team at SMC introduced this song several weeks ago.  It’s a great song!

October 24, 2007

Autumn…


October 22, 2007

A diverse garden of God’s planting…

Gracias - Marcos Witt

Please don’t read the last post as a prophetic judgement on passé, apostate forms of church.  That is far too critical a view.  I am amazed at the manifold (many-sided…diverse) wisdom that is expressed in the Body of Christ. 
The views expressed in the last post is merely an expression of my own [...]

October 20, 2007

Psalm 121

Saint Paul Cathedral Choir: Psalm 121